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Kapila Vatsyayan

1928 - 2020

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Kapila Vatsyayan (25 December 1928 – 16 September 2020) 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. In 1970, Vatsyayan received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's national academy for music, dance and drama; this was followed by the Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour in the fine arts conferred by Lalit Kala Akademi, India's national academy for fine arts in 1995. In 2011, the Government of India bestowed upon her the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Kapila Vatsyayan is the 100th most popular dancer (up from 103rd in 2024), the 981st most popular biography from India (up from 1,002nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 100 out of 116. Before her are Balasaraswati, Robert Helpmann, Sonal Mansingh, Alessandra Ferri, Antony Tudor, and Twyla Tharp. After her are Rachel Brice, Agnes de Mille, Padma Subrahmanyam, Saroj Khan, Marianela Núñez, and Isabelle Duchesnay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 565. Before her are André Milhoux, Herbert Flam, Pat O'Connor, Vanessa Brown, Udham Singh, and Ted Sorensen. After her are Gillian Sheen, Ed Macauley, Toaripi Lauti, Tom Aldredge, Gino Pariani, and Andrew Sarris. Among people deceased in 2020, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 747. Before her are Sumner Redstone, Mridula Sinha, Shirley Ann Grau, Tony Waiters, Annie Ross, and Vadão. After her are Ali Khalif Galaydh, Doris de Agostini, Tamás Wichmann, Sergey Belyayev, Grant Imahara, and Alan Merrill.

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In India

Among people born in India, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 981 out of 1,861. Before her are Nirmala Deshpande (1929), Harika Dronavalli (1991), Vani Jairam (1945), Paresh Rawal (1955), Sharda Sinha (1952), and Udham Singh (1928). After her are Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah (1915), Smita Patil (1955), Prem Nazir (1927), Aparna Sen (1945), Maneka Gandhi (1956), and S. J. Suryah (1968).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Kapila Vatsyayan ranks 7. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), Balasaraswati (1918), and Sonal Mansingh (1944). After her are Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Saroj Khan (1948), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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