Sheodanmal Mokha (5 August 1923 – 24 January 2007) was an Indian architect. He is known for designing
B. R. Ambedkar
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's memorial at
Deekshabhoomi
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in
Nagpur
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Sheodanmal Mokha was born in
Phalodi
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, a city and a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in
Jodhpur district
Jodhpur District is a district in the State of Rajasthan in western India. The city of Jodhpur is the administrative headquarters of the district.
As of the 2011 census, it is the second highest populated district of Rajasthan (out of 33), af ...
,
Rajasthan
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on 5 August 1923. He studied
architecture
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at
All India Council for Technical Education
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, and completed his diploma. He became an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineer (AMIE) in 1954.
After serving in many post, he went to the Indian city of
Nagpur
Nagpur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, aːɡpuːɾ is the third largest city and the winter capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the 13th largest city in India by population and according to an Oxford's Economics report, Nag ...
in 1956.
In Nagpur the first building he designed was the Panchasheel cinema theatre, later it became a landmark. He also designed the Guru Nanak Bhawan auditorium of the
University of Nagpur
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, the buildings of the local branches of Indian Medical Association and the Institution of Engineers, the Town Hall of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Yeshwant Stadium, and the sprawling market yard of Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC). He designed many complexes in Indian cities such as Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, etc.
He died on 24 January 2007 in Nagpur.
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1923 births
2007 deaths
People from Jodhpur district
20th-century Indian architects
Artists from Rajasthan