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The Progressive Artists’ Group. (First row: seated, from left) Mulk Raj Anand, Siloo Bharucha, Renu Khanna, K.H. Ara, M.F. Husain, Bal Chhabda, Unidentified, Hazarnis (with folder in hand). (Second row: seated, from left) Unidentified, Unidentified, Laxman Pai, Kathy Langhammer, E. Schlesinger. (Standing, from left) Unidentified, Kekoo Gandhy, T.A. Schinzel (behind Gandhy), Krishen Khanna (in striped tie), Sadanand Bakre (in glasses, just behind Khanna), D.G. Kulkarni (in glasses, near Bakre), V.S. Gaitonde (to Kulkarni’s left), A.A. Amelkar, Unidentified, Tyeb Mehta, Shiavax Chavda (hands folded in front), Prof. Langhammer (dark tie), Kekoo Gandhy, Manishi Dey.

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