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Also Known As	Raja Ravi Varma
Born	April 29, 1848 • near Thiruvananthapuram • India
Died	October 2, 1906 (aged 58) • India

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Daulat

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Jamini Roy

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Amrita Sher-Gil

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M.F. Husain

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Bhabesh Chandra Sanyal

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Basavan

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Bichitr

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Anjolie Ela Menon

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F.N. Souza

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Dasvant

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Sāhibdīn

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Manṣūr

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V.S. Gaitonde

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Bishandas

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Abū al-Ḥasan

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Manohar

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Farrukh Beg

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Antonio del Pollaiuolo

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Herman de Limbourg

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