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Lachhu Maharaj was born on 1 September, 1901 in Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India, is a Pandit Bajinath Prasad also known as Pandit Lachhu Maharaj. Discover Lachhu Maharaj's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

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Occupation Classical dancer
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 1 September 1901
Birthday 1 September
Birthplace Lucknow, North-Western Provinces, British India
Date of death 1978
Died Place Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nationality India

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1901

Pandit Bajinath Prasad also known as Pandit Lachhu Maharaj (1901–1978) was an Indian classical dancer and choreographer of Kathak dance.

1949

Lachhu Maharaj was acclaimed for the choreography of dance sequences in movies like Mahal (1949), Mughal-e-Azam (1960), Chhoti Chhoti Baten (1965) and Pakeezah (1972) as well as his ballets like Goutam Buddha, Chandravali and Bharatiya Kissan.

He was also the founder Director of the Kathak Kendra started by the Uttar Pradesh Government in Lucknow.

1957

He was awarded the 1957 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

He was paternal uncle of Pandit Birju Maharaj.

He received extensive training from Pandit Bindadin Maharaj, his uncle and the court dancer of the Nawab of Awadh, for nearly ten years.

He also learnt the Pakhawaj, the Tabla and Hindustani Classical vocal music.

Later, he moved to Mumbai, where the emerging film industry helped him to bring Kathak to a far wider audience.

Among many prestigious awards he won were the Presidents' Award and the 1957 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, the highest award for performing artists, conferred by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.

1960

He came from a family of illustrious Kathak exponents in Lucknow, and also worked as film choreographer, Hindi cinema, most notably Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Pakeezah (1972).

2007

In September 2007, a two-day festival was organized in Lucknow to celebrate his birth centenary, in presence of his wife Rama Devi, his disciples like Nalini and Kamalini, a book on him was also released and students of the dance institution he founded, Kathak Kendra staged a ballet, Megh Malhar.