Celebrating 100th Birth Anniversary of Mrinalini Sarabhai , Renowned Indian Classical Dancer: 11th May

May 11, 2018    

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General Awareness is an equally important section containing same weightage of 25 questions in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS exams and has an even more abundant importance in some other exams conducted by SSC. Generally, there are questions asked related to Important events. So you should know important facts related to Indian History so that you can score well in General Awareness section.

To let you make the most of GA section, we are providing important facts related to some important events. Also, Railway Exam is nearby with bunches of posts for the interested candidates in which General Awareness is a major part to be asked for various posts exams. We have covered important notes focusing on these prestigious exams. We wish you all the best of luck to come over the fear of General Awareness section

Mrinalini Sarabhai 

Mrinalini Sarabhai was born in Kerala on May 11, 1918.

Her father Subbarama Swaminadhan was a lawyer at the Madras High Court, while her mother A V Ammakutty, was a social worker.

She was the wife of the Indian physicist Vikram Sarabhai.

Sarabhai passed away at the age of 97 in January 2016.

Sarabhai started her training at a fairly young age, studying both the classical dance forms of Bharatanatyam and Kathakali.

She was the founder of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad.

The Darpana Academy of Performing Arts celebrated its golden jubilee on 28 December 1998, with the announcement of the annual "Mrinalini Sarabhai Award for Classical Excellence", in the field of classical dance.

She trained over 18,000 students in Bharatnatyam and Kathakali.

Mrinalini Sarabhai has been awarded by the Indian government with the national civilian awards Padma Bhushan in 1992 and the Padma Shri in 1965.

She was the first recipient of the Nishagandhi Puraskaram, an annual award of the Government of Kerala. The award was presented in 2013

She was also the first Indian to receive the medal and Diploma of the French association Archives Internationales de la Danse.

She was nominated to the Executive Committee of the International Dance Council, Paris in 1990 and awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, New Delhi in 1994.

Mrinalini Sarabhai's autobiography ‘Voice of the Heart’.

Note:
On her 100th birth anniversary, Google on Friday honoured renowned Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai with a doodle on its homepage.



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Celebrating 100th Birth Anniversary of Mrinalini Sarabhai , Renowned Indian Classical Dancer: 11th May 4.5 5 Yateendra sahu May 11, 2018 Dear Readers, General Awareness is an equally important section containing same weightage of 25 questions in SSC CGL, CHS...


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