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Indrani Rahman
Indrani Rahman
	Error creating thumbnail: File missing Indian Classical Dancer, who brought Kuchipudi Dance from the village to India's Capital, Delhi
Born	Indrani Bajpai; 19 September 1930; Madras, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	5 February 1999 (aged 68); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Indian classical dancer, choreographer,
Spouse(s)	Habib Rahman
Children	Ram Rahman; Sukanya Rahman
Parent(s)	Ragini Devi (mother);
Awards	1969: Padma Shri ; 1981:Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

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Indrani Rahman with her portrait Indrani by M. F. Husain

Indrani Rahman (née Bajpai, 19 September 1930 – 5 February 1999) was an Indian classical dancer of Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Odissi and the country's first beauty pageant titleholder. She later became popular in the West and settled in New York City in 1976.

In 1952, she won the Miss India pageant and then represented India in the first Miss Universe pageant. Later, she joined her mother Ragini Devi's company. She popularised the Indian classical dance form, Odissi during her international tours. Indrani had received the Padma Shri in 1969 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the performing arts and also the Taraknath Das Award.

Background and family[edit | edit source]

Indrani Rahman was born in Chennai (then Madras), the daughter of Ramalal Balram Bajpai (1880–1962), sometime president of the Indo-American League, by his wife Ragini Devi (née Esther Luella Sherman). Her father, Ramalal Bajpai, was a Maharashtrian from Nagpur, a chemist who went to the US for higher education. Here he met and married Esther Luella Sherman, an American by birth. Born in Petoskey, Michigan in 1893,^[2] (died 1982),^[3] Esther embraced Hinduism upon her wedding and took the name 'Ragini Devi.'^[4]

The couple moved to India in the 1920s. Ramalal then took a job as assistant editor of Young India, the magazine founded by Lala Lajpat Rai. After Independence, he became the Consul General of India at New York,^[5] and president of the Indo-American League. Meanwhile, Ragini became a passionate proponent of Indian classical dance and devoted her life to their revival and nurture. This happened after a fateful meeting with the great rajadasi, (royal courtesan) Jetti Tayamma of Mysore, from whom she started learning Bharata Natyam. She then honed her dancing talents under the tutelage of Gauri Amma, a courtesan of Chennai.^[6]^[7]^[8] Ragini then became a celebrated dancer herself, and was among the most feted performers of the 1930s.^[9] Ragini also championed the revival of Kathakali during the same period.^{[citation needed]}

Indrani was born in Chennai to this couple and grew up in a mixed-race household. She was brought up to be uninhibited and independent by her American mother, who encouraged her to participate in beauty pageants. As one of very few participants from across the country who could be persuaded to contest the pageant, Indrani was crowned 'Miss India' in the year 1952.^{[citation needed]}

Indrani Rehman after being crowned Miss India 1952, with Indian Congress leader S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest

Indrani Rehman (third from left) and the runner-up Miss Suryakumari (sixth from left) with Miss India 1952 participants

Career[edit | edit source]

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Dinner in Honor of President John F. Kennedy Given by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Rahman fourth from left

Indrani started learning dance in her mother's company, at age nine, and accompanied her as she travelled through, Americas, and Europe. Professionally, she first started with Bharata Natyam, having learnt the Pandanallur style of Bharata Natyam from Guru Chokkalingam Pillai (1893–1968) in the 1940s. Soon she was in Vijaywada, learning Kuchipudi from Korada Narsimha Rao with whom she later toured many parts of the world.^[10]

In 1947, Indrani attracted the attention of India's leading dance and art critic Charles Fabri, who later encouraged her to go to Orissa and learn the little-known classical dance form of Odissi, making her the first professional dancer to learn Odissi. After learning Odissi for three years, from Guru Sri Deba Prasad Das, she went on to popularise it, through performance in various parts of India and the world.^[11]^[12]

In 1952, although married, and with a child, she became the first Miss India,^[13]^[14] and went on to compete in Miss Universe 1952, held in Long Beach, California.^{[citation needed]} Soon, she was travelling along with her mother and performing all over the world.^[15] In 1961, she was the first dancer presented on a national tour by the Asia Society, and also performed for US President John F. Kennedy and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, during Nehru's official visit to Washington, D.C.,^[9] and in the following years she also performed for Emperor Haile Selassie, Queen Elizabeth II, Mao Zedong, Nikita Khrushchev, and Fidel Castro.^[4]^[16] In 1976 she became a faculty member of the dance division at the Juilliard School at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, taught in various American universities, including Harvard, and spent her remaining two decades in the United States, touring extensively.

Personal life[edit | edit source]

At the age of 15 she eloped and married Habib Rahman (1915–1995), a well-known architect, in 1945, the couple had a son, artist, Ram Rahman, and a daughter, Sukanya Rahman (Wicks),^[17] who also danced with her mother and grandmother. Her grandsons are Wardreath Wicks and Habib Wicks.

Death[edit | edit source]

Indrani Rahman died on 5 February 1999 in Manhattan, New York.^[18]

Awards[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Remembering Indrani". 24 September 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
↑ Ragini Devi Biography Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century, by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-674-01488-X, 9780674014886. Page 172-173.
↑ Book Review South Asian Women Forum
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Obituary: Indrani Rehman Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Kuldip Singh, The Independent (London), 18 February 1999
↑ Ramalal Balram Bajpai – Biography^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ Rhythm of the new millennium^[usurped] Leela Venkatraman, The Hindu, 28 October 2001.
↑ Dancing through their lives The Hindu, 22 September 2002.
↑ HINDU DANCES PRESENTED; Ragini Devi Seen in Theatre of All Nations Performance New York Times, 9 December 1944.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68 New York Times, 8 February 1999.
↑ Indrani Rahman Kuchipudi: Kūcipūdi : Indian Classical Dance Art, by Sunil Kothari, Avinash Pasricha. Abhinav Publications, 2001. ISBN 81-7017-359-0, ISBN 978-81-7017-359-5. 190.
↑ Indrani Rahman India's Dances: Their History, Technique, and Repertoire, by Reginald Massey. Abhinav Publications, 2004. ISBN 81-7017-434-1. page 210.
↑ Guests Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Stuttgart – Bharatiya Mujlis.
↑ MISS INDIA' IS PICKED; Architect's Wife Wins Boycotted Beauty Contest's Final The New York Times, 4 April 1952.
↑ Indian Press Hails National Beauty Contest Won by Shapely Half-American in Her Sari The New York Times, 5 April 1952.
↑ Indrani Rahman National Library of Australia.
↑ In Remembrance Archived 21 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 15 April 1999.
↑ Sukanya Rahman Website
↑ Kisselgoff, Anna (8 February 1999). "Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
↑ Padma Shri – Indrani Rahman Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Padma Shri Official listing at Govt. of India website.
↑ Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – "Bharata Natyam Archived 12 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Sangeet Natak Akademi Award official listing.

