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| name = Mahesh Raj Soni<br />
| image = The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Shri Award to Shri Mahesh Rajsoni, at a Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 08, 2015.jpg<br />
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| caption = President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the Padma Shri Award to Rajsoni (left) in 2015<br />
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| birth_place = [[Pratapgarh district, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh]], [[Rajasthan]], India<br />
| death_date = 25 February 2019<br />
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| occupation = [[Master craftsman|Craftsman]]<br />
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| known for = [[Thewa]] art<br />
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
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'''Mahesh Raj Soni''' is an [[Indian people|Indian]] craftsman specialising in the traditional art of [[Thewa]],<ref name="News18 - English">{{cite news |url=http://archive.news18.com/videos/rajasthan/padma-shri-award-is-an-honour-for-me-says-thewa-art-expert-mahesh-rajsoni-677793.html |publisher=News18 |language=en |title=Padma Shri award is an honour for me, says Thewa Art expert Mahesh Rajsoni |date=26 January 2015 |accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="YouTube video">{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaryk5GFmlk |title=YouTube video |publisher=YouTube |date=26 January 2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="IBN Live">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/rajasthans-thawa-art-gets-rare-honour-695521.html |title=Rajasthan's 'Thawa Art' gets rare honour |publisher=IBN Live |date=16 June 2014 |accessdate=5 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122232817/http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/rajasthans-thawa-art-gets-rare-honour-695521.html |archive-date=22 January 2016}}</ref> a Rajasthani jewellery making tradition using glass and gold leaves and is one of the surviving exponents of the art form which has roots in [[Pratapgarh, Rajasthan|Pratapgarh]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name="Artisan Gilt">{{cite web |url=http://www.artisangilt.com/artipedia/thewa-art |title=Artisan Gilt |publisher=Artisan Gilt |date=2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> He is a member of Rajasthan Thewa Kala Sansthan<ref name="India Mart">{{cite web |url=https://www.indiamart.com/rajsoni-thewa-art/news.html |title=India Mart |publisher=India Mart |date=2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> and has featured in the [[Limca Book of World Records]] in its 2011 edition.<ref name="Gaurav Porwal">{{cite web |url=https://gaurav-porwal.blogspot.ae/2011/10/thewa-exotic-art-of-jewellery.html |title=Gaurav Porwal |publisher=Gaurav Porwal |date=2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="India jewel Mart">{{cite web |url=http://www.indiajewelmart.com/Our-Specialities/Thewa-Jewelry.html |title=India jewel Mart |publisher=India jewel Mart |date=2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093429/http://www.indiajewelmart.com/Our-Specialities/Thewa-Jewelry.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Economy Lead">{{cite web |url=http://www.economylead.com/india-news/know-thy-padma-awardees-51878 |title=Economy Lead |publisher=Economy Lead |date=29 January 2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> Soni, who is a cancer survivor,<ref name="DNA">{{cite web |url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/City-Jaipur/dna_english_news_and_features/Cancer-survivor-to-get-Padma-Shri-for-his-Thewa-Art/DNJAI55633 |title=DNA |publisher=DNA Syndication |date=19 February 2015 |accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref> was honoured by the [[Government of India]] in 2015 with [[Padma Shri]], the fourth highest Indian civilian award.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |accessdate=16 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150125195346/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=114952 |archivedate=25 January 2015 }}</ref><br />
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