Rajkumar Singhajit Singh (1 May 1931 – 23 November 2024) was a leading exponent, choreographer and a guru of Indian classical dance form of Manipuri, including the Pung cholom and Raslila.
In the year 2011, Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, awarded him its highest award, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for his contribution to Indian Dance.
Rajkumar Singhajit Singh was born in a family of dancers and musicians in Manipur.
[3] Over the years, he and his dance troupe, have extensively travelled to several countries in Europe, the former USSR, North and South America, Japan, West Asia and Africa.
[3] Their recent choreography, Ashta Nayika, has received wide recognition, from both viewers and critics alike.