To know more such amazing stories from Indian history, click the bell icon and subscribe to Live History India. For over 2,000 years India was home to the finest Muslims. The Greeks praised it, the Romans called it Wohen Air, the models embellished it and the British traders almost destroyed it. So, prize with the Muslims of Bengal in Europe that there are stories of how jealous British merchants cut off the thumbs of Muslim and weavers to ensure that the arch dies out. After the partition of India, what remained of Muslim weaving came to be concentrated in a small pocket around Dhaka. But now it is seeing a great revival in the Kalna belt of West Bengal. This is thanks to work done by weavers like the National Award winning Jyotish Bheednath and passionate revivalists like movie pal Chaudhary. In our 90s now, Ruby pal Chaudhary has been the force behind the revival of the finest Muslim Jyombani's of Bengal. It came from Dhaka, so we always called it Dhaka in our Sajyambani. Jyombani is a Persian word as you know and it means Jyomb means flower and Dane is a container. It came from Persia and the name also stuck there. And lot of designs have been I think as influenced by the Persia. So, from our very young age, if we got it Dhaka, we were thrilled because we hold it in a very prestigious manner. In the sense that okay, you are wearing a dhaka, how wonderful. You can even wear this saree in a wedding and then it will be something. That is the way we looked at it. And later on, I studied about the 6th year, this Dhaka, what we call, but then later on, it carried the name Jyombani, which is the real name of the technique of weaving. It really took my interest when I learnt about the Muslim. And Muslim has to be particularly the Kapash cotton. And Kapash cotton was very common in Bengal, all over even in my house, in my childhood days, I have to see Kapash cotton. But Bangladesh produced that part, you know, one part of the project. Very good quality cotton, which was used for Muslim weaving. But it is not only Dhaka, but also in Shantipur, which is to do Muslim. So, however, it is a Muslim which brought out the beauty of the Jyombani saree. So, basically, that was it. So, I was always interested. So, I said, if I do, I mean, this part of Bengal, this Jyombani weave, but it has to be in Muslim. So, we started a project. And as for the funding, it was very strange. One American lady just walked in, very young. She was in the advises. She was involved with the answer for advertising. She said, I am very interested to start something and to promote it. I said, very good. I thought about it. I said, why don't you go and see what is in one particular area called Karna. And made this weave, he used to do in small sort of a sample loop. And that is where he used to do. I said, why don't you go and see me, Tim? He came from Bangladesh. So, he has, but it wasn't as developed as he was later on. And I sent him there and she was quite thrilled to see this kind of weave. She said, okay, back, there will be, I mean, I said, fine. So, she gave us about something like 16 legs, which of course, wasn't enough. Then we put in our money also, set up the whole thing, loom, and a warping drum, even the floor we had to change, because it needs humidity. So, that for the pitloom, and even the roof we change so that it can get some of the humidity from there, windows, etc. Everything would be set up and we started. And my inspiration was Gandhi's. And we had a huge picture of Gandhi. He always with a chakka. So, we had the spinners and we had the webers. So, it was working wonderful, wonderful, really, produced wonderful things. I will see. This loom set up in Kalna by Jodhisthaya Bnath was a starting point. And today he's a national award winner. He and Sandra Jeep have taken the arts to the next level. So, we have chosen the winner of our team, our father, and our finalist. But our finalist, but he's also a very good player. He's a very high counterweight player. So, he's a very good player. He's a very good player. He's a very good player. But he's a very good player. He's a very great player, especially if he's aListener from here and what we thought that does not have the point. We, must be with you, should be able to play or get consistent with us. And you have to prove that it deserves to be positive. Once favored by royals, it is a testimony to the appeal of the fine muslims and the hard work put in. That these fine beaves are getting increasingly popular with top designers in India and luxury brands across the world. Expensive and still priced today, hundreds of weavers are working on busy rooms to make this weave come alive. you