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P. C. Sorcar

Indian magician (1913-1971) · India · On the map · Writers · Died at 57

Protul Chandra Sorcar was an Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television.

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Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Japan, on 6 January 1971, as he left the stage at the end of a performance. P.C. Sorcar is known also as P.C. Sorcar Senior, is renowned as "Father of Modern Indian Magic".

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India
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Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1971 · aged 57