Kapila Vatsyayan

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Indian politician and art historian (1928-2020)

India PoliticiansLived 1928 to 2020 · aged 91

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Kapila Vatsyayan was a leading scholar of Indian classical dance, art, architecture, and art history. She served as a member of parliament and bureaucrat in India, and also served as the founding director of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.

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Kapila Vatsayan speaking at IGNCA

Awards 4

2011Padma Vibhushan

1990Padma Shri in arts

1975Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship

Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi

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SpouseSachchidananda Vatsyayan

Connected to Kapila 6

Mohan RakeshAlso won Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship N. RajamAlso won Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi

B. B. LalAlso won Padma Vibhushan

Benode Behari MukherjeeAlso won Padma Vibhushan

Thetakudi Harihara VinayakramAlso won Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ali Sardar JafriAlso won Jawarharlal Nehru Fellowship

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