NCERT Solutions for Class 6 English Supplementary Chapter 5: Tansen

The lesson is about the famous Indian musician- Tansen and talks about the importance of information and the wisdom of finding solutions, that how Tansen with his intricate knowledge of music was able to save himself. Tansen was the child of singer Mukandan Mishra from Behat near Gwalior. Tansen was a naughty but overall a wise and talented child. One day Swami Haridas found Tansen roaring like a tiger in the forest, and since then, Tansen started learning music from him. He did so for eleven years and became a great singer afterwards and got married to Hussaini from Gwalior. Soon after Tansen became a famous musician, he became an official singer in Emperor Akbar's court. Being a favourite of Akbar, he was subjected to jealousy of a few courtiers who even planned to kill Tansen. A man named Shaukat Mian requested Akbar to make Tansen sing Raga Deepak. Tansen was aware that Raga Deepak would turn him into ashes as it would produce heat around the singer and Raga Megh would bring rain.
So, he made his daughter Saraswati and her friend Rupvati to sing Raga Megh in the court as the girls sang Raga Megh Tansen Raga Deepak and saved his life. Though after this incident, Tansen became sick and Akbar punished the courtiers for this deed. Tansen recovered from his illness, and the people celebrated his recovery.