The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to cartoonist RK Laxman on his 100th birth anniversary.
About:
Rasipuram Krishnaswami Laxman (24 October 1921 – 26 January 2015) was an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist.
The Common Man is a cartoon character created by Indian author and cartoonist R. K. Laxman.
For over a half of a century, the Common Man has represented the hopes, aspirations, troubles and perhaps even foibles of the average Indian, through a daily comic strip, You Said It in The Times of India. The comic was started in 1951.
It became one of the most recognised feature on The Times of India the largest-circulation English language daily broadsheet newspaper in the world.
Laxman also created a popular mascot for the Asian Paints Ltd group called "Gattu" in 1954.
He was awarded Padma Vibhushan (2005) and Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts (1984).
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