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Rukmini Devi was featured in India Todays list of “100 People Who Shaped India’. She was awarded with ‘Padma Bhushan’ in the year 1956 and the ‘Sangee
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Rukmini Devi was featured in India Todays list of “100 People Who Shaped India’. She was awarded with ‘Padma Bhushan’ in the year 1956 and the ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship’ in 1967. She was associated with which of the following dance?

A.

Manipuri

B.

Bharatnatyam

C.

Kathakali

D.

Odissi

Correct option is B

The answer is (b), Bharatnatyam.
Rukmini Devi Arundale was an Indian theosophist, dancer and choreographer of the Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam, and an activist for animal welfare.
She was the first woman in Indian history to be nominated as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India.
Rukmini Devi features in India Today's list of '100 People Who Shaped India'. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1956, and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1967.

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