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2025Direct Conceptual / Factual MCQClassical Music Institutions

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

A.Delhi
B.Gwalior
C.Ujjain
D.Lahore
Explanation: * (d) Lahore is correct: The first Gandharva Mahavidyalaya was established by the Hindustani musician Vishnu Digambar Paluskar on 5 May 1901 at Lahore. * A later institution named Gandharva Mahavidyalaya New Delhi was established in 1939 to perpetuate his memory and keep up his classical music ideals.
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