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In the beautiful, fertile and prosperous land of Punjab (India), the painstakingly inlaid and delightful lacquered furniture and decorative of Hoshiarpur is of excellent quality. Done with expertise hand cutting of small pieces pictures of imitation of ivory (plastic sheets) and exquisitely designed in beautiful motifs inlaid in wooden furniture. Established in 1855, under the leadership of Late Shri Kanhaya Lal won the Punjab Anjuman Award in 1880 and won several times 1st prize in Export Awards from Punjab government from 1975 to 1996 for exporting this vintage craft of Punjab to U.S.A, Canada, Europe under the leadership of L