FEW FACTS ON CARTOONIST R K LAXMAN

* RASIPURAM KRISHNASAMY LAXMAN ( R K LAXMAN) 

BORN IN - 24TH OCTOBER 1921

PASSED AWAY ON - 26TH JANUARY 2015 

* HIS FIRST FULL TIME JOB WAS POLITICAL CARTOONIST FOR THE FREE PRESS JOURNAL AT MUMBAI ALONG WITH COLLEAGUE BAL THAKAREY 

* HE DID MASCOT FOR ASIAN PAINTS 

* HIS CARTOON USED IN FILM LIKE Mr & Mrs 55 And TAMIL FILM KAMRAJ 

* HIS CARTOON USED IN MALGUDI DAYS 

AS AUTHOR - 

* HIS FIRST NOVEL -THE HOTEL RIVIERA 

* SERVANTS OF INDIA' 

* THE MESSENGER (NOVEL) 

* THE DISTORTED MIRROR - 

AWARDS - 

* 1973 - PADMA BHUSHAN 

* 2005 - PADMA VIBHUSHAN 

* 1984 - RAMON MAGSAYSAY 

* 1983 - KARNATAKA RAJYASTOVA AWARD 

* 2008 - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD ( CNN IBN 18 TV) 

* 2004 - HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM UNIVERSITY MYSORE