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SUMITRA CHARAT RAM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The veteran dancer and Member of the Rajya Sabha, Sonal Mansingh was conferred the Sumitra Charat Ram Lifetime Achievement Award 2019. The award was given by the Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, renowned organisation for art and culture in New Delhi.

The management of Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra instituted the Sumitra Charat Ram Award for Life­time Achievement in 2010, which is given annually to an eminent personality in Indian classical music or dance. The first recipient of the award was Pandit Birju Ma­haraj. This year Sonal Mansingh received this award from Birju Maharaj in the presence of Shobha Deepak Singh, Director of the Kendra.

The award ceremony was followed by a dance presentation by Dr. Sonal Mansingh.

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