- Eminent danseuse and choreographer Amala Shankar passed away.
- She was honored with the West Bengal government’s Banga Bibhusan award in 2011 for her contributions to art.
- First performance of Amala Shankar was in Kaliya Daman which was staged in Belgium in 1931. She also acted in the film “Kalpana” which was released in 1948.
