Jhaduram Devangan

Jhaduram Devangan was a popular personality from Indian theatre, who was born in the year 1921.

Jhaduram Devangan was born in the year 1921.He was an exponent of Pandavani. He was born in a family of hereditary performers of the Vedamati seated style, in the village of Basin near Bhilai, in Durg district, at Indian state of Chhatisgarh. He played a path-breaking role in developing and taking the form outside its native area during the 1950s, broadcasting Pandavani from Akashvani radio, Bhopal, in 1964 and then performing elsewhere in India. His excellence at narration, singing, and enactment made him very popular with rural audiences, in turn drawing new recruits whom he trained, like Punaram Nishada.

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