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Who received Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for Dance in 2009 ?
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- Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
- Ragini Chander Sarkar
- Abanti Chakravorty and Sukracharya Rabha
- K. Nellai Manikandan
- Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar
Correct Option: B
The Sangeet Natak Akademi, on July 14, 2010 announced the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskars for 2009. Recipients of the award in different fields are as follows: Music: Omkar Shrikant Dadarkar – Hindustani vocal; Murad Ali – Hindustani instrumental – sarangi; Sanjeev Shankar and Ashwani Shankar (joint award) – Hindustani instrumental – shehnai; C.S. Sajeev – Carnatic vocal; Mysore A. Chandan Kumar – Carnatic instrumental – flute; V. Balaji - Carnatic instrumental – mridangam; Anil Srinivasan – creative and experimental music; and Moirangthem Meina Singh other major traditions of music – Nata Sankirtana of Manipur. In Dance the awardees were: Ragini Chander Shekar – Bharatanatyam; Monisa Nayak – Kathak; Hanglem Indu Devi – Manipuri; Chinta Ravi Balakrishna – Kuchipudi; Lingaraj Pradhan – Odissi; Menaka P.P. Bora – Sattriya; Manjula B. Murthy – Mohiniattam; Swamimalai K. Suresh (music for dance) – Bharatanatyam nattuvangam and vocal.