Rajkumar Achouba Singh

Indian classical dancer and teacher (born 1938)

Rajkumar Achouba Singh
Born5 December 1938
Manipur, India
OccupationClassical dancer
AwardsPadma Shri
Manipur State Award
WebsiteOfficial web site

Rajkumar Achouba Singh (born 5 December 1938) is an Indian classical dancer and teacher, known for his scholarship on the Manipuri dance forms of Raas and Lai Haraoba.[1] Singh, who is credited several books and articles on Manipuri culture, is a former Principal of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy,[2] Imphal.[1][3] A holder of post graduate degrees in Raas and Lai Haraoba, he has also been a visiting teacher at the Government Dance College, Imphal.[1] He was honored by the Government of India, in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri.[4] He is also a recipient of the Manipur State Award.[1]

See also

  • Lai Haraoba
  • Manipuri dance
  • flagIndia portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Yumpu". Yumpu. 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ "JNMDA". Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Sangeet Natak Akademi". Sangeet Natak Akademi. 2014. Archived from the original on 19 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.

External links

  • "Padma Awards 2010". Economic Times. 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
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Recipients of Padma Shri in Art
1950s
  • Omkarnath Thakur (1955)
  • Sthanam Narasimha Rao (1956)
  • Sudhir Khastgir (1957)
  • Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (1957)
  • Debaki Bose (1958)
  • Shambhu Maharaj (1958)
  • Nargis (1958)
  • Satyajit Ray (1958)
  • Devika Rani (1958)
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