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Nautch

The nautch (/ˈnɔːtʃ/, meaning "dance" or "dancing" from Hindustani: "naach") was a popular court dance performed by girls (known as "nautch girls") in later Mughal and colonial India. The word "nautch" was a British corruption of "Nach", the Bengali word for dancing. In the early part of the 19th century, it was the resident Bengalis British supported…

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Nautch party

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Famous nautch girls

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Nautch

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Anti-Nautch movement

Decline in patronage, shift towards prostitution

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related to Famous nautch girls · 22
Nautch → Adham Khan, Adham Khan's, Akbar, Akbar's, Baz Bahadur, Delhi, Great, Hindu, In, Khandesh, Malwa, Mandu, March, Muslim, One, Pir Muhammad Khan, Pyari Jan, Rani Roopmati, Roopmati, Saharanpur
related to Nautch girls · 19
Nautch → Beria, Berin, Bogams, British, Deogarni, Gand, Gondh, Groups, Hindu, India, Mughal, Nautchs, Telangana, The Times, Their, These, They, Uttar Pradesh, Wandering
related to Anti-Nautch movement · 13
Nautch → Anglo-Sikh, British, British Raj, England, India, Indian, Lahore, Pakistan, Sikhs, The, The Victorian, Victorian, While
related to history · 8
Nautch → British, During, Earlier, In, India, Indians, Mughal, The
see also · 7
Nautch → Dance, Girls, India, Indian, IndiaTawaifDevadasiGhawaziOuled NaïlIndian, KhatoonBani ThaniKanjirottu Yakshi, Nautch Girl
related to Decline in patronage, shift towards prostitution · 6
Nautch → Christian, Consequently, Europeans, In, Indians, Suez Canal
related to Further reading · 6
Nautch → Dancers, India, Nautch Girls, Playmates, Pran Nevile, Singers
related to Nautch handlers: mama and muhafiz · 5
Nautch → Description, Indian, Late Evening Nautch, Lieutenant Thomas Bacon, Mashalchis
related to Nautch musicians · 4
Nautch → Musicians, Singers, The, They
related to Regional variations of the nautch · 4
Nautch → Baghmundi, Part, The, Zamindar

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girls british india performed dance patrons dancing girl dances mughal indian musicians two dancers century perform raj however hindu men

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dancing girls which were seen as lewd by the Victorian standards of the British Rajinstance ofwhich spread from England to the colonies and the Indian mutiny of 1857 further reinforced these views on local practices0.80text
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementThe0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementBritish Raj0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementLahore0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementSikhs0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementAnglo-Sikh0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementWhile0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementBritish0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementThe Victorian0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementEngland0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementIndian0.60section
Nautchrelated to Anti-Nautch movementVictorian0.60section

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