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	Over the years, dance has taken her all over the world<ref>[http://www.narthaki.com/info/intervw/intrvw52.html Interview]</ref> and brought her many awards, including the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1992),<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 \| date=2015 \| access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1987		Over the years, dance has taken her all over the world<ref>[http://www.narthaki.com/info/intervw/intrvw52.html Interview]</ref> and brought her many awards, including the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1992),<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 \| date=2015 \| access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1987
	,<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_odissi.html Awards Odissi] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] official website.</ref> and the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's the second highest [[civilian award]], in 2003; making her the second woman dancer in India to receive such an honour after [[Balasaraswati]].<ref>[http://www.webindia123.com/personal/dancer/sonal.htm Sonal]</ref> This was followed by [[Kalidas Samman]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] government, in 2006 and on 21 April 2007, she was conferred with Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by [[Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology\|G.B. Pant University]], [[Uttarakhand]] at [[Pantnagar]] and Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) by [[Sambalpur University]].<ref>~~[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2007/04/27/stories/2007042700390300.htm~~ String of awards for Sonal Mansingh] [[The Hindu]], 27 April 2007.</ref>		,<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_odissi.html Awards Odissi] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] official website.</ref> and the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's the second highest [[civilian award]], in 2003; making her the second woman dancer in India to receive such an honour after [[Balasaraswati]].<ref>[http://www.webindia123.com/personal/dancer/sonal.htm Sonal]</ref> This was followed by [[Kalidas Samman]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] government, in 2006 and on 21 April 2007, she was conferred with Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by [[Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology\|G.B. Pant University]], [[Uttarakhand]] at [[Pantnagar]] and Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) by [[Sambalpur University]].<ref>"String of awards for Sonal Mansingh", ''[[The Hindu]]'', 27 April 2007.</ref>

	To mark the completion of her 40 years in dancing in 2002, noted [[Hindi]] film director, [[Prakash Jha]] made a documentary film on her, title ''Sonal'',<ref name=bio/> which also won the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]] for the year.<ref>[http://www.prakashjhaproductions.com/sonal.html ''Sonal'']</ref>		To mark the completion of her 40 years in dancing in 2002, noted [[Hindi]] film director, [[Prakash Jha]] made a documentary film on her, title ''Sonal'',<ref name=bio/> which also won the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]] for the year.<ref>[http://www.prakashjhaproductions.com/sonal.html ''Sonal'']</ref>
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	==Quotes==		==Quotes==
	*''"A dancer is not just a dancer. He/She is part of this environment. He/She does not exist in a vacuum. Society and its happenings have an impact on all individuals, especially artists. If an art form does not reflect the existing milieu, it stagnates."''<ref>[http://www.artindia.net/sonal.html Sonal Mansingh] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080406/http://artindia.net/sonal.html \|date=2008-05-09 }} www.artindia.net.</ref>		*''"A dancer is not just a dancer. He/She is part of this environment. He/She does not exist in a vacuum. Society and its happenings have an impact on all individuals, especially artists. If an art form does not reflect the existing milieu, it stagnates."''<ref>[http://www.artindia.net/sonal.html Sonal Mansingh] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080406/http://artindia.net/sonal.html \|date=2008-05-09 }} www.artindia.net.</ref>
	* ''"Radha is a grand image too but she's a personification of love without which there is no creation. In our male-dominated mythology the image of Krishna at the feet of Radha, begging for her love, is most unusual. Gita Govind invokes deep spiritual thoughts, packaged in beautifully written verses".''<ref name=hindu>[https://archive.is/20130125130500/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=ac0f708f-339e-4eda-be3e-42d2bb2826e0 Art and Culture] [[Hindustan Times]], 18 March 2008.</ref>		* ''"Radha is a grand image too but she's a personification of love without which there is no creation. In our male-dominated mythology the image of Krishna at the feet of Radha, begging for her love, is most unusual. Gita Govind invokes deep spiritual thoughts, packaged in beautifully written verses".''<ref name=hindu>[https://archive.today/20130125130500/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=ac0f708f-339e-4eda-be3e-42d2bb2826e0 Art and Culture] [[Hindustan Times]], 18 March 2008.</ref>