External links[edit | edit source]

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[Indrani-1] "Remembering Indrani". 24 September 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[2] Ragini Devi Biography Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century, by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-674-01488-X, 9780674014886. Page 172-173.

[3] Book Review South Asian Women Forum

[inde-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Obituary: Indrani Rehman Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine by Kuldip Singh, The Independent (London), 18 February 1999

[5] Ramalal Balram Bajpai – Biography^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Rhythm of the new millennium^[usurped] Leela Venkatraman, The Hindu, 28 October 2001.

[7] Dancing through their lives The Hindu, 22 September 2002.

[8] HINDU DANCES PRESENTED; Ragini Devi Seen in Theatre of All Nations Performance New York Times, 9 December 1944.

[ny-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68 New York Times, 8 February 1999.

[10] Indrani Rahman Kuchipudi: Kūcipūdi : Indian Classical Dance Art, by Sunil Kothari, Avinash Pasricha. Abhinav Publications, 2001. ISBN 81-7017-359-0, ISBN 978-81-7017-359-5. 190.

[11] Indrani Rahman India's Dances: Their History, Technique, and Repertoire, by Reginald Massey. Abhinav Publications, 2004. ISBN 81-7017-434-1. page 210.

[12] Guests Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine Stuttgart – Bharatiya Mujlis.

[13] MISS INDIA' IS PICKED; Architect's Wife Wins Boycotted Beauty Contest's Final The New York Times, 4 April 1952.

[14] Indian Press Hails National Beauty Contest Won by Shapely Half-American in Her Sari The New York Times, 5 April 1952.

[15] Indrani Rahman National Library of Australia.

[16] In Remembrance Archived 21 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express, 15 April 1999.

[17] Sukanya Rahman Website

[18] Kisselgoff, Anna (8 February 1999). "Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[19] Padma Shri – Indrani Rahman Archived 31 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine Padma Shri Official listing at Govt. of India website.

[20] Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – "Bharata Natyam Archived 12 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Sangeet Natak Akademi Award official listing.

