Sheo Dan Mal was an Indian architect. He is known for designing B. R. Ambedkar

B. R. Ambedkar

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...

's memorial at Deekshabhoomi

Deekshabhoomi

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 in Nagpur

Nagpur

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Mal was born in Phalodi

Phalodi

Phalodi is a city and a municipality in Jodhpur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated between latitude 27°-06 to 27°-09 north and 72°-20 to 72°-23east. It has an average elevation of 303 metres...

, a city and a municipality

Municipality

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 in Jodhpur district

Jodhpur district

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, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

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 on August 5, 1923. He studied architecture

Architecture

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 at All India Council for Technical Education

All India Council for Technical Education

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, and completed his diploma. He became an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineer (AMIE) in 1954.

After sevring in many post, Mokha went to the Indian city of Nagpur

Nagpur

Nāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...

 in 1956. In Nagpur the first building he designed was the Panchasheel cinema theatre, later it became a landmark. He also designed the Guru Nanak Bhawan auditorium of the University of Nagpur, the buildings of the local branches of Indian Medical Association and the Institution of Engineers, the Town Hall of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Yeshwant Stadium, and the sprawling market yard of Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC). He designed many complexes in Indian cities such as Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, etc.

Mal died on January 24, 2007 in Nagpur.