Whom did Nainsukh initially work for in Jasrota?
1) Balwant Singh
2) Mian Zoravar Singh
3) Dalip Singh
4) Govardhan Chand

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The correct answer is Option 2- 2 (Mian Zoravar Singh)
Nainsukh is believed to have initially worked for Mian Zoravar Singh in Jasrota.

Nainsukh appears to have left his hometown in Guler and moved to Jasrota. He is believed to have initially worked for Mian Zoravar Singh, whose son and successor Balwant Singh of Jasrota was to become his greatest patron. Nainsukh’s celebrated pictures of Balwant Singh are unique in the kind of visual record they offer of the patron’s life. Balwant Singh is portrayed engaged in various activities — performing puja, surveying a building site, sitting in a camp wrapped in a quilt because of the cold weather, and so on. The artist gratified his patron’s obsession by painting him on every possible occasion. Nainsukh’s genius was for individual portraiture that became a salient feature of the later Pahari style. His palette comprised delicate pastel shades with daring expanses of white or grey.