Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Mario Miranda's Death Anniversary


 

Mário João Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda, popularly known as Mario Miranda or Mario de Miranda, who passed away on 11 December 2011, aged 85, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim, Goa, India. He had been a regular with The Times of India and other newspapers in Mumbai, including The Economic Times, though he got his popularity with his works published in the Illustrated Weekly of India. He was awarded India's second highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) in 2012.

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