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Mrinalini Sarabhai

1918 - 2016

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Mrinalini Vikram Sarabhai (11 May 1918 – 21 January 2016) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and instructor. She was the founder and director of the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, an institute for imparting training in dance, drama, music and puppetry, in the city of Ahmedabad. She received Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Shri in 1965. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mrinalini Sarabhai has received more than 1,893,511 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Mrinalini Sarabhai is the 70th most popular dancer (up from 79th in 2019), the 525th most popular biography from India (up from 639th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 70 out of 116. Before her are Vladimir Vasiliev, Tamara Khanum, Yvette Chauviré, Lydia Lopokova, Vera Karalli, and Olga Preobrajenska. After her are Alicia Markova, Olga Spessivtseva, Vakhtang Chabukiani, Hans van Manen, Birgit Cullberg, and Yury Grigorovich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 186. Before her are Alfred Bickel, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Shinobu Hashimoto, Édouard Gagnon, Mike Wallace, and Alexander Galich. After her are Bill Vukovich, Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio, Art Carney, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, Hans Berglund, and Gisela Arendt. Among people deceased in 2016, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 277. Before her are Susana Duijm, Émile Derlin Zinsou, Marisol Escobar, Ofelya Hambardzumyan, Garry Shandling, and Sushil Koirala. After her are Alan Young, Ruth Leuwerik, Merle Haggard, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Benoîte Groult, and Jimmy Bain.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 525 out of 1,861. Before her are Priyanka Chopra (1982), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Sugathakumari (1934), Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah (1565), Mayawati (1956), and Jackie Shroff (1957). After her are Boney Kapoor (1955), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), Alivardi Khan (1671), Sabu Dastagir (1924), Jyoti Basu (1914), and Kātyāyana (-200).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Mrinalini Sarabhai ranks 2. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937). After her are Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Balasaraswati (1918), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Saroj Khan (1948), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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