Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (16 September 1916 – 11 December 2004), also known as M.S., was a Carnatic vocalist. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia's Nobel Prize, in 1974 with the citation reading "Exacting purists acknowledge Srimati M. S. Subbulakshmi as the leading exponent of classical and semi-classical songs in the carnatic tradition of South India.
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Portrait of M.S.Subbulakshmi
M.S. Subbulakshmi, in the centre, accompanied by an ensemble of musicians, all of whom performed with her at the UN general assembly on October 23, 1966
An undated picture of MS Subbulakshmi, around 30 years old
A young Subbulakshmi (right) and Bharatanatyam dancer T Balasaraswati posing with cigarettes in a photo studio in 1937
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A beautiful still of MS Subbulakshmi from Ellis R Dungan's Meera (1945)
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Childhood Photo
Portrait of M.S.Subbulakshmi
M.S. Subbulakshmi, in the centre, accompanied by an ensemble of musicians, all of whom performed with her at the UN general assembly on October 23, 1966
An undated picture of MS Subbulakshmi, around 30 years old
A young Subbulakshmi (right) and Bharatanatyam dancer T Balasaraswati posing with cigarettes in a photo studio in 1937
Portrait