About Kamala Laxman
Lived 1924 – 2015 (aged 90–91). Kamala Laxman was an Indian children's writer and novelist.
Kamala Laxman was an Indian author of children's books, and the wife of cartoonist R. K. Laxman.
Early life and career Laxman was born in Chennai and studied in St Thomas' Convent, and later graduated from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi.
The India Book House commissioned Laxman to write children's books in the 1970s.
Personal life Laxman was the life president of Mahalakshmi Ladies' Club founded by her mother in 1965 in Mumbai.
She was married to cartoonist R. K. Laxman, who was also her maternal uncle, after his divorce from his first wife Kumari Kamala. She had a son, Srinivas, a retired journalist, a daughter-in-law Usha and a granddaughter Rimanika.
Laxman died in 2015 at the age of 90.
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Who was Kamala Laxman?
Indian author
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Kamala Laxman was born in 1924 in Chennai.
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Kamala Laxman died on 14 November 2015 in Pune.
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Kamala Laxman was a children's writer and novelist.
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Kamala Laxman was Indian.
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