[1] His portrayal of the protagonist in Charan Das Chor, an award winning play by Habib Tanveer, won him critical acclaim.
[4] Govind Ram Nirmalkar was born in Mohara, a small village in Rajnandgaon district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh on 10 October 1935.
He trained playing the traditional music instruments of Dholak and Manjira and started participating in Nacha shows as an accompanist.
[5] The Government of Madhya Pradesh awarded Tulsi Samman jointly to Nirmalkar, Madanlal Nishad, his mentor, and Nacha Theatre, his old troupe, in 1988.
[8] Nirmalkar died on 27 July 2014 at B. R. Ambedkar Memorial Hospital, Raipur in Chhattisgarh, succumbing to brain hemorrhage that followed a prolonged period of illnesses.