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School which rejected to house RK Laxman's memorial
October 24, 2015

The Maharashtra government plans to erect a befitting memorial to the legendary cartoonist and creator of  'The Common Man', RK Laxman, on the campus of the Sir JJ School of Arts. Ironically, this is the same institution which had rejected admission of the young Laxman in the late 1930s as his "drawings failed to conform to the high expectations' of the hallowed institution. 

"With the support of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Education Minister Vinod Tawde, the Maharashtra government has finalised the spot inside the Sir JJ Institute of Applied Art campus. It will be in a shaded location near the bungalow of another legend, the renowned writer and Nobel laureate, Rudyard Kipling,' said Laxman's daughter-in-law Usha Srinivas Laxman.
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