Which of the following towns in Uttar Pradesh has 300 small units producing a wooden percussion instrument called dholak?

Which of the following towns in Uttar Pradesh has 300 small units producing a wooden percussion instrument called dholak? Correct Answer Amroha

The correct answer is Amroha.

• Amroha towns in Uttar Pradesh have 300 small units producing a wooden percussion instrument called dholak.
• Amroha is a small town in North West Uttar Pradesh, close to Moradabad.
• The town got its name from Aam i.e. Mango and Ruha which is a variety of fish that is found in abundance here.
• There are numerous small-scale manufacturing units that produce it and other percussion instruments.
• They use the wood from Mango and Sheesham trees to carve out the multiple-sized and shaped hollow blocks. Which are later fitted with animal skin, mostly goatskin, to create the instrument.
• The manufacturing is completely manual and simple. Each piece of woodcut and chopped and then carved and cut, followed by fixing the skin and then painting.
• It’s a small-scale industry with each unit producing about 100 instruments a day. But the town as a whole produces somewhere around five to six thousand instruments.

Key Points

• Uttar Pradesh is a state in northern India. It is the most populous state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world.
• Uttar Pradesh was formed on 1st April 1937.
• The British combined Agra and Oudh into one province and called it the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh.
• The name was shortened to the United Provinces in 1935. In January 1950 the United Provinces were renamed Uttar Pradesh.
• Uttar Pradesh has 18 divisions, 75 districts, 915 urban bodies, 8135 Nyaya Panchayats.

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