| Names |
SATISH GUJRAL |
| Date of Birth |
December 25, 1925 |
|
Identity |
Indian painter, sculptor, muralist, graphic designer,
writer and architect |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1999: He was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan by the Govt of India.
- April 2014: He was honored
with NDTV Indian of the Year Award.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He has consistently dominated the art scene in India for
the entire post-independent era.
- His elder brother was former Indian prime minister
Inder Kumar Gujral.
- At the age of 8, a sickness resulted in impairment of
hearing.
- Seeing the partition of India and the associated agony
of the immigrants impacted a young Satish Gujral greatly and
manifested itself in the art works he created.
- He has won an equal, if not more, acclaim as an
architect.
- His design of the Belgium Embassy in New Delhi has been
selected by the international Forum of architects as one of
the one thousand best built in the 20th century round the
world.
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