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| name = Gambhir Singh Mura<br />
| image =Gambhir Singh Mura.jpg<br />
| caption = Statue of Gambhir Singh Mura<br />
| birth_date = 1930<br />
| birth_place = Pitikiri Bamni, [[Purulia]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2002|11|9 |1930 }}<br />
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| occupation = Tribal dancer<br />
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| parents = Jipa Singh Mura<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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| known for = [[Chhau dance]]<br />
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'''Gambhir Singh Mura''' (1930 &ndash; 9 November 2002) was an Indian tribal dancer known for his contributions to the tribal martial dance of [[Chhau dance|Chhau]].<ref name="Chhau village comes alive at Kharagpur puja">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Chhau-village-comes-alive-at-Kharagpur-puja/articleshow/6756576.cms | title=Chhau village comes alive at Kharagpur puja | publisher=Times of India | date=16 October 2010 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="Baghmundi is the place of Chhow dance">{{cite web | url=http://www.bdobaghmundi.in/news_details.php?Nid=3 | title=Baghmundi is the place of Chhow dance | publisher=Baghmundi Block Development Office | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702062155/http://www.bdobaghmundi.in/news_details.php?Nid=3 | archive-date=2 July 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was an exponent of the [[Purulia]] school of [[Chhau dance|Chhau]].<ref name="Folklore, Public Sphere, and Civil Society">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xsrgg1Mel8UC&q=Gambhir+Singh+Mura&pg=PA39 | title=Folklore, Public Sphere, and Civil Society | publisher=National Folklore Support Centre | date=2004 | access-date=1 July 2015 | author=M. D. Muthukumaraswamy, Molly Kaushal | pages=317 | isbn=9788190148146}}</ref><br />
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Mura was born in a tribal family to Jipa Singh Mura<ref name="Nepal Chandra Sutradhar">{{cite web | url=http://www.daricha.org/artists_details.aspx?ArtistID=VM8Y8LLA5NNR | title=Nepal Chandra Sutradhar | publisher=Daricha | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> at Pitikiri Bamni village in [[Purulia district]] in the Indian state of West Bengal.<ref name="Famous Personalities">{{cite web | url=http://purulia.gov.in/distAdmin/departments/dico/per6.html | title=Famous Personalities | publisher=Purulia District Official site | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> He performed in many places such as England, France,<ref name="National Institute of Chhau and Folk Dances">{{cite web | url=http://www.chhaudance.8k.com/custom4.html | title=National Institute of Chhau and Folk Dances | publisher=National Institute of Chhau and Folk Dances | date=2015 | access-date=1 July 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702095815/http://www.chhaudance.8k.com/custom4.html | archive-date=2 July 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Japan and USA.<ref name="Famous Personalities" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1981.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Padma Shri |date=2015 |access-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Dancers from West Bengal]]<br />
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