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Born: 14 April 1957 Nagercoil in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India Family: Malathi Sivan (Spouse); Siddharth & Sushanth (Children) Education: Madras Institute of Technology (BE Degree 1980) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (ME in Aerospace Engineering 1982) Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Doctorate in Aerospace Engineering 2006) Books: Integrated Design for Space Transportation System Born in 1957 at farmer’s house, …

Born: 5 September 1888 Village near Tiruttani erstwhile Chittoor District, Madras Presidency, British India Died: 17 April 1975 (aged 86) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India Political party: Independent Spouse(s): Sivakamu Children: 5 (daughters); 1 (Son) Sarvepalli Gopal Alma mater: University of Madras Profession: Philosopher; Professor Awards: Bharat Ratna (in 1954) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, was born into a middle class family at Tirutani …

Name: Manasi Girishchandra Joshi Born: 11 June 1989 Ahmedabad, India Height & Weight: 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) / 68 kg (150 lb) Category: Women Para-Badminton player (SL3 Singles) Education: Electronics Engineer Manasi Joshi is an Indian Para-Badminton athlete who is currently World No. 2 in SL3 Singles. She was six when she started playing badminton with her father, …

Birth Name: P. V. Sindhu (Pusarla Venkata Sindhu) Born: 5 July 1995, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Height & Weight: 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) / 60 kg (132 lb) Sports Category: Right Handed Women’s Badminton Player Coach: Pullela Gopichand P. V. Sindhu – an Indian professional badminton player. She is the first Indian to win the BWF World Championships. She …

Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali — Bang! A bird fluttered for seconds and fell to the ground. A ten-year old bespectacled boy, who had shot the bird, ran and picked it up. The bird looked like a house sparrow but, to the boy’s surprise, it had a yellow patch on its throat. Puzzled, the boy took the sparrow to his uncle, …

Birth: Arun Maharaj Kishen Jaitley – 28 December 1952; Delhi, India Death: 24 August 2019 (aged 66) AIIMS, New Delhi, India Political party: Bharatiya Janata Party Family: Sangeeta Jaitley (Wife); Sonali Jaitley Bakhshi (Daughter); Rohan Jaitley (Son) Occupation: Advocate; Politician Arun Jaitley was an Indian politician and attorney, who was the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government …

Full Name: Palaniappan Chidambaram Born: 16 September 1945; Kandanur, Tamil Nadu, India Political Party: Indian National Congress Family: Nalini Chidambaram (Wife); Karti Chidambaram (Son) P. Chidambaram – Palaniappan Chidambaram (born 16 September 1945) is an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress and a former Union Minister of Finance of India. Chidambaram is a corporate lawyer and an important …

पूरा नाम: डा. केशव राव बलीराम हेडगेवार (Keshav Rao Baliram Hedgewar) अन्य नाम: डॉक्टर जी जन्म: 01 अप्रैल, 1889; नागपुर, महाराष्ट्र मृत्यु: 21 जून, 1940; नागपुर परिवार: पिता: पंडित बलिराम पंत हेडगेवार; माता: रेवतीबाई; भाई: महादेव पंत और सीताराम पंत प्रसिद्धि: स्वतंत्रता सेनानी ‘राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ’ के संस्थापक 1921 के ‘असहयोग आंदोलन’ में हिस्सा लिया और जेल गए राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक …

Full Name: Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai Birth: 12 August 1919, Ahmedabad, Gujarat Education: Gujarat Arts and Science College Sheth C N Vidyalaya St John’s College, Cambridge University of Cambridge Awards: Padma Bhushan Padma Vibhushan Death: 30 December 1971, Halcyon Castle, Thiruvananthapuram One of the greatest scientists of India. As Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, he guided research of the greatest …

Sushma Iyengar, did her Masters in Literature from MS University, Baroda and a three year Masters’ programme in the USA at Cornell University. She worked to set up the Kutch Mahila Vikas Sangathan which is the first network for grass root women’s organization in Gujarat in June 1989, with organizing the women’s empowerment movement through social awareness and livelihood programme. …