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Rukmini Devi Arundale

Indian dancer and choreographer (1904-1986) · India · On the map · Died at 81

Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare.

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1986Died24 February 19861984Kalidas SammanAward1967Sangeet Natak Akademi FellowshipAward1957Sangeet Natak Akademi AwardAward1956Padma BhushanAward1904Born29 February 1904

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Kalidas Samman1984
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship1967
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award1957
Padma Bhushan1956
Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi

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Lived 1904 to 1986 · aged 81

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