	==Bibliography==		==Bibliography==

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{{Infobox musical artist
| honorary-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name = Sonal Mansingh
| image = Sonal Mansingh.jpg
| caption = Sonal Mansingh performing in [[New Delhi]].
| birth_name = Sonal Pakvasa
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|4|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| origin = [[India]]
| instrument =
| genre = [[Odissi]], [[Bharatanatyam]]
| occupation = *[[Indian classical dance|Indian Classical Dancer]]
* [[Guru]]
*[[Motivational Speaker]]
| years_active = 1961–present
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| website = [http://www.sonalmansingh.in www.sonalmansingh.in]
| current_members =
| past_members =
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Sonal Mansingh
|office = [[Rajya Sabha|Member Of Parliament<br>Rajya Sabha]]
|constituency = [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]] ([[Arts]])
|term_start = 14 July 2018
|predecessor = [[K. Parasaran]]
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| father = Arvind Pakvasa
| mother = Poornima Pakvasa
}}
'''Sonal Mansingh''' (born 30 April 1944) is an [[Indian classical dance]]r and Guru [[Bharatanatyam]] and [[Odissi]] dancing style. She has been [[List of nominated members of Rajya Sabha|nominated]] by the [[President of India]] to become a [[Member of parliament, Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sonal-mansingh-ram-shakal-among-four-nominated-to-rs/articleshow/64985955.cms | title=Sonal Mansingh, Ram Shakal among four nominated to RS | newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | date=14 July 2018 | access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2018/jul/14/former-mp-ram-shakal-rss-leader-rakesh-sinha-among-four-nominated-to-rajya-sabha-1843254.html | title=Former MP Ram Shakal, RSS leader Rakesh Sinha among four nominated to Rajya Sabha | newspaper=New Indian Express | date=14 July 2018 | access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/president-nominates-rss-ideologue-rakesh-sinha-among-three-others-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/64985950.cms | title=President nominates RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha among three others to Rajya Sabha | newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] | date=14 July 2018 | access-date=14 July 2018}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Sonal Mansingh was born in [[Mumbai]], second of three children to Arvind and [[Poornima Pakvasa]], a noted social worker from [[Gujarat]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] winner in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-04-27|title=Freedom fighter, ‘Didi of Dangs’, dies at 103 in Surat|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/freedom-fighter-didi-of-dangs-dies-at-103-in-surat-2771986/|access-date=2021-02-18|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Her grandfather was [[Mangal Das Pakvasa]], a freedom fighter, and one of the first five [[Governors of India]].<ref>[https://www.ualberta.ca/~spicm/sonal_mansingh_biography.htm Sonal Mansingh] [[University of Alberta]] website, www.ualberta.ca.</ref>

She started learning [[Manipuri dance]] at age four, along with her elder sister, from a teacher in [[Nagpur]], then at age seven she started learning [[Bharatnatyam]] from various gurus belonging to the [[Pandanallur style|Pandanallur school]],<ref>''National centre for the performing Arts''. Quarterly journal. v.12-13, ''page 3''</ref> including Kumar Jayakar in Bombay<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/273843.cms Sonal Mansingh: The dance of life] ''[[The Times of India]]'', 9 November 2003.</ref>

She has "Praveen" and "Kovid" degrees in [[Sanskrit]] from [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] and B.A. (Hons) degree in German Literature from [[Elphinstone College]], [[Bombay]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Khokar|first=Ashish Mohan|date=2018-05-17|title=Sonal: The 22-carat dancer|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/dance/sonal-the-22-carat-dancer/article23914118.ece|access-date=2021-02-18|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Though, her real training in dance started when at age 18, despite her family's opposition, she went to [[Bangalore]], to learn Bharatanatyam from Prof. U. S. Krishna Rao and Chandrabhaga Devi<ref>[http://nrcw.nic.in/shared/sublinkimages/191.htm Sonal Mansingh] nrcw.nic.in.</ref> at age 18, abhinaya from Mylapore Gowri Ammal, and later started learning [[Odissi]] from Guru [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]] in 1965.

Mansingh was married to former Indian diplomat [[Lalit Mansingh]]. The couple decided to divorce later.<ref name=indpress>{{cite news|title=The art of diplomacy|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/129791/|access-date=29 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=31 Oct 1999}}</ref> Her father-in-law [[Mayadhar Mansingh]] introduced her to [[Kelucharan Mohapatra]] where she had her training in [[Odissi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sonal Mansingh|url=http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/sonal-mansingh.html|publisher=iloveindia.com|access-date=29 May 2012}}</ref>

==Career==
Sonal Mansingh dancing career which started in 1962, after her ''arangetram'' in [[Mumbai]], and in 1977, she founded, ''Centre for Indian Classical Dances'' (CICD) in [[New Delhi]].<ref name=bio>[http://www.mansinghsonal.com/biography.html Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728165649/http://www.mansinghsonal.com/biography.html |date=2009-07-28 }} Official website.</ref><ref>[http://mansinghsonal.wordpress.com/ Sonal Mansingh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718102128/http://mansinghsonal.wordpress.com/ |date=2011-07-18 }}</ref>

