TANNO BAI: Famous ‘Mujre Ki Rani’ of Azimabad Aka Patna City

Azimabad was the name of modern-day Patna during the eighteenth century, before the British Raj. Today, Patna is the capital of Bihar, a state in North India. In ancient times, Patna was known as Pataliputra. This was the capital of the Maurya and Gupta Empires. When there was a lot of Tawaifs here. Azimabad, a city known for the Ganges-Jamuni Tehzeeb, now named Patna. Previously, this city was considered as the Mark of Mausiki-o-Adbo-Tehzeeb. There was more than one songwriter, tabla players and sarangi players here. There has been a long list of singers from Patna, with Bada Kannis, Chhoti Kannis, Mohammed Bandi, Allazillai Bai, B Ramajo, B Hutan, Faizi, Chandar, Mundar, Gangadhari, Ramdasi and Zohrabai-like Funkara in their Ilmo-Hunar. The tawaifs of Banaras, Allahabad and Agra were often included in their processions. The fame and glory of Azimabad, with a mixed population of Hindus and Muslims, had increased so much in those days that it had become a strange city in the whole of India. The names of Bandi