Births

• 15 February — Mani Madhava Chakyar
  Mani Madhava Chakyar
  Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar was a celebrated master performance artist and Sanskrit scholar from Kerala, South India, considered to be the greatest Chakyar Koothu and Koodiyattam artist and authority of modern times...
  
  , master Chakyar Koothu
  Koothu
  Koothu , means dance or performance in Tamil language, is a folk art originated from the early Tamil country. But more precisely Koothu refers Therukoothu that is street dance or street play since it will be performed village squares. At early age the art of entertainment reached its peak in...
  
   and Koodiyattam
  Koodiyattam
  Koodiyattam or Kutiyattam is a form of Sanskrit theatre traditionally performed in the state of Kerala, India. Performed in the Sanskrit language in Hindu temples, it is believed to be 2,000 years old...
  
   artist (d.1990
  1990 in India
  Events in the year 1990 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – R. Venkataraman* Prime Minister of India – V. P. Singh until November 10, Chandra Shekhar Singh-Events:...
  
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• 10 October — Baldev Upadhyaya
  Baldev Upadhyaya
  Pandit Baldev Upadhyaya was a renowned Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic. He penned numerous books, collections of essays and a historical outline of Sanskrit literature. He is noted for discussing Sanskrit literature in the Hindi language...
  
  , Sanskrit
  Sanskrit
  Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...
  
   scholar, literary historian
  Historian
  A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
  
  , essayist and critic
  Critic
  A critic is anyone who expresses a value judgement. Informally, criticism is a common aspect of all human expression and need not necessarily imply skilled or accurate expressions of judgement. Critical judgements, good or bad, may be positive , negative , or balanced...
  
   (d.1999
  1999 in India
  Events in the year 1999 in the Republic of India.-Incumbents:* President of India – K. R. Narayanan* Prime Minister of India – Atal Bihari Vajpayee-January:...
  
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