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| name = Ram V. Sutar<br />
| image = File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Bhushan Award to Shri Ram Vanji Sutar, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 12, 2016.jpg <br />
| caption = Sutar (L) receiving Padma Bhushan award in 2016 from the then President Pranab Mukherjee (R).<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1925|2|19}}<br />
| birth_place = Gondur, [[Dhule]], [[Maharashtra]], India<br />
| awards = 2016 [[Padma Bhushan]]<br>1999 [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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[[File:2015-04-20 Gandhi-Denkmal, Hannover, (19).jpg|thumb|right|Sculpture of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] by Ram V. Sutar in [[Hanover]]]]<br />
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'''Ram Vanji Sutar''' (born 19 February 1925) is an Indian sculptor. He also designed the ''[[Statue of Unity]]'' which is the world's [[tallest statue]] with a height of 182 metres (597 feet), exceeding the [[Spring Temple Buddha]] by 54 metres.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46028342|title=India unveils world's tallest statue|date=31 October 2018|work=BBC News|access-date=31 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031055342/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-46028342|archive-date=2018-10-31|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Sutar was born in a [[Vishwakarma]] family, on 19 February 1925, in the village of Gondur, in [[Dhule]] district of [[Maharashtra]]. In 1952, he married Pramila.<ref>[http://www.ramsutar.com/dir_profile.htm Ram Vanji Sutar's Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231228/http://www.ramsutar.com/dir_profile.htm |date=24 April 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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Sutar designed the ''[[Statue of Unity]]'', the tallest statue of the world located in [[Gujarat]].<ref name="NDTV2016">{{cite web | title='Statue of Unity' To Be Completed in 2 Years: Renowned Sculptor Ram Sutar | website=NDTV.com | date=12 May 2016 | url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/statue-of-unity-to-be-completed-in-2-years-renowned-sculptor-ram-sutar-1405566 | access-date=26 July 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801215921/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/statue-of-unity-to-be-completed-in-2-years-renowned-sculptor-ram-sutar-1405566 | archive-date=2016-08-01 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet the man who sculpted Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's Statue of Unity – Monumental ambitions |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-the-man-who-sculpted-sardar-vallabhbhai-patels-statue-of-unity/monumental-ambitions/slideshow/66389757.cms?from=mdr |website=The Economic Times |access-date=3 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028073726/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/meet-the-man-who-sculpted-sardar-vallabhbhai-patels-statue-of-unity/monumental-ambitions/slideshow/66389757.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=2018-10-28 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ramsutar.com/studio.htm Sutar's studio] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424231519/http://www.ramsutar.com/studio.htm |date=24 April 2012 }}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
In 1999, he received the [[Padma Shri]] and later in 2016, [[Padma Bhushan]] from the Government of India.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |year=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015 | archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | archive-date=2014-11-15 | url-status=live }}</ref> In October 2018, Sutar received the [[Tagore Award]] for cultural harmony of 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-10-26|title=Tagore Awards for Cultural Harmony: Manipuri dancer, Bangladeshi sculptor among recipients|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tagore-awards-for-cultural-harmony-manipuri-dancer-bangladeshi-sculptor-among-recipients-5419044/|access-date=2021-06-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
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* {{cite news |last1=Bhura |first1=Sneha |title=Statue of Unity: Meet the sculptors who help politicians carve their place in history |url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2018/10/31/meet-the-men-who-help-politicians-carve-their-place-history.html |work=The Week |date=31 October 2018 }}<br />
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