Global Silk City Network

Why in news?

• Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to become a member of the Global Silk City Network.

About Global Silk City Network:

• Global Silk City Network helps artisans and craftsmen to exchange knowledge, build trade relations and understand various craftsmanship techniques.
• Currently, ??13 best silk-producing cities and nine countries are members of this network.

Other Indian Cities to join the Network:

• West Bengal’s Murshidabad district — known to produce fine silk over the past 300 years — may join the Global Silk City Network in future.
• The history of silk weaving in Murshidabad goes back to the early eighteenth century during the Mughal rule, when the Nawab of Bengal, Murshid Quli Khan, shifted his capital from Dhaka to a town on the east of the Bhagirathi river and named it Murshidabad.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Which of the following Indian city becomes the member of the Global Silk City Network recently?

(a) Kolkata

(b) Bengaluru

(c) Varanasi

(d) Mysore

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