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Google doodles to celebrate Rukmini Devi's 112th birth anniversary

by IBNS 28 Feb 2016, 08:20 pm

Mountain View, California, Feb 29 (IBNS) Google on Monday celebrated the late Indian dancer, theosophist and animal rights activist Rukmini Devi Arundale's 112th birth anniversary with a doodle.

Born in 1904 in Madurai, Rukmini Devi excelled in Bharatnatyam and was a recipient of the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.

An avid animal lover, she founded the Animal Welfare Board of India, a statutory body looking after animal welfare laws in the country.