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The Bagh Print!!

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  History of Bagh:  The Bagh Print, an Indian handicraft produced in Bagh, Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh, is a traditional hand-block print with natural colors. The city of Bagh on the banks of the Bagh River is the source of its name. A popular textile printing product is Bagh print fabric, which features reproduced geometric and floral designs with vegetable colors of red and black over a white backdrop. After they migrated from Manawar to Bagh in 1962, the Muslim Khatri community in Madhya Pradesh began what is now known as Bagh Print. Their roots are found in Larkana, Sindh (now in Pakistan), from whence they moved to Marwad, Rajasthan, and Manawar. The printing method they used, which was common in Sind, is called Ajrak prints. It's still being determined when they left Sindh and moved over the Indus.  As they settled in the village of the same name on the banks of the Bagh River, they brought with them their traditional block printing method, which they continued to practice