Eminent Painter M F Hussain Dead

Eminent Indian painter Maqbool Fida Hussain passed away in Royal Brampton Hospital, London at around 2:30 am GMT on Friday morning, sources close to the painter said. Husain was 96.

The painter had been keeping indifferent health for the last several months and had been admitted to the London hospital three days back.

Considered India's Picasso, Hussain was born on September 17, 1915 in Pandharpur, Maharashtra. He left India after a slew of cases were slapped against him in Indian courts against some of his controversial paintings in which Hindu goddesses were drawn nude by the painter. He stayed in Dubai and in January last year, he accepted the citizenship of Qatar.

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