Key facts
- Born
- 24 October 1924, Mysore
- Died
- 26 January 2015, Pune
- State of birth
- Mysore, Karnataka
- Sector
- Art & culture
- Profession
- Indian artist, illustrator and cartoonist
- Gender
- Male
Biography
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist. He was best known for his creation The Common Man and for his daily cartoon strip, You Said It in The Times of India, which started in 1951.
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Timeline
- 1924Born in Mysore
- 1973Awarded the Padma Bhushan
- 1984Awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award
- 2015Dies in Pune
Sources & licences
- English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- हिंदी विकिपीडिया (CC BY-SA 4.0) · 3/5
- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5
- Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) · सुहास बहुळकर, दीपक घारे