maharaja samokhan singh was the famous musician in emperor akbar's court.
maharaja samokhan singh was the famous musician in emperor akbar's court.
the famous musician in emperor akbar's court?
maharaja samokhan singh
tansen becomes orphan at a very young age and lives with his paternal uncle. he goes to a music teacher to learn music and returns to his native village after many years of training. in the village, the shepherdess tani is considered a gifted singer, and tansen falls in love with her. tani rescues an elephant and tansen tames it by his singing. this captures the attention of raja ramchandra, of rewa state. he becomes tansen's friend. at the same time in agra, the mughal emperor akbar regrets that there is no musician in his "navratnas". akbar sends a few of his workers to the countryside to find the best musician. while his workers are searching, they come across tansen, who while singing for tani brings a leafless tree to bloom. the workers are overwhelmed at this and ask tansen to go to the court of akbar along with them. tansen refuses at first by saying that he will sing for no one other than his sweetheart tani. after repeated persuasions, he finally agrees to go to agra where he enthralls akbar by his singing. akbar appoints him as one of his "navratnas". the other musicians in the royal court see this move as a threat to their reputation and status in the court.
tansen (film)
rao kalyanmal said that he has everything but want to fulfil the wishes of his ancestors. he said, "“i want to perform kamal puja (prayers for departed souls of ancestors) sitting in the ‘gavaksh’ (balcony) of jodhpur palace to fulfil the wishes of late rao bika”".karam chand along with rajkumar rai singh paid their obeisance to emperor akbar. since karam chand enjoyed good equation with akbar, he asked him for a favour for rao kalyanmal to perform puja at the jodhpur palace. since jodhpur was under akbar, the wishes were granted instantly. thus, rao kalyanmal could fulfil the wishes of his ancestors and asked karam chand as to what he would like in return. karam chand politely said, "“i have everything given by you. however, you may like to grant that during the four months of chaturmaas (monsoon) – teli (oilman), kumbhar (potter), kandoi (confectioner), etc to stop violence related work. do not collect tax on ‘maal’ (goods), goats, sheep, etc”."rao kalyanmal accepted his wishes and granted four villages on stamped paper to karam chand. since karam chand enjoyed good equation with emperor akbar, the rulers of bikaner were among the most loyal adherents of the empire and held high ranks as mansabdars of special order in the imperial court, like raja man singh i of amber (jaipur). they served as military commanders in various mughal campaigns all over the indian sub-continent. karam chand fought alongside raja rai singh to defeat sultan of gujarat. emperor akbar was mighty pleased with the strategist dewan karam chand and asked him as to what he wished for. he replied, "“i do not want anything for myself but want a grant of 52 parganas for my king”".
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