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+'''Indrani Rahman''' ([[birth name|née]] '''Bajpai''', 19 September 1930 – 5 February 1999) was an Indian [[Indian classical dance|classical dancer]] of [[Bharatanatyam]], [[Kuchipudi]], [[Kathakali]], [[Odissi]] and the country's first beauty pageant titleholder. She later became popular in the West and settled in New York City in 1976.
-'''Indrani Rahman''' (19 September 1930, [[Chennai]] – 5 February 1999, New York) was an [[Indian classical dance]]r of [[Bharata Natyam]], [[Kuchipudi]], [[Kathakali]] and [[Odissi dance|Odissi]], which she popularised in the west, and later settled in New York in 1976.
+In 1952, she won the Miss India pageant and then represented India in the first [[Miss Universe 1952|Miss Universe pageant]]. Later, she joined her mother Ragini Devi's company. She popularised the Indian classical dance form, Odissi during her international tours. Indrani had received the [[Padma Shri]] in 1969 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the performing arts and also the Taraknath Das Award.
-In 1952, she won the Miss India pageant. Later, she joined her mother Ragini Devi's company. She popularised the Indian classical dance form, Odissi during her international tours. Indrani had received the [[Padma Shri]] in 1969 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the performing arts and also the Taraknath Das Award.
 ==Background and family==
-Indrani Rahman was born in [[Chennai]] (then Madras), the daughter of Ramalal Balram Bajpai (1880–1962), sometime president of the Indo-American League, by his wife [[Ragini Devi]] (nee Esther Luella Sherman). Her father, Ramalal Bajpai, was of [[north India]]n background, a chemist who went to the USA for higher education. Here he met and married Esther Luella Sherman, an American by birth. Born in [[Petoskey, Michigan]] in 1893,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=Indrani+Rahman&source=web&ots=UG21ibydVs&sig=Ux8Bp1Lkdv_6Dksce8KAtbaZo-A&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA172,M1 Ragini Devi Biography] ''Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century'', by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-674-01488-X}}, 9780674014886. ''Page 172-173''.</ref> (died 1982),<ref>[http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit03042002/bookreview.asp Book Review] South Asian Women Forum</ref> Esther embraced Hinduism upon her wedding and took the name 'Ragini Devi.'<ref name=inde>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990218/ai_n14213909 Obituary: Indrani Rehman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915160047/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990218/ai_n14213909 |date=15 September 2008 }} by Kuldip Singh, '' [[The Independent]] ''  (London), 18 February 1999</ref>
+Indrani Rahman was born in [[Chennai]] (then Madras), the daughter of Ramalal Balram Bajpai (1880–1962), sometime president of the Indo-American League, by his wife [[Ragini Devi]] (née Esther Luella Sherman). Her father, Ramalal Bajpai, was a Maharashtrian from Nagpur, a chemist who went to the US for higher education. Here he met and married Esther Luella Sherman, an American by birth. Born in [[Petoskey, Michigan]] in 1893,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WSaMu4F06AQC&dq=Indrani+Rahman&pg=PA172 Ragini Devi Biography] ''Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Completing the Twentieth Century'', by Susan Ware, Stacy Lorraine Braukman, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Harvard University Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-674-01488-X}}, 9780674014886. ''Page 172-173''.</ref> (died 1982),<ref>[http://www.sawf.org/newedit/edit03042002/bookreview.asp Book Review] South Asian Women Forum</ref> Esther embraced Hinduism upon her wedding and took the name 'Ragini Devi.'<ref name=inde>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990218/ai_n14213909 Obituary: Indrani Rehman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915160047/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990218/ai_n14213909 |date=15 September 2008 }} by Kuldip Singh, '' [[The Independent]] ''  (London), 18 February 1999</ref>
-The couple moved to India in the 1920s. Ramalal then took a job as Assistant Editor of ''[[Young India]],'' the magazine founded by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]. After [[Independence of India|Independence]], he became the [[Consulate General|Consul General]] of India at New York,<ref>[http://members.authorsguild.net/sukanya/imagelib/Nagpur-final-ve.jpg Ramalal Balram Bajpai – Biography]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and president of the Indo-American League. Meanwhile, Ragini became a passionate proponent of [[Indian classical dance]] and devoted her life to their revival and nurture. This happened after a fateful meeting with the great ''rajadasi,'' (royal courtesan) Jetti Tayamma of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], from whom she started learning [[Bharata Natyam]]. She then honed her dancing talents under the tutelage of Gauri Amma, a courtesan of Chennai.<ref>[http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2001/10/28/stories/2001102800130501.htm Rhythm of the new millennium] Leela Venkatraman, ''[[The Hindu]]'', 28 October 2001.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107160728/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2002/09/22/stories/2002092200110400.htm Dancing through their lives] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 22 September 2002.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1944/12/09/archives/hindu-dances-presented-ragini-devi-seen-in-theatre-of-all-nations.html?sq=Indrani%2520Rehman&scp=8&st=cse HINDU DANCES PRESENTED; Ragini Devi Seen in Theatre of All Nations Performance] ''[[New York Times]]'', 9 December 1944.</ref> Ragini then became a celebrated dancer herself, and was among the most feted performers of the 1930s.<ref name=ny/> Ragini also championed the revival of [[Kathakali]] during the same period.
+The couple moved to India in the 1920s. Ramalal then took a job as assistant editor of ''[[Young India]],'' the magazine founded by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]. After [[Independence of India|Independence]], he became the [[Consulate General|Consul General]] of India at New York,<ref>[http://members.authorsguild.net/sukanya/imagelib/Nagpur-final-ve.jpg Ramalal Balram Bajpai – Biography]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and president of the Indo-American League. Meanwhile, Ragini became a passionate proponent of [[Indian classical dance]] and devoted her life to their revival and nurture. This happened after a fateful meeting with the great ''rajadasi,'' (royal courtesan) Jetti Tayamma of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], from whom she started learning [[Bharata Natyam]]. She then honed her dancing talents under the tutelage of Gauri Amma, a courtesan of Chennai.<ref>{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20030211051048/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2001/10/28/stories/2001102800130501.htm Rhythm of the new millennium]}} Leela Venkatraman, ''[[The Hindu]]'', 28 October 2001.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107160728/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2002/09/22/stories/2002092200110400.htm Dancing through their lives] ''[[The Hindu]]'', 22 September 2002.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1944/12/09/archives/hindu-dances-presented-ragini-devi-seen-in-theatre-of-all-nations.html?sq=Indrani%2520Rehman&scp=8&st=cse HINDU DANCES PRESENTED; Ragini Devi Seen in Theatre of All Nations Performance] ''[[New York Times]]'', 9 December 1944.</ref> Ragini then became a celebrated dancer herself, and was among the most feted performers of the 1930s.<ref name=ny/> Ragini also championed the revival of [[Kathakali]] during the same period.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
-Indrani was born in Chennai to this couple and grew up in a mixed-race household. She was brought up to be uninhibited and independent by her American mother, who encouraged her to participate in beauty pageants. As one of very few participants from across the country who could be persuaded to contest the pageant, Indrani was crowned 'Miss India' in the year 1952.
+Indrani was born in Chennai to this couple and grew up in a mixed-race household. She was brought up to be uninhibited and independent by her American mother, who encouraged her to participate in beauty pageants. As one of very few participants from across the country who could be persuaded to contest the pageant, Indrani was crowned 'Miss India' in the year 1952.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}
 [[File:Miss India Indrani Rehman, S.K. Patil, and two of the sponsors of the contest.jpg|thumb|[[Indrani Rehman]] after being crowned [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]] 1952, with Indian Congress leader [[S.K. Patil]], and two of the sponsors of the contest]]
 [[File:Miss India 1952 participants.jpg|thumb|Indrani Rehman (third from left) and the runner-up Miss Suryakumari (sixth from left) with Miss India 1952 participants]]
 ==Career==
-Indrani started learning dance in her mother's company, at age nine, and accompanied her as she travelled through, Americas, and Europe. Professionally, she first started with [[Bharata Natyam]], having learnt the [[Pandanallur style]] of [[Bharata Natyam]] from Guru Chokkalingam Pillai (1893–1968) in the 1940s. Soon she was in [[Vijaywada]], learning [[Kuchipudi]] from [[Korada Narsimha Rao]] with whom she later toured many parts of the world.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ibPELNiEhKwC&pg=PA190&dq=Indrani+Rahman&sig=ACfU3U37jMUE-q2vVVAG4dnbpiSq2OOlzA Indrani Rahman] ''Kuchipudi: Kūcipūdi : Indian Classical Dance Art'', by Sunil Kothari, Avinash Pasricha. Abhinav Publications, 2001. {{ISBN|81-7017-359-0}}, {{ISBN|978-81-7017-359-5}}. ''190''.</ref>
+[[File:Dinner in Honor of President John F. Kennedy Given by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (2).jpg|thumb|right|Dinner in Honor of President John F. Kennedy Given by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Rahman fourth from left]]
+Indrani started learning dance in her mother's company, at age nine, and accompanied her as she travelled through, Americas, and Europe. Professionally, she first started with [[Bharata Natyam]], having learnt the [[Pandanallur style]] of [[Bharata Natyam]] from Guru Chokkalingam Pillai (1893–1968) in the 1940s. Soon she was in [[Vijaywada]], learning [[Kuchipudi]] from [[Korada Narsimha Rao]] with whom she later toured many parts of the world.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ibPELNiEhKwC&dq=Indrani+Rahman&pg=PA190 Indrani Rahman] ''Kuchipudi: Kūcipūdi : Indian Classical Dance Art'', by Sunil Kothari, Avinash Pasricha. Abhinav Publications, 2001. {{ISBN|81-7017-359-0}}, {{ISBN|978-81-7017-359-5}}. ''190''.</ref>
-In 1947, Indrani attracted the attention of India's leading dance and art critic Dr. Charles Fabri, who later encouraged her to go to Orissa and learn the little-known classical dance form of [[Odissi dance|Odissi]], making her the first professional dancer to learn Odissi. After learning Odissi for three years, from Guru Sri Deba Prasad Das, she went on to popularise it, through performance in various parts of India and the world.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lif-Ct05aVgC&pg=PA210&dq=%22Indrani+Rehman%22&sig=ACfU3U2kSGXepvkS4-PBpry0OquzGPMXVA Indrani Rahman] ''India's Dances: Their History, Technique, and Repertoire'', by Reginald Massey. Abhinav Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|81-7017-434-1}}. ''page 210.''</ref><ref>[http://www.indischerverein-stuttgart.de/guest503.htm Guests] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719043820/http://www.indischerverein-stuttgart.de/guest503.htm |date=19 July 2011 }} '' [[Stuttgart]] – Bharatiya Mujlis. ''</ref>
+In 1947, Indrani attracted the attention of India's leading dance and art critic [[Charles Fabri]], who later encouraged her to go to Orissa and learn the little-known classical dance form of [[Odissi dance|Odissi]], making her the first professional dancer to learn Odissi. After learning Odissi for three years, from Guru Sri Deba Prasad Das, she went on to popularise it, through performance in various parts of India and the world.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Lif-Ct05aVgC&dq=%22Indrani+Rehman%22&pg=PA210 Indrani Rahman] ''India's Dances: Their History, Technique, and Repertoire'', by Reginald Massey. Abhinav Publications, 2004. {{ISBN|81-7017-434-1}}. ''page 210.''</ref><ref>[http://www.indischerverein-stuttgart.de/guest503.htm Guests] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719043820/http://www.indischerverein-stuttgart.de/guest503.htm |date=19 July 2011 }} '' [[Stuttgart]] – Bharatiya Mujlis. ''</ref>
-In 1952, although married, and with a child, she became the first [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]],<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0917F6395F177B93C6A9178FD85F468585F9&scp=4&sq=Indrani%20Rehman&st=cse MISS INDIA' IS PICKED; Architect's Wife Wins Boycotted Beauty Contest's Final] ''[[New York Times]]'', 4 April 1952.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1952/04/05/archives/indian-press-hails-national-beauty-contest-won-by-shapely.html?sq=Indrani%2520Rehman&scp=6&st=cse Indian Press Hails National Beauty Contest Won by Shapely Half-American in Her Sari] ''[[New York Times]]'', 5 April 1952.</ref> and went on to compete in the [[Miss Universe 1952]] Pageant, held at [[Long Beach, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/noveltydatanet/jobiantonysitefile/Miss/ |title=Miss India |access-date=2010-11-11 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026192308/http://geocities.com/noveltydatanet/jobiantonysitefile/Miss/ |archive-date=26 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Soon, she was travelling along with her mother and performing all over the world.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fnaa12.naa.gov.au%252Fscripts%252FSearchOld.asp%253FO%253DPSI2%2526Number%253D8888373 Indrani Rahman] [[National Library of Australia]].</ref> In 1961, she was the first dancer presented on a national tour by the Asia Society, and also performed for US President [[John F. Kennedy]] and Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], during Nehru's official visit to Washington, D.C.,<ref name=ny>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E4D9153BF93BA35751C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68] ''[[New York Times]]'', 8 February 1999.</ref> and in the following years she also performed for Emperor [[Haile Selassie]], Queen [[Elizabeth II]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]], and [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name=inde/><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990415/ile15112.html In Remembrance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721062312/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990415/ile15112.html |date=21 July 2010 }} ''[[Indian Express]]'', 15 April 1999.</ref> In 1976 she became a faculty member of the dance division at the [[Juilliard School]] at New York's [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]], taught in various American universities, including [[Harvard]], and spent her remaining two decades in the United States, touring extensively.
+In 1952, although married, and with a child, she became the first [[Femina Miss India|Miss India]],<ref>[https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0917F6395F177B93C6A9178FD85F468585F9&scp=4&sq=Indrani%20Rehman&st=cse MISS INDIA' IS PICKED; Architect's Wife Wins Boycotted Beauty Contest's Final] ''[[The New York Times]]'', 4 April 1952.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1952/04/05/archives/indian-press-hails-national-beauty-contest-won-by-shapely.html?sq=Indrani%2520Rehman&scp=6&st=cse Indian Press Hails National Beauty Contest Won by Shapely Half-American in Her Sari] ''[[The New York Times]]'', 5 April 1952.</ref> and went on to compete in [[Miss Universe 1952]], held in [[Long Beach, California]].{{cn|date=December 2025}} Soon, she was travelling along with her mother and performing all over the world.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-http%253A%252F%252Fnaa12.naa.gov.au%252Fscripts%252FSearchOld.asp%253FO%253DPSI2%2526Number%253D8888373 Indrani Rahman] [[National Library of Australia]].</ref> In 1961, she was the first dancer presented on a national tour by the Asia Society, and also performed for US President [[John F. Kennedy]] and Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], during Nehru's official visit to Washington, D.C.,<ref name=ny>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9804E4D9153BF93BA35751C0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68] ''[[New York Times]]'', 8 February 1999.</ref> and in the following years she also performed for Emperor [[Haile Selassie]], Queen [[Elizabeth II]], [[Mao Zedong]], [[Nikita Khrushchev]], and [[Fidel Castro]].<ref name=inde/><ref>[http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990415/ile15112.html In Remembrance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721062312/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990415/ile15112.html |date=21 July 2010 }} ''[[Indian Express]]'', 15 April 1999.</ref> In 1976 she became a faculty member of the dance division at the [[Juilliard School]] at New York's [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts]], taught in various American universities, including [[Harvard]], and spent her remaining two decades in the United States, touring extensively.
 ==Personal life==
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 ==Death==
-Indrani Rahman died on 5 February 1999 in [[Manhattan]], New York.
+Indrani Rahman died on 5 February 1999 in [[Manhattan]], New York.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kisselgoff |first=Anna |date=1999-02-08 |title=Indrani, Performer of Classical Indian Dance, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/08/arts/indrani-performer-of-classical-indian-dance-dies-at-68.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
 ==Awards==
 * 1952: [[Femina Miss India]]
 * 1969: [[Padma Shri]]<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php Padma Shri – Indrani Rahman] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131221505/http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php |date=31 January 2009 }} Padma Shri Official listing at ''[[Govt. of India]]'' website.</ref>
-* 1981: [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_bharatanatyam.html Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – “Bharata Natyam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212112723/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition%26honours_dance_bharatanatyam.html |date=12 February 2009 }} [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] official listing.</ref>
+* 1981: [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<ref>[http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_dance_bharatanatyam.html Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – "Bharata Natyam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212112723/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition%26honours_dance_bharatanatyam.html |date=12 February 2009 }} [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] official listing.</ref>
 ==Further reading==
-* ''Dancing in the Family'', by Sukanya Rahman. 2001, Harper Collins India, {{ISBN|81-7223-438-4}}.
+* ''Dancing in the Family'', by Sukanya Rahman. 2001, HarperCollins India, {{ISBN|81-7223-438-4}}.
-* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KRz5ykKRVAEC&pg=PA7&dq=Indrani+Rahman&sig=ACfU3U2gv6fM5F6R9LSAH3K0PJcR8mqAKg Dance dialects of India]'', by Ragini Devi. Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1990. {{ISBN|81-208-0674-3}}, {{ISBN|978-81-208-0674-0}}.
+* ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=KRz5ykKRVAEC&dq=Indrani+Rahman&pg=PA7 Dance dialects of India]'', by Ragini Devi. Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1990. {{ISBN|81-208-0674-3}}, {{ISBN|978-81-208-0674-0}}.
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v t e 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)
1960s	Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar (1961) Bismillah Khan (1961) Raghunath Krishna Phadke (1961) Ashok Kumar (1962) Mehboob Khan (1963) Melville de Mellow (1963) Vinayak Pandurang Karmarkar (1964) Adi Pherozeshah Marzban (1964) P. C. Sorcar (1964) Guru Kunchu Kurup (1965) V. Nagaiah (1965) Ravishankar Raval (1965) Mrinalini Sarabhai (1965) Sivaji Ganesan (1966) M. F. Husain (1966) Sumitra Charat Ram (1966) P. Bhanumathi (1966) Daji Bhatawadekar (1967) Vasant Desai (1967) Siddheshwari Devi (1967) Mohammed Rafi (1967) Sashadhar Mukherjee (1967) Vinjamuri Venkata Lakshmi Narasimha Rao (1967) M. R. Acharekar (1968) Begum Akhtar (1968) Sharan Rani Backliwal (1968) Nikhil Banerjee (1968) Sunil Dutt (1968) Durga Khote (1968) Yamini Krishnamurthy (1968) Shankar–Jaikishan (1968) Ayodhya Prasad (1968) Akkineni Nageswara Rao (1968) N. T. Rama Rao (1968) Devi Lal Samar (1968) Vyjayanthimala (1968) Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1969) David Abraham Cheulkar (1969) Narayan Shridhar Bendre (1969) S. D. Burman (1969) B. Saroja Devi (1969) Indrani Rahman (1969) Balraj Sahni (1969) S. N. Swamy (artist) (1969)
1970s	Sukumar Bose (1970) Prem Dhawan (1970) Ratna Fabri (1970) Gemini Ganesan (1970) Ritwik Ghatak (1970) Damayanti Joshi (1970) Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan (1970) Karl Jamshed Khandalavala (1970) Madhaviah Krishnan (1970) Rajendra Kumar (1970) Pankaj Mullick (1970) Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair (1970) Relangi (1970) Gummadi (1970) Vijay Raghav Rao (1970) V. Satyanarayana Sarma (1970) Maisnam Amubi Singh (1970) K. B. Sundarambal (1970) Avinash Vyas (1970) M. Balamuralikrishna (1971) Sankho Chaudhuri (1971) Manna Dey (1971) Tripti Mitra (1971) Vazhenkada Kunchu Nair (1971) Chenganoor Raman Pillai (1971) K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai (1971) Shanta Rao (1971) Ravi (music director) (1971) Siyaram Tiwari (musician) (1971) Chiranjeet Chakraborty (1972) Girija Devi (1972) Vasudeo S. Gaitonde (1972) Sunil Janah (1972) Lalgudi Jayaraman (1972) Bhimsen Joshi (1972) Mahendra Kapoor (1972) Ram Kumar (artist) (1972) Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1972) Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai (1972) Samta Prasad (1972) M. K. Radha (1972) Raghu Rai (1972) Krishna Reddy (1972) Waheeda Rehman (1972) Juthika Roy (1972) Suchitra Sen (1972) Gubbi Veeranna (1972) Sitara Devi (1973) T. N. Krishnan (1973) Kishan Maharaj (1973) Ramanathapuram C. S. Murugabhoopathy (1973) Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair (1973) Uma Sharma (1973) S. G. Thakur Singh (1973) Pushkar Bhan (1974) Mani Madhava Chakyar (1974) Bindhyabasini Devi (1974) Naina Devi (1974) Girish Karnad (1974) Shriram Lagoo (1974) Kelucharan Mohapatra (1974) Nutan (1974) M. D. Ramanathan (1974) Som Nath Sadhu (1974) Emani Sankara Sastry (1974) Kripal Singh Shekhawat (1974) Manik Varma (1974) M. S. Gopalakrishnan (1975) Jasraj (1975) Amjad Ali Khan (1975) Gopi Krishna (1975) Sanjukta Panigrahi (1975) Basavaraj Rajguru (1975) Kalyanam Raghuramaiah (1975) M. S. Sathyu (1975) K. G. Subramanyan (1975) Gitchandra Tongbra (1975) K. J. Yesudas (1975) Shyam Benegal (1976) Raghunath Mohapatra (1976) Ram Narayan (1976) K. V. Narayanaswamy (1976) R. Nagendra Rao (1976) S. Somasundaram (1976) Parween Sultana (1976) Dhanraj Bhagat (1977) Bhupen Hazarika (1977) Sheik Chinna Moulana (1977) Alla Rakha (1977) Jehangir Sabavala (1977) Ghulam Rasool Santosh (1977)
1980s	B. V. Karanth (1981) Namagiripettai Krishnan (1981) Gambhir Singh Mura (1981) Dashrath Patel (1981) S. H. Raza (1981) Padma Subrahmanyam (1981) Allah Jilai Bai (1982) Ammannur Madhava Chakyar (1982) Jabbar Patel (1982) Virendra Prabhakar (1982) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Gautam Vaghela (1982) Sirkazhi Govindarajan (1983) Sharafat Hussain Khan (1983) Nepal Mahato (1983) Handel Manuel (1983) Gulam Mohammed Sheikh (1983) Raghubir Singh (1983) Sobha Singh (1983) Habib Tanvir (1983) Ganga Devi (1984) Amitabh Bachchan (1984) Purushottam Das (1984) Adoor Gopalakrishnan (1984) Bhupen Khakhar (1984) Ben Kingsley (1984) Vinay Chandra Maudgalya (1984) Roshan Kumari (1984) Mavelikara Krishnankutty Nair (1984) N. Rajam (1984) Raja and Radha Reddy (1984) Nek Chand (1984) Ram Gopal Vijayvargiya (1984) Shanti Dave (1985) Asa Singh Mastana (1985) Laxman Pai (1985) Smita Patil (1985) Palghat R. Raghu (1985) Naseeruddin Shah (1985) Shankar Bapu Apegaonkar (1986) Kanika Banerjee (1986) Subrata Mitra (1986) Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1986) Hisam-ud-din Usta (1986) K. Balachander (1987) Kumudini Lakhia (1987) Vijaya Mehta (1987) N. Ramani (1987) Aparna Sen (1987) Naresh Sohal (1987) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Shabana Azmi (1988) Teejan Bai (1988) Bikash Bhattacharjee (1988) Zakir Hussain (1988) Chindodi Leela (1988) Sudharani Raghupathy (1988) Sudarshan Sahoo (1988) Kudrat Singh (1988) Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (1988) Jitendra Abhisheki (1988) Adyar K. Lakshman (1989) Haku Shah (1989) L. Subramaniam (1989) Ratan Thiyam (1989) Upendra Trivedi (1989)
1990s	Mohan Agashe (1990) G. Aravindan (1990) Prabha Atre (1990) Asgari Bai (1990) Gulab Bai (1990) Balwantrai Bhatt (1990) Diwaliben Bhil (1990) Raj Bisaria (1990) S. M. Ganapathy (1990) Kamal Haasan (1990) Bishamber Khanna (1990) Krishen Khanna (1990) Allu Ramalingaiah (1990) Tarun Majumdar (1990) Madhavi Mudgal (1990) Om Puri (1990) Kanak Rele (1990) Leela Samson (1990) Maharajapuram Santhanam (1990) Kapila Vatsyayan (1990) Ranbir Singh Bisht (1991) Bharat Gopy (1991) Ghulam Mustafa Khan (1991) Hafeez Ahmed Khan (1991) Shanno Khurana (1991) Pratima Barua Pandey (1991) Manu Parekh (1991) Shivkumar Sharma (1991) Gurcharan Singh (painter) (1991) Sharda Sinha (1991) Alarmel Valli (1991) Jaya Bachchan (1992) Pankaj Charan Das (1992) Biren De (1992) Srirangam Gopalaratnam (1992) Sabri Khan (1992) Sunita Kohli (1992) Madurai N. Krishnan (1992) Manoj Kumar (1992) Meera Mukherjee (1992) Asha Parekh (1992) Nataraja Ramakrishna (1992) Bhagaban Sahu (1992) Anandji Virji Shah (1992) Kalyanji Virji Shah (1992) Sundari K. Shridharani (1992) Tapan Sinha (1992) Muthiah Sthapati (1992) K. Viswanath (1992) Chitra Visweswaran (1992) Dipali Barthakur (1998) Mammootty (1998) Kunja Bihari Meher (1998) Shahir Krishnarao Sable (1998) Zohra Sehgal (1998) K. Ibomcha Sharma (1998) U. Srinivas (1998) Javed Akhtar (1999) Saryu Doshi (1999) Sulochana Latkar (1999) Sumati Mutatkar (1999) Shobha Deepak Singh (1999) Jagmohan Sursagar (1999) Ram V. Sutar (1999)
2000s	Kanhai Chitrakar (2000) Shekhar Kapur (2000) Hema Malini (2000) Anjolie Ela Menon (2000) Shubha Mudgal (2000) Alyque Padamsee (2000) A. R. Rahman (2000) Ramanand Sagar (2000) S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (2001) Aamir Raza Husain (2001) Padmaja Phenany Joglekar (2001) Mohammed Tayab Khan (2001) Sunil Kothari (2001) Nerella Venu Madhav (2001) Mohanlal (2001) Shobha Naidu (2001) D. V. S. Raju (2001) Avadhanam Sita Raman (2001) Siramdasu Venkata Rama Rao (2001) Thota Tharani (2001) W. D. Amaradeva (2002) Raj Begum (2002) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (2002) Pushpa Bhuyan (2002) Rajan Devadas (2002) Darshana Jhaveri (2002) Abdul Latif Khan (2002) Mani Krishnaswami (2002) Fazal Mohammad (2002) Manorama (Tamil actress) (2002) Govind Nihalani (2002) Mani Ratnam (2002) Kiran Segal (2002) Navaneetham Padmanabha Seshadri (2002) Saroja Vaidyanathan (2002) T. H. Vinayakram (2002) Jahnu Barua (2003) Danny Denzongpa (2003) Kshetrimayum Ongbi Thouranisabi Devi (2003) Rita Ganguly (2003) Ranjana Gauhar (2003) Sadashiv Vasantrao Gorakshkar (2003) Rakhee Gulzar (2003) Nemi Chandra Jain (2003) O. P. Jain (2003) Aamir Khan (2003) Shafaat Ahmed Khan (2003) T. M. Soundararajan (2003) Sukumari (2003) Satish Vyas (2003) Bharathiraja (2004) Maguni Charan Das (2004) Manoranjan Das (2004) D. K. Datar (2004) Kadri Gopalnath (2004) Hariharan (singer) (2004) Purshottam Das Jalota (2004) Krishn Kanhai (2004) Heisnam Kanhailal (2004) Anupam Kher (2004) Sikkil Sisters – Kunjumani & Neela (2004) Keezhpadam Kumaran Nair (2004) Sudha Ragunathan (2004) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (2004) Veernala Jayarama Rao (2004) Bharati Shivaji (2004) Singh Bandhu (2004) Bhajan Sopori (2004) Neyyattinkara Vasudevan (2004) Muzaffar Ali (2005) Shameem Dev Azad (2005) M. Boyer (2005) K. S. Chithra (2005) Yumlembam Gambhini Devi (2005) Shah Rukh Khan (2005) Ghulam Sadiq Khan (2005) Kavita Krishnamurti (2005) Chaturbhuj Meher (2005) Kumkum Mohanty (2005) Punaram Nishad (2005) Kedar Nath Sahoo (2005) Sougaijam Thanil Singh (2005) Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan (2005) Komala Varadan (2005) Wadali Brothers (2005) Ileana Citaristi (2006) Mehmood Dhaulpuri (2006) Shree Lal Joshi (2006) Surinder Kaur (2006) Rashid Khan (musician) (2006) Vasundhara Komkali (2006) Yashodhar Mathpal (2006) Madhup Mudgal (2006) Kavungal Chathunni Panicker (2006) Shyama Charan Pati (2006) Gayatri Sankaran (2006) Prasad Sawkar (2006) Aribam Syam Sharma (2006) Shobana (2006) Kanaka Srinivasan (2006) Pankaj Udhas (2006) Mohan Babu (2007) Geeta Chandran (2007) Astad Deboo (2007) Neelamani Devi (2007) Remo Fernandes (2007) P. Gopinathan (2007) Pushpa Hans (2007) Shanti Hiranand (2007) Ananda Shankar Jayant (2007) Govardan Kumari (2007) Sonam Tshering Lepcha (2007) Balachandra Menon (2007) Shashikala (2007) Gajendra Narayan Singh (2007) Thingbaijam Babu Singh (2007) Pannuru Sripathy (2007) Valayapatti A. R. Subramaniam (2007) Waman Thakre (2007) P. R. Thilagam (2007) Tom Alter (2008) Moozhikkulam Kochukuttan Chakyar (2008) Jonnalagadda Gurappa Chetty (2008) Meenakshi Chitharanjan (2008) Madhuri Dixit (2008) Kekoo Gandhy (2008) Helen Giri Syiem (2008) Jatin Goswami (2008) Hans Raj Hans (2008) Sabitri Heisnam (2008) Gokulotsavji Maharaj (2008) P. K. Narayanan Nambiar (2008) Gennadi Mikhailovich Pechinkov (2008) Gangadhar Pradhan (2008) M. Night Shyamalan (2008) Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (2008) Jawahar Wattal (2008) Ameena Ahmad Ahuja (2009) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (2009) Hemi Bawa (2009) Brahmanandam (2009) Devayani (dancer) (2009) Suresh Dutta (2009) Kalamandalam Gopi (2009) Niranjan Goswami (2009) Geeta Kapur (2009) Nirmal Singh Khalsa (2009) Hashmat Ullah Khan (2009) Helen (2009) S. Krishnaswamy (2009) Akshay Kumar (2009) Iravatham Mahadevan (2009) Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2009) Penaz Masani (2009) Shaoli Mitra (2009) Udit Narayan (2009) Govind Ram Nirmalkar (2009) Leela Omchery (2009) Pratapaditya Pal (2009) Aruna Sairam (2009) Mattannoor Sankarankutty (2009) Kumar Sanu (2009) Kiran Seth (2009) Gurumayum Gourakishor Sharma (2009) Skendrowell Syiemlieh (2009) Thilakan (2009) K. P. Udayabhanu (2009) Vivek (actor) (2009)
2010s	Gul Bardhan (2010) Carmel Berkson (2010) Wasifuddin Dagar (2010) Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (2010) Nemai Ghosh (2010) Sumitra Guha (2010) Ulhas Kashalkar (2010) Saif Ali Khan (2010) Mukund Lath (2010) Ram Dayal Munda (2010) Arundathi Nag (2010) Raghunath Panigrahi (2010) Resul Pookutty (2010) Arjun Prajapati (2010) Rajkumar Achouba Singh (2010) Shobha Raju (2010) Mayadhar Raut (2010) Rekha (2010) Ajoy Chakrabarty (2011) Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry (2011) Makar Dhwaja Darogha (2011) Mahasundari Devi (2011) Gajam Govardhana (2011) Sunayana Hazarilal (2011) S. R. Janakiraman (2011) Jayaram (2011) Kajol (2011) Shaji N. Karun (2011) Girish Kasaravalli (2011) Irrfan Khan (2011) Tabu (2011) Kalamandalam Kshemavathy (2011) Peruvanam Kuttan Marar (2011) Jivya Soma Mashe (2011) Dadi Pudumjee (2011) M. K. Saroja (2011) Khangembam Mangi Singh (2011) Prahlad Tipanya (2011) Usha Uthup (2011) Satish Alekar (2012) Satish Alekar (2012) Vanraj Bhatia (2012) Nameirakpam Ibemni Devi (2012) Gopal Prasad Dubey (2012) Gundecha Brothers (2012) Chittani Ramachandra Hegde (2012) Anup Jalota (2012) Moti Lal Kemmu (2012) Shahid Parvez (2012) Mohanlal Chaturbhuj Kumhar (2012) Sakar Khan (2012) Joy Michael (2012) Minati Mishra (2012) Na Muthuswamy (2012) R. Nagarathnamma (2012) Kalamandalam Sivan Namboodiri (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Priyadarshan (2012) Vijay Sharma (2012) Laila Tyabji (2012) Yamunabai Waikar (2012) S. Shakir Ali (2013) Gajam Anjaiah (2013) Bapu (2013) Pablo Bartholomew (2013) Purna Das Baul Samrat (2013) G. C. D. Bharti (2013) Apurba Kishore Bir (2013) Ghanakanta Bora (2013) B. Jayashree (2013) Hildamit Lepcha (2013) Madhu (actor) (2013) Sudha Malhotra (2013) Kailash Chandra Meher (2013) Brahmdeo Ram Pandit (2013) Nana Patekar (2013) Rekandar Nageswara Rao (2013) Ghulam Mohammad Saznawaz (2013) Jaymala Shiledar (2013) Ramesh Sippy (2013) Sridevi (2013) Suresh Talwalkar (2013) Mahrukh Tarapor (2013) Balwant Thakur (2013) Rajendra Tikku (2013) Mohammad Ali Baig (2014) Vidya Balan (2014) Musafir Ram Bhardwaj (2014) Sabitri Chatterjee (2014) Biman Bihari Das (2014) Sunil Das (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Elam Endira Devi (2014) Supriya Devi (2014) Vijay Ghate (2014) Nayana Apte Joshi (2014) Rani Karnaa (2014) Bansi Kaul (2014) Moinuddin Khan (musician) (2014) Geeta Mahalik (2014) Paresh Maity (2014) Ram Mohan (2014) Sudarsan Pattnaik (2014) Paresh Rawal (2014) Kalamandalam Satyabhama (2014) Anuj Sharma (actor) (2014) Santosh Sivan (2014) Sooni Taraporevala (2014) Naresh Bedi (2015) Sanjay Leela Bhansali (2015) Rahul Jain (2015) Ravindra Jain (2015) Prasoon Joshi (2015) A. Kanyakumari (2015) Prafulla Kar (2015) Tripti Mukherjee (2015) Neil Nongkynrih (2015) Kota Srinivasa Rao (2015) Shekhar Sen (2015) Pran Kumar Sharma (2015) Mahesh Raj Soni (2015) Malini Awasthi (2016) Madhur Bhandarkar (2016) Tulsidas Borkar (2016) Mamta Chandrakar (2016) Ajay Devgn (2016) Bhikhudan Gadhvi (2016) Laxma Goud (2016) Saeed Jaffrey (2016) Venkatesh Kumar (2016) Naresh Chander Lal (2016) Bhalchandra Dattatray Mondhe (2016) Nila Madhab Panda (2016) Michael Postel (2016) Pratibha Prahlad (2016) Gulabo Sapera (2016) Prakash Chand Surana (2016) Basanti Bisht (2017) Baua Devi (2017) Jitendra Haripal (2017) Kailash Kher (2017) Sadhu Meher (2017) Aruna Mohanty (2017) T. K. Murthy (2017) Mukund Nayak (2017) Anuradha Paudwal (2017) Parassala B. Ponnammal (2017) Bharathi Vishnuvardhan (2017) Doddarange Gowda (2018) Manoj Joshi (actor) (2018) Pran Kishore Kaul (2018) Vijay Kichlu (2018) Pravakara Maharana (2018) Sisir Mishra (2018) Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan (2018) Gobardhan Panika (2018) R. Sathyanarayana (2018) Bhajju Shyam (2018) Ibrahim Sutar (2018) Rudrapatnam Brothers (2018) Manoj Bajpayee (2019) Pritam Bhartwan (2019) Jyoti Bhatt (2019) Swapan Chaudhuri (2019) Dinyar Contractor (2019) Thanga Darlong (2019) Prabhu Deva (2019) Godawari Dutta (2019) Joravarsinh Jadav (2019) Fayaz Ahmad Jan (2019) K. G. Jayan (2019) Waman Kendre (2019) Kader Khan (2019) Abdul Gafur Khatri (2019) Shankar Mahadevan (2019) Narthaki Nataraj (2019) Milena Salvini (2019) Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry (2019) Rajeev Taranath (2019) Hiralal Yadav (2019)
2020s	Shashadhar Acharya (2020) Rajeshwar Acharya (2019) Indira P. P. Bora (2020) Bombay Sisters (2020) Vajira Chitrasena (2020) Puru Dadheech (2020) Madhu Mansuri Hasmukh (2020) Sarita Joshi (2020) Kangana Ranaut (2020) Ramzan Khan (2020) Manilal Nag (2020) Dalavai Chalapathi Rao (2020) Adnan Sami (2020) Suresh Wadkar (2020) Bombay Jayashri (2021) KC Sivasankaran (2021) Rewben Mashangva (2021) Sanjida Khatun (2021) Annavarapu Rama Swamy (2021) Nidumolu Sumathi (2021)