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The sarod ( or sarode ) (    ) is a stringed instrument of ___MASK52___ , used mainly in Indian classical music . Along with the sitar , it is among the most popular and prominent instruments in Hindustani classical music . The sarod is known for a deep , weighty , introspective sound , in contrast with the sweet , overtone - rich texture of the sitar , with sympathetic strings that give it a resonant , reverberant quality . It is a fretless instrument able to produce the continuous slides between notes known as meend ( glissandi ), which are important in Indian music . ___MASK32___ (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God ('), and , for the vast majority of adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed of accounts called " hadith ") of Muhammad ( 570  8 June 632 CE ). It is the world ' s second - largest religion and the fastest - growing major religion in the world , with over 1 . 7 billion followers or 23 % of the global population , known as Muslims . ___MASK32___ is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose of existence is to worship God . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet of God . Lucknow is the largest and capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . A major metropolitan city of ___MASK52___ , Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous District and Division and the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh . It is the second largest city in north ___MASK52___ , after Delhi . It is also the largest city in Uttar Pradesh . Lucknow has always been known as a multicultural city that flourished as a North Indian cultural and artistic hub , and the seat of power of Nawabs in the 18th and 19th centuries . It continues to be an important centre of governance , administration , education , commerce , aerospace , finance , pharmaceuticals , technology , design , culture , tourism , music and poetry . ___MASK52___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK52___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK52___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK52___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Herat is the third - largest city of Afghanistan . It has a population of about 436 , 300 , and serves as the capital of Herat Province , situated in the fertile valley of the Hari River . It is linked with Kandahar and Mazar - e - Sharif via highway 1 or the ring road . It is further linked to the city of Mashhad in neighboring Iran through the border town of ___MASK32___ Qala . Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( Urdu /; 13 October 1948  16 August 1997 ) was a Pakistani musician , primarily a singer of Qawwali , the devotional music of the Sufis . and could perform at a high level of intensity for several hours . Extending the 600 - year old Qawwali tradition of his family , Khan is widely credited with introducing Qawwali music to international audiences . He is popularly known as " Shahenshah - e - Qawwali ", meaning " The King of Kings of Qawwali ". Chittagong (, Chatga ) is a major coastal seaport city and financial centre in southeastern Bangladesh . The city has a population of more than 2 . 5 million while the metropolitan area has a population of over 6 . 5 million , making it the second largest city in the country . It is the capital of an eponymous district and division . The city is located on the banks of the Karnaphuli River between the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the Bay of Bengal . Much of Chittagong Division is located within the ecological Indo - Burma zone on the boundary of the ___MASK52___ Plate and Burma Plate . This makes Chittagong the crossroads of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia . The port city has been known by various names in history , including Chatigaon , Chatigam , Chattagrama , Islamabad , Chattala , Chaityabhumi and Porto Grande De Bengala . Pakistan ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - most populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . Pakistan has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by ___MASK52___ to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the southwest and China in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . The sitar ( or ; Urdu : ) is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani music and Indian classical music . The instrument is believed to have been derived from the veena , an ancient Indian instrument , which was modified by a Mughal court musician to conform with the tastes of his Mughal patrons and named after a Persian instrument called the setar ( meaning " three strings "). The sitar flourished in the 16th and 17th centuries and arrived at its present form in 18th century ___MASK52___ . It derives its distinctive timbre and resonance from sympathetic strings , bridge design , a long hollow neck and a gourd - shaped resonance chamber . In appearance , the sitar is similar to the tanpura , except that it has frets . Hindustani classical music is the Hindustani or North Indian style of Indian classical music . The style is sometimes called " North Indian classical music " or " Shstriya Sangt ". It is a tradition that has been evolving since the 12th century CE , in North ___MASK52___ . Today , it is one of the two subgenres of Indian classical music , the other being Carnatic music , the classical tradition of South ___MASK52___ . Bhopal is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal district and Bhopal division . The city was the capital of the former Bhopal State . Bhopal is known as the " City of Lakes " for its various natural as well as artificial lakes and is also one of the greenest cities in ___MASK52___ . It is the 17th largest city in the country and 131st < ref name =" Estimated Population of Bhopal urban area in 2009 , Bhopal 131th largest city in world in 2009 /"> </ ref > in the world . Delhi ( Dilli )       , officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi , is a city and a union territory of ___MASK52___ . It is bordered by Haryana on three sides and by Uttar Pradesh to the east . It is the most expansive city in ___MASK52___  about . It has a population of about 25 million , making it the second most populous city after Mumbai and most populous urban agglomeration in ___MASK52___ and 3 largest urban area in the world . Urban expansion in Delhi has caused it to grow beyond the NCT to incorporate towns in neighbouring states . At its largest extent , there is a population of about 25 million residents . According to data released by Oxford Economics , Delhi NCR urban agglomeration has replaced Mumbai Metropolitan Region urban agglomeration as the economic capital of ___MASK52___ . However the comparison of the figures specific to the Metropolis of Delhi and Metropolis of Mumbai was not provided by this institution . These figures however did not match with those revealed by the reserve bank of ___MASK52___ , The economic survey of ___MASK52___ , The economic survey of Delhi and Maharashtra . Jalandhar ( Punjabi Gurmukhi :    ), formerly known as Jullundur in British ___MASK52___ , is a city in the Doaba region of the northwestern Indian state of Punjab . Jalandhar is the oldest city in the Indian state of Punjab and is one of the oldest in the country . In recent times the city has undergone rapid urbanisation and has developed into a highly industrialised centre of commerce . Sindh is one of the four provinces of Pakistan , in the southeast of the country . Historically home to the Sindhi people , it is also locally known as the Mehran . It was formerly known as Sind until 1956 . Sindh is the third largest province of Pakistan by area , and second largest province by population after Punjab . Sindh is bordered by Balochistan province to the west , and Punjab province to the north . Sindh also borders the Indian states of Gujarat and Rajasthan to the east , and Arabian Sea to the south . Sindh ' s landscape consists mostly of alluvial plains flanking the Indus River , the Thar desert in the eastern portion of the province closest to the border with ___MASK52___ , and the Kirthar Mountains in the western part of Sindh . Sindh ' s climate is noted for hot summers and mild winters . The provincial capital of Sindh is Pakistan ' s largest city and financial hub , Karachi . Setar ( from " seh ", meaning " three " and " tr ", meaning " string ") is an Iranian musical instrument . It is a member of the lute family , which is played with index finger of the right hand . Two and a half centuries ago , a fourth string was added to the setar . it has 25 - 27 moveable frets which are usually made of animal intestines or silk . It originated in Persia before the spread of ___MASK32___ . Rahat Fateh Ali Khan ( born 1974 ) is a Pakistani singer , primarily of Qawwali , a devotional music of the ___MASK60___ Sufis . He is the nephew of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and son of Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan and also the grandson of Qawwali singer Fateh Ali Khan . In addition to Qawwali , he also performs ghazals and other light music . He is popular as a playback singer in Bollywood and Pakistan film industry . Fateh Ali Khan ( Urdu :    ) was a classical singer and Qawwali musician . He was born in Jalandhar , Punjab , British ___MASK52___ in 1901 . Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was the father of Pakistani Qawwali musician , Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan . Their family has an unbroken tradition of Qawwali , linked closely to the Sufi Chishti Order for over 600 years . Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was trained in classical music and Qawwali by his father , Maula Baksh Khan , and he soon distinguished himself as a skilled vocalist and instrumentalist . He learnt to play traditional Indian instruments such as sitar , sarod and vichitraveena as well as Western instruments like the violin . He also mastered thousands of verses in Punjabi , Urdu , Arabic and Persian . Ustad Fateh Ali Khan was the leader of his family ' s Qawwali party but they were billed as Fateh Ali Khan , Mubarak Ali Khan & Party . Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan , his brother , shared both singing and harmonium - playing duties with him . They were regarded as among the foremost exponents of Qawwali in their time . They are credited with popularizing the poetry of Allama Iqbal through their singing . Iqbal ' s poetry was regarded as difficult and while he was highly admired in academic circles and by intellectuals , he did not have much of a popular following . Fateh Ali Khan and Mubarak Ali Khan , more than anyone else , helped Iqbal achieve popular success as well : `` Allama Iqbal paid the ultimate homage to the two brothers by saying : ' I was restricted to schools and colleges only . You ( Ustad Fateh Ali Khan ) have spread my poetry through ___MASK52___ ' . '' In 1948 , his son , Nusrat , was born in Faisalabad . Ustad Fateh Ali Khan wanted Nusrat to become a doctor or an engineer