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| birth_name = Kantilal Girdharilal Vora | | birth_name = Kantilal Girdharilal Vora | ||
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|4|10}}{{ | | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|4|10}}{{citation needed|date=May 2020}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Mavjinjava]], [[Bagasara]] (now in [[Amreli district]], [[Gujarat]], India) | | birth_place = [[Mavjinjava]], [[Bagasara]] (now in [[Amreli district]], [[Gujarat]], India) | ||
| death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|2012|9|23|1924|04|10}} | | death_date ={{death date and age|df=y|2012|9|23|1924|04|10}} | ||
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'''Kantilal Girdharilal Vora''' (10 April 1924 – 23 September 2012), popularly known as '''K. Lal''', was an | '''Kantilal Girdharilal Vora''' (10 April 1924 – 23 September 2012), popularly known as '''K. Lal''', was an Indian [[Magician (illusion)|magician]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
K. Lal was born on 10 April 1924{{ | K. Lal was born on 10 April 1924{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}<!---or January 1924 according to source--> in [[Bagasara]] (now in [[Amreli district]], [[Gujarat]], India) in a [[Jain]] family of Girdharlal Vora and Muliben.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> His uncle Lalchandbhai has a [[Khadi]] clothes shop in Calcutta who had entrusted it to his father when he joined [[Indian independence movement]]. The shop was burned down in riots so K. Lal had to work as a hawker. He rebuilt their clothes shop later and worked there K. Chhotalal Co.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Desai|first=Ratilal Deepchand|title=Amruta-Sameepe|publisher=Gurjar Granthratna Karyalaya|year=2003|editor-last=Desai|editor-first=Nitin R.|location=Ahmedabad|pages=389–394|language=gu|chapter=6. માયાજાળના અનુપમ કસબી સંસ્કારમૂર્તિ શ્રી કે. લાલ}}</ref> | ||
He started his career as a magician in 1950 from Calcutta. His first show was held at Roxy Cinema in Calcutta. He was popular for his innovative tricks. He had evolved his tricks with technology. He used to spread social messages and moral lessons through his tricks. In a career spanning 62 years, he staged over 22,479 shows around the world, performing his last show in July 2012 in H K College Hall in Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1" /> | He started his career as a magician in 1950 from Calcutta. His first show was held at Roxy Cinema in Calcutta. He was popular for his innovative tricks. He had evolved his tricks with technology. He used to spread social messages and moral lessons through his tricks. In a career spanning 62 years, he staged over 22,479 shows around the world, performing his last show in July 2012 in H K College Hall in Ahmedabad.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
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[[Category:People from Ahmedabad]] | [[Category:People from Ahmedabad]] | ||
[[Category:People from Amreli district]] | [[Category:People from Amreli district]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Jains]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian Jains]] | ||