Salon

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Drawing room

A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the sixteenth-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber, which remained in use through the seventeenth century, and made their first written appearance in 1642. In a large sixteenth- to early eighteenth-century English house, a withdrawing room was a room to which the owner of the house, his wife, or a distinguished guest who was occupying one of the main apartments in the house could "withdraw" for more privacy. It was often off the great chamber (or the great chamber's descendant, the state room or salon) and usually led to a formal, or "state" bedroom.

History and development

In eighteenth-century London, the royal morning receptions that the French called levées were called "drawing rooms", with the sense originally that the privileged members of court would gather in the drawing room outside the king's bedroom, where he would make his first formal public appearance of the day.

Salon, India

Salon (Hindi: सलोन), is a town and a tehsil as well as nagar panchayat in Raebareli district in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

It is located at 26°02′N 81°27′E / 26.03°N 81.45°E / 26.03; 81.45. and has an average elevation of 110 metres (360 feet). It has a rich history which is deeply entrenched in Sufi traditions, the Khanqah-i-Karimia is a spiritual centre within the town. The Salon Bazaar is also a popular attraction for the adjoining villages. Nearby villages are Paksaravan (8.4 km), Bewali (2 km), Matka (4 km), Khatiyara (5 km), Sarvariyan ka Purva(7 km), Umari 6.5km, Ataganj Usari (3 km).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Salon had a population of 13,166. Males constitute 51.30% of the population and females 48.70%. Salon has an average literacy rate of 49.54%. In Salon, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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