Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Saigol, anticipating the division and independence of British India, moved his assets to Lahore in the early 1940s. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, with the help of his younger brothers Yousuf and Bashir, he set up their first textile spinning mill in Lyallpur (now called Faisalabad ) in 1949. [ 3 ]
Mysore painting (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು ಚಿತ್ರಕಲೆ) is an important form of classical South Indian painting style that originated in and around the town of Mysore in Karnataka. The painting style was encouraged and nurtured by the Mysore rulers.
Mysore Lac and Paints Limited was founded by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV in 1937 for manufacturing paints and related products. [3] It became a public sector company when India gained independence in 1947. In 1962, it was selected to manufacture indelible ink, which was first used in the third general election of India. [1]
The peta is a turban worn in Mysore and Kodagu, it is the traditional indigenous attire worn by the erstwhile Kings of Mysore, called the Wodeyars (1399 to 1947), of the Kingdom of Mysore. Wodeyars wore a richly bejeweled turban made of silk and jari ( gold threaded lace ) to match with colourful dresses as part of the royal dress.
Gol Bagh was the largest recorded garden of the Indian subcontinent, [12] encompassing the town of Lahore with a five-mile belt of greenery; [13] it existed until as late as 1947. [13] The initiator of the Mughal gardens in India was Zaheeruddin Babur who had witnessed the beauty of Timurid gardens in Central Asia during his early days.
Nishat Group's origins goes back to a leather business in Calcutta, British India, established by Mian Muhammad Yahya. [6] Following the partition of India in 1947, Mian Muhammad Yahya and his three brothers, Mian Hameed, Mian Rafiq, and Mian Ayub, founded Nishat Mills in Pakistan in 1951. [6]
The name Mysore is an anglicised form of Mahiṣūru, [11] which means "the abode of Mahiṣa" in the vernacular Kannada.The common noun Mahiṣa, in Sanskrit, means buffalo; in this context, however, Mahiṣa refers to Mahishasura, a mythical demon who could assume the form of either a human or a buffalo, and who, according to Hindu mythology, ruled the ancient parts of Mysore Kingdom, known ...
NR Group is an Indian business group which comprises six companies in various businesses such as essential oils, fragrances, incense, and electronics.It is based in Mysore, and was established in 1948 by N. Ranga Rao as Mysore Products and General Trading Company, which later became N. Ranga Rao & Sons.