INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Bishandas a famous portrait painter resided in the court of?
A
Jahangir
B
Humayun
C
Babur
D
Aurangzeb
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Bishandas was a 17th-century Mughal painter at the court of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1569–1627), specializing in portraits. Jahangir praised him as “unrivalled in the art of portraiture".

Detailed explanation-2: -Painted by Hashim, with the face improved by Nadir-us-zaman (Abu’l Hasan).” So the portrait of Jahangir was made by an artist called Hashim; and the portrait of Akbar was made by Nadir-us-zaman Abu’l Hasan who even touched up Hashim’s work.

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