Over the years, dance has taken her all over the world<ref>[http://www.narthaki.com/info/intervw/intrvw52.html Interview]</ref> and brought her many awards, including the [[Padma Bhushan]] (1992),<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 | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1987
,<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_odissi.html Awards Odissi] [[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] official website.</ref> and the [[Padma Vibhushan]], India's the second highest [[civilian award]], in 2003; making her the second woman dancer in India to receive such an honour after [[Balasaraswati]].<ref>[http://www.webindia123.com/personal/dancer/sonal.htm Sonal]</ref> This was followed by [[Kalidas Samman]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] government, in 2006 and on 21 April 2007, she was conferred with Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by [[Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology|G.B. Pant University]], [[Uttarakhand]] at [[Pantnagar]] and Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) by [[Sambalpur University]].<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fr/2007/04/27/stories/2007042700390300.htm String of awards for Sonal Mansingh] [[The Hindu]], 27 April 2007.</ref>

To mark the completion of her 40 years in dancing in 2002, noted [[Hindi]] film director, [[Prakash Jha]] made a documentary film on her, title ''Sonal'',<ref name=bio/> which also won the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]] for the year.<ref>[http://www.prakashjhaproductions.com/sonal.html ''Sonal'']</ref>

In 2018, she was honoured with [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]] also known as Akademi Ratna, for her contribution in the field of performing arts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akademi Ratna for Rajya Sabha MP Sonal Mansingh|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jul/17/akademi-ratna-for-rajya-sabha-mp-sonal-mansingh-2005115.html|access-date=2021-02-18|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Choreographies==
* ''Indradhanush''
* ''Manavatta''
* ''Mera Bharat''
* ''Draupadi''
* ''Gita Govinda''<ref name=hindu/>
* ''Sabras''
* ''Chaturang''<ref>[http://www.culturopedia.com/Personalities/indianpersonality-sonalmansingh.html Famous Personalities of India]</ref>
* ''Panchkanya''
* ''Devi Durga''
* ''Aatmayan''<ref>[http://www.4to40.com/legends/index.asp?id=953 Legends of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080416005749/http://www.4to40.com/legends/index.asp?id=953 |date=2008-04-16 }}</ref>
* ''Samanavaya''

==Quotes==
*''"A dancer is not just a dancer. He/She is part of this environment. He/She does not exist in a vacuum. Society and its happenings have an impact on all individuals, especially artists. If an art form does not reflect the existing milieu, it stagnates."''<ref>[http://www.artindia.net/sonal.html Sonal Mansingh] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509080406/http://artindia.net/sonal.html |date=2008-05-09 }} www.artindia.net.</ref>
* ''"Radha is a grand image too but she's a personification of love without which there is no creation. In our male-dominated mythology the image of Krishna at the feet of Radha, begging for her love, is most unusual. Gita Govind invokes deep spiritual thoughts, packaged in beautifully written verses".''<ref name=hindu>[https://archive.is/20130125130500/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=ac0f708f-339e-4eda-be3e-42d2bb2826e0 Art and Culture] [[Hindustan Times]], 18 March 2008.</ref>

==Bibliography==
* ''The Penguin Book of Indian Dance'' by Sonal Mansingh, Penguin Books Australia. {{ISBN|0-14-013921-4}}.
* ''Classical Dances'' by Sonal Mansingh, Avinash Pasricha, Varsha Das. 2007, Wisdom Publications. {{ISBN|81-8328-067-6}}.
* ''Draupadi'', by Sonal Mansingh; Museum Society of Bombay, 1994.

* '' Devpriya'' conversation with Sonal Mansingh by Yatindra Mishra; Vaani publication.

==Further reading==
* ''Sonal Mansingh Contribution to Odissi Dance'' by Jiwan Pani. 1992, Centre for Indian Classical Dances. {{ISBN|81-7304-002-8}}.
* ''Bharata Natyam: Indian Classical Dance Art'', by Sunil Kothari. MARG Publications, 1979. ''Page 169-170''.

==See also==
* [[Indian women in dance]]
* [http://wikibioinside.com/sonal-mansingh-wiki-biography-age-dob/ Untold Story About Sonal Mansingh]

==References==
{{reflist}}
*''India’s 50 Most Illustrious Women'' ({{ISBN|81-88086-19-3}}) by Indra Gupta

==External links==

{{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1990–99}}
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