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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper 1, question 18

Topic: Modern history and freedom struggle

Q18

The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, a music training school, was set up in 1901 by Vishnu Digambar Paluskar in

  1. (a) Delhi
  2. (b) Gwalior
  3. (c) Ujjain
  4. (d) LahoreCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) Lahore

  1. Pandit Vishnu Digambar Paluskar founded the first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya on 5 May 1901 in Lahore to democratize and institutionalize the teaching of Hindustani classical music.
  2. He later established a branch of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in Bombay in 1908.