Renowned classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai passed away

Renowned classical dancer and Padma Bhushan recipient Mrinalini Sarabhai, who was wife of father of India's space programm  Dr Vikram Sarabhai,passed away on Thursday due to old age related problems. She was 97. Mrinalini Sarabhai has been awarded by the Indian government with the national civilian awards Padm  Bhushan in 1992 and the Padma Shri in 1965.S e was also the first Indian to receive the medal and Diploma of the French Archives Internationales de la Danse.She was nominated to the Executive Committee of the International Dance Council, Paris in 1990 and awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, New Delhi in 1994. She was presented with a gold medal by the Mexican Government for her choreography for the Ballet Folklorico of Mexico.