Caroline Wozniacki was born on July 11, 1990 in Odense, Denmark. She is a professional tennis player. She is a nineteen years old tennis player who turned professional in 2005. She has Polish origins because her parents were born there. As a junior player she won in 2005 the Orange Bowl tennis championship and lost the final at Australian Open …
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Brian Charles Lara
Brian Charles Lara (born May 2, 1969) (nicknamed “The Prince of Port-of-Spain” or simply “The Prince”) is a West Indies cricketer. Lara has several times topped the Test batting rankings and being the current world record holder for the highest individual innings score and the all-time leading run scorer in Test cricket. Biography Brian was born in Cantaro, Santa Cruz, Trinidad …
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Brahmagupta (598