Ratna Fabri was a noted
museologist
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of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
who was awarded
Padma Shri
Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...
in 1970 in the Art field for her achievements. Ratna Fabri had studied museums in America and Europe and had displayed arrangements in the Indian pavilion in the Montreal exhibition.
She was married to Charles Fabri, a
Hungarian émigré. She hailed from
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...
.
External links
Reference to Ratna Fabri, "Leaf from History Museum was also brainchild of Corbusier" tribuneindia.com, 4 March 2003.
Educators from Rajasthan
Women educators from Rajasthan
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Indian museologists
Indian women historians
20th-century Indian historians
20th-century Indian women scientists
20th-century Indian scientists
20th-century women writers
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