because he felt Qawwali artists had low social status . However , Nusrat showed such interest in and aptitude for Qawwali that his father soon relented , and began training him . However , Ustad Fateh Ali Khan died in 1964 at the age of sixty - three , when Nusrat was sixteen and still in school . Nusrat ' s training was completed by Ustad Fateh Ali Khan ' s brothers , Ustad Mubarak Ali Khan and Ustad Salamat Ali Khan . The Chisht Order (" chisht "; " shisht ") is a Sunni Sufi order within the mystic Sufi tradition of ___MASK32___ . It began in Chisht , a small town near Herat , Afghanistan about 930 CE . The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love , tolerance , and openness . The Constitution of ___MASK52___ is the supreme law of ___MASK52___ . It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles , establishes the structure , procedures , powers and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights , directive principles and the duties of citizens . It is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world . The nation is governed by it . B . R . Ambedkar is regarded as its chief architect . Chisht , also written Chisht - e Sharif , Chesht - i Sharif or Chesht is a town near Herat in Afghanistan . It is important in ___MASK31___ because the Chishti Sufi Order originated there . South Asia or Southern Asia is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent , which comprises the sub - Himalayan SAARC countries and , for some authorities , adjoining countries to the west and east . Topographically , it is dominated by the Indian Plate , which rises above sea level as Nepal and northern parts of ___MASK52___ situated south of the Himalayas and the ___MASK53___ Kush . South Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean and on land ( clockwise , from west ) by West Asia , Central Asia , East Asia , and Southeast Asia . Hindustani , historically also known as Hindavi , Dehlvi and Rekhta , is the " lingua franca " of North ___MASK52___ and Pakistan . It is an Indo - Aryan language , deriving primarily from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi , and incorporates a large amount of vocabulary from Sanskrit , Persian , Arabic and Chagatai . It is a pluricentric language , with two official forms , Modern Standard Hindi and Modern Standard Urdu , which are its standardised registers , and which may be called Hindustani or Hindi - Urdu when taken together . The colloquial registers are mostly indistinguishable , and even though the official standards are nearly identical in grammar , they differ in literary conventions and in academic and technical vocabulary , with Urdu adopting stronger Persian , Turkic and Arabic influences , and Hindi relying more heavily on Sanskrit . Before the Partition of the British Indian Empire , the terms " Hindustani , Urdu ," and " Hindi " were synonymous ; all covered what would be called Urdu and Hindi today . The term " Hindustani " is still used for the colloquial language and " lingua franca " of North ___MASK52___ and Pakistan , for example for the language of Bollywood films , as well as for several quite different varieties of Hindi spoken outside the Indian Subcontinent , such as Fiji Hindi of Fiji and the Caribbean Hindustani of Trinidad and Tobago , Guyana , Suriname , Jamaica , Barbados , and the rest of the Caribbean . Hindustani is also spoken by a small number of people in Mauritius and South Africa . Hyderabad (; often ) is the capital of the southern Indian state of Telangana and " de jure " capital of Andhra Pradesh . Occupying along the banks of the Musi River , it has a population of about and a metropolitan population of about , making it the fourth most populous city and sixth most populous urban agglomeration in ___MASK52___ . At an average altitude of , much of Hyderabad is situated on hilly terrain around artificial lakes , including Hussain Sagar  predating the city ' s founding  north of the city centre . Doaba , also known as Bist Doab , is the region of Punjab , ___MASK52___ that lies between the Beas River and the Sutlej River . People of this region are given the demonym " Doabia ". The dialect of Punjabi spoken in Doaba is called " Doabi ". The term " Doaba " or " Doab " is derived from Persian "   " ( do b " two water ") meaning " land of two rivers ". The river Sutlej separates Doaba from the Malwa region to its south and the river Beas separates Doaba from the Majha region to its north . Qawwali ( Nastalq : ) is a form of Sufi devotional music popular in South Asia : in the Punjab and Sindh regions of Pakistan ; in Hyderabad , Delhi in ___MASK52___ as well as Dhaka , Chittagong , Sylhet and many parts of Bangladesh . It is part of a musical tradition that stretches back for more than 700 years . Farrukh Fateh Ali Khan ( December 25 , 1952  September 9 , 2003 ) was a player of the harmonium in Qawwali and also was a member of a well - known family of Qawwali musicians . He was the younger brother of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan , the son of Fateh Ali Khan , the nephew of Mubarak Ali Khan , and the father of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan . Urdu ( or Modern Standard Urdu ) is a standardised register of the Hindustani language . It is the and " lingua franca " of Pakistan , and an official language of six states of ___MASK52___ . It is also one of the 22 official languages recognized in the Constitution of ___MASK52___ . Hyderabad , Rampur , Badayun , Bhopal and Lucknow are noted Urdu - speaking cities of ___MASK52___ .