Pupul Jayakar Indian Activist
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| First Name |
Pupul
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| Last Name |
Jayakar
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| Birthday |
11th September, 1915
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| Birthplace |
Etawah, Uttar Pradesh
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| Died |
29th March, 1997
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| Place of Death |
Bombay (now Mumbai)
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| Zodiac Sign |
Virgo
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| Nationality |
Indian
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Pupul Jayakar (née Mehta) (11 September 1915 – 29 March 1997) was an Indian cultural activist and writer, best known for her work on the revival of traditional and village arts, handlooms, and handicrafts in post-independence India. She organised a series of Indian arts festivals in the 1980s in France, the US and Japan that helped to popularise Indian arts in the West. She was a friend and biographer to both the Nehru-Gandhi family and J Krishnamurti. Jayakar had a close relationship with three prime ministers: Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi, and it was well established that she was one of Indira Gandhi's closest personal friends. She served as cultural adviser to the latter two, confirming her preeminence in cultural matters. She "presided colossus-like over the country's cultural scene for nearly 40 years," founding key arts and crafts institutions and promoting talented artists, and Indian arts and crafts through festivals and exhibitions worldwide.
