Maisnam Amubi Singh Explained

Maisnam Amubi Singh
Birth Place:Manipur, India
Occupation:Classical dancer
Known For:Manipuri dance
Awards:Padma Shri
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Maisnam Amubi Singh was an exponent of the Indian classical dance form of Manipuri,[1] and the founding supervisor of the Jawaharlal Nehru Manipuri Dance Academy.[2] [3] Singh, who was credited with pioneering solo dance in Manipuri, was the first winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi award from the state of Manipur which he won in 1956.[4] He was honoured by the Government of India in 1970 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[5]

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  1. Web site: JNMDA . Sangeet Natak Akademi . 2015 . 19 May 2015.
  2. Web site: E Pao . E Pao . 30 June 2011 . 19 May 2015.
  3. Web site: SNA . SNA . 2015 . 19 May 2015.
  4. Web site: Sangeet Natak Akademi award . Sangeet Natak Akademi . 2015 . 19 May 2015.
  5. Web site: Padma Shri . Padma Shri . 2015 . 11 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .