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Sonal Mansingh

1944 - Today

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Sonal Mansingh (born 30 April 1944) is an Indian classical dancer and Guru in Bharatanatyam and Odissi dancing style. She has been nominated by the President of India to become a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha. She is the recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1992 and Padma Vibhushan in 2003. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sonal Mansingh is the 96th most popular dancer (down from 94th in 2019), the 949th most popular biography from India (down from 766th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Dancer.

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Among DANCERS

Among dancers, Sonal Mansingh ranks 96 out of 116. Before her are Jin Xing, Yamini Krishnamurthy, Svetlana Zakharova, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Balasaraswati, and Robert Helpmann. After her are Antony Tudor, Twyla Tharp, Kapila Vatsyayan, Rachel Brice, Agnes de Mille, and Padma Subrahmanyam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Sonal Mansingh ranks 690. Before her are Loren Shriver, Petra Roth, Giorgi Sichinava, David Lindley, Anand Satyanand, and Antonio Arias. After her are Chris Dodd, Nancy Cartwright, David Hemery, Juan Rodríguez Vega, Thomas Allen, and Amol Palekar.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sonal Mansingh ranks 949 out of 1,861. Before her are Huma Qureshi (1986), Bindu (1951), Zareen Khan (1987), Lalita Pawar (1916), Sunil Chhetri (1984), and Arvind Swamy (1970). After her are Sugata Mitra (1952), Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Anupam Tripathi (1988), Zohra Sehgal (1912), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), and Bhanu Athaiya (1929).

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Among DANCERS In India

Among dancers born in India, Sonal Mansingh ranks 6. Before her are Birju Maharaj (1937), Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Mrinalini Sarabhai (1918), and Balasaraswati (1918). After her are Kapila Vatsyayan (1928), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Saroj Khan (1948), Geeta Kapur (1973), and Vaibhavi Merchant (1975).

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