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INDIAN HISTORY

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Who was known as Parrot of India
A
Al Biruni
B
Ghalib
C
Amir Khusrau
D
Sir Syed
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Khusrau has been referred to be the “founder of Urdu literature, ‘’ the “voice of India, ‘’ or the “Parrot of India” (Tuti-e-Hind). Khusrau is credited as being the “founder of qawwali, ‘’ a Sufi devotional singing style that is still extensively practised in Pakistan and India. He also brought the ghazal song form to India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sometimes known as “the parrot of India, ‘’ Amīr Khosrow wrote numerous works, among them five divans, which were compiled at different periods in his life, and his Khamsah (“Pentalogy”), a group of five long idylls in emulation of the Khamseh of the celebrated Persian poet Neẓāmī (c. 1141–1209).

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