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Nationality
  
Indian

Died
  
January 24, 2007, Nagpur

Role
  
Architect


Name
  
Sheo Mal

Occupation
  
Architect

Structures
  
Deekshabhoomi

Born
  
August 5, 1923 (
1923-08-05
)
Phalodi

Buildings
  
Deekshabhoomi, Yashwant Stadium, Nagpur; Panchasheel Theatre etc.

Sheo Dan Mal (August 5, 1923 – January 24, 2007) was an Indian architect. He is known for designing B. R. Ambedkar's memorial at Deekshabhoomi in Nagpur.

Mal was born in Phalodi, a city and a municipality in Jodhpur district, Rajasthan on August 5, 1923. He studied architecture at All India Council for Technical Education, and completed his diploma. He became an Associate Member of the Institution of Engineer (AMIE) in 1954.

After serving in many post, Mokha went to the Indian city of Nagpur in 1956. In Nagpur the first building he designed was the Panchasheel cinema theatre, later it became a landmark. He also designed the Guru Nanak Bhawan auditorium of the University of Nagpur, the buildings of the local branches of Indian Medical Association and the Institution of Engineers, the Town Hall of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, Yeshwant Stadium, and the sprawling market yard of Nagpur Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC). He designed many complexes in Indian cities such as Indore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata, etc.

Mal died on January 24, 2007 in Nagpur.

References

Sheo Dan Mal Wikipedia