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M. S. Subbulakshmi

Date of Birth 16-September-1916
Place of Birth Madurai
(India, Tamil Nadu, Madurai district)
Nationality India
Also know as M.S. Subbulakshmi, Subbulakshmi, M.S., MS Subbulakshmi, Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, Kunjamma, The Nightingale of India, M.S., Subbulakshmi, सुब्बुलक्ष्मी, एम० एस०, एमएस सुब्बुलक्ष्मी, मदुरई षण्मुखावादीवु सुब्बुलक्ष्मी, कुंजम्मा, द नाइटिंगेल ऑफ़ इंडिया, एम० एस०, सुब्बुलक्ष्मी
Profession Singer, Actor
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, also known as M.S., was a renowned Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize, in 1974 with the citation reading "Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the Karnataka tradition of South India."

Awards by M. S. Subbulakshmi

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