Maharashtra Bhushan Award: What was it and when was it established? Full list of recipients
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Maharashtra Bhushan Award: What was it and when was it established? Full list of recipients

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Maharashtra Bhushan Award: What was it and when was it established? Full list of recipients Sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, who designed Statue of Unity, will be conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan award this year. Maharashtra Bhushan Award is highest civilian award presented annually by the government of Maharashtra. Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2025 100-year-old sculptor, Ram Sutar, designed the the Statue of Unity which is the world's tallest statue with a height of 182 metres. Maharashtra Bhushan Award winners | Full List Purushottam Laxman Deshpande Lata Mangeshkar Vijay Bhatkar Sachin Tendulkar Bhimsen Joshi Abhay and Rani Bang Baba Amte Raghunath Anant Mashelkar Ratan Tata R K Patil Dr. Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari Mangesh Padgaonkar Sulochana Latkar Jayant Narlikar Anil Kakodkar Babasaheb Purandare Asha Bhosle Appasaheb Dharmadhikari Ashok Saraf Ram Sutar Initially, Maharashtra Bhushan award was given for contributions in the fields of literature, art, sports, and science.

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Hyderabad to Get Mahatma Gandhi's Tallest Statue
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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Hyderabad to Get Mahatma Gandhi's Tallest Statue

Deccan Chronicle  

The government of Telangana is planning to build a 72-foot-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Hyderabad, as part of its ambitious Musi river rejuvenation project. The statue will be constructed in bronze and will be a symbol of brotherhood and world peace. The government plans to hold wide-scale discussions on the design and location of the statue, with input from …

Statue of Unity sculptor likely to recreate Shivaji statue in Rajkot
7 months ago

Statue of Unity sculptor likely to recreate Shivaji statue in Rajkot

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: After the recent collapse of the 35-feet tall metal statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot Fort, Sindhudurg, which was inaugurated by prime minister Narendra Modi last year, the state government has approached sculptor Anil Ram Sutar to re-envision the statue. Anil Sutar has been commissioned to create the 450-feet tall statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at Indu Mills, …

India’s tallest Ambedkar statue set for inauguration today
1 year, 11 months ago

India’s tallest Ambedkar statue set for inauguration today

Hindustan Times  

Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday will unveil a 125-feet-tall statue of Dr B R Ambedkar on the banks of Hussainsagar, marking the latter’s 132nd birth anniversary. Telangana chief minister KCR to unveil Dr BR Ambedkar’s statue on Friday. The iconic structure of Ambedkar, which will set another landmark for the state, is claimed to be the tallest …

108 Feet-tall Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Statue to Be Ready by 2022, Says Karnataka Dy CM
4 years, 1 month ago

108 Feet-tall Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Statue to Be Ready by 2022, Says Karnataka Dy CM

News 18  

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwathnarayan on Saturday said the 108-feet-tall bronze statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, to be installed in front of Bengaluru international airport, is being made at Noida at an expense of about Rs 85 crore and will be ready by next year. Renowned sculptor and Padma Bhushan awardee Ram Vanji Sutar is designing the statue at …

India's Statue of Unity is visible from space
6 years, 4 months ago

India's Statue of Unity is visible from space

India Today  

The 182-metre-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel has another high point to it; what is believed to be the world's tallest statue is now visible from space. Oblique SkySat image captured today, November 15, 2018. pic.twitter.com/FkpVoHJKjw Planet November 15, 2018 The Statue of Unity has joined the league of man-made structures visible from the space. Municipality of Dubai is largest …

Ram Vanji Sutar: Know the architect who designed world's tallest statue inaugurated by PM Modi
6 years, 4 months ago

Ram Vanji Sutar: Know the architect who designed world's tallest statue inaugurated by PM Modi

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Ram Vanji Sutar, who designed Sardar Vallabhai Patel's 597-ft statue, is an inspiration to all those who say dreams get perished due to paucity of resources. The Statue of Unity is the world's tallest statue which was unveiled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat's Narmada on Wednesday. He has also designed statues of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai …

All you need to know about Ram Vanji Sutar, sculptor behind the Statue of Unity, 50 other sculptures of politicians
6 years, 4 months ago

All you need to know about Ram Vanji Sutar, sculptor behind the Statue of Unity, 50 other sculptures of politicians

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A graduate of Mumbai’s JJ School of Art, Ram Vanji Sutar is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan in 2016 and the Padma Shri in 1999 for his contributions to the arts. He also received the Tagore Award in October 2018 Sculptor Ram Vanji Sutar, the man behind the 182-metre bronze Statue of Unity, has created at least 50 well-known …

Statue of Unity: All you need to know about world's tallest statue
6 years, 4 months ago

Statue of Unity: All you need to know about world's tallest statue

India TV News  

The Statue of Unity is set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat today. The Statue of Unity was announced by then-Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in 2010 ahead of civic elections in Ahmedabad. Image Source : STATUEOFUNITY.IN 10 tallest statues in the world – their sizes, what they depict, and where they are located Related Stories …

Nehru to Modi, Statue of Unity sculptor Ram Sutar impressed them all
6 years, 4 months ago

Nehru to Modi, Statue of Unity sculptor Ram Sutar impressed them all

India Today  

At 182 metres, the Statue of Unity stands 54 metres taller than the next tallest monument in the world which is the Spring Temple of Buddha in China. Nehru asked Ram Sutar to construct a 50 feet bronze monument at Bhakra dam dedicated to the workers who laid their lives in building what the first prime minister of India described …

Know the man behind Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s ‘Statue of Unity’
6 years, 5 months ago

Know the man behind Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s ‘Statue of Unity’

Op India  

As India gears up to unveil the world’s tallest statue, the ‘Statue of unity’, which stands spirited at a height of 182 metres, on October 31, it is imperative to familiarize ourselves with the man behind the astounding craftsmanship. Statue of Unity, India’s ratification to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s contributions and the Indian freedom struggle, will be the world’s tallest statue, …

Maharashtra and Gujarat vie to build world’s largest statue
8 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra and Gujarat vie to build world’s largest statue

Live Mint  

Ahmedabad/Mumbai: The states of Maharashtra and Gujarat appear to be in competition with each other to build the world’s tallest statue. While the Gujarat government started building a colossal statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, India’s first deputy prime minister, in October 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Shiv Smarak, a grand memorial to Chhatrapati Shivaji, in …

Collection of farm tools for 'Statue of Unity' from Dec 15
11 years, 4 months ago

Collection of farm tools for 'Statue of Unity' from Dec 15

India TV News  

Hyderabad: The campaign of collecting farm implements from over 6 lakh villages in the country for construction of “the Statue of Unity”, a monument in memory of Sardar Patel in Gujarat, will begin from December 15. Gujarat is set to build the 182-metre tall statue of Sardar Patel, the world's tallest one, as a tribute to the ‘Iron man of …

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