Sawant Singh and Bani Thani are linked with Nihal Chand’s painting. Consider the following statements:
(A) Sawant Singh composed devotional poetry on Krishna and Radha in Brajbhasha under the pen name Nagari Das.
(B) Bani Thani was an attendant of Raj Singh’s wife and a gifted poetess, singer and dancer.
(C) Sawant Singh’s poem Bihari Satsai became the basis for Nihal Chand’s painting of Bani Thani.
(D) Kishangarh’s exaggerated facial type is believed to derive from Bani Thani’s sharp features.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A), (B) and (D) only
(A) Sawant Singh composed devotional poetry on Krishna and Radha in Brajbhasha under the pen name Nagari Das. — Correct. It was the pen name under which he wrote these poems.
(B) Bani Thani was an attendant of Raj Singh’s wife and a gifted poetess, singer and dancer. — Correct. She was also Sawant Singh’s muse for his poetry.
(C) Sawant Singh’s poem Bihari Satsai became the basis for Nihal Chand’s painting of Bani Thani. — Incorrect. The poem was Bihari Jas Chandrika. Bihari Satsai is a work of 700 verses by Bihari Lal.
(D) Kishangarh’s exaggerated facial type is believed to derive from Bani Thani’s sharp features. — Correct. This facial type became the salient feature of the Kishangarh School.
NCERT (2026-27): “Bani Thani Sawant Singh composed devotional poetry on Krishna and Radha in Brajbhasha under the pen name Nagari Das. He is said to have been passionately in love with a young singer, who was accorded the title ‘Bani Thani’, the bewitching lady of fashion, because of her unparalleled beauty and elegance. She was an attendant of Raj Singh’s wife and a gifted poetess, singer and dancer. …He writes about her in a poem Bihari Jas Chandrika, which became the basis for Nihal chand’s painting of Bani Thani, thus, representing a blending of poetry and painting. …The exaggerated facial type of Kishangarh, which becomes the distinctive and salient stylistic feature of the Kishangarh School, is believed to have been derived from the attractively sharp facial features of Bani Thani.” |