Ram Narayan Misra

Pandit Ram Narayan Misra was a Kathak guru. He taught Chitresh Das in the guru-shishya tradition; Das was formally tied to him at age 10. He held teaching positions at Birla Academy, Sangeet Shyamala, and Nritya Bharati. His students included upper- and middle-class Bengali learners and women from the courtesan tradition. He was born in 1911 and died in 1972.