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Jagdish Mittal
Born(1925-09-16)16 September 1925
Died7 January 2025(2025-01-07) (aged 99)
AwardsPadma Shri

Jagdish Chandra Mittal (16 September 1925 – 7 January 2025) was an Indian artist and art collector. His collection is housed in the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum. In 1990, he was awarded the Padma Shri.[1]

Life and career

Mittal was born on 16 September 1925 in Mussoorie. His father was an engineer.[2][3] In 1945, he graduated from the Kala Bhavan in Santiniketan.[4]

In the 1950s, Jagdish and his wife settled in Hyderabad. In 1976, they established the Jagdish and Kamla Mittal Museum of Indian art at their residence.[5][6]

Mittal died on 7 January 2025, at the age of 99.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Gazette of India" (PDF).
  2. ↑ Nanisetti, Serish (8 September 2024). "Portrait of an art collector at 100". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nanisetti, Serish (7 January 2025). "Jagdish Mittal: The artist as an aesthete and patron of artists". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Parvathy, Navya (15 October 2023). "Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Singh, Vishwaveer (19 August 2018). "Custodian of Culture". www.deccanchronicle.com. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  6. ↑ Parvathy, Navya (15 October 2023). "Finding art in a ragged cloth, The Jagdish Mittal way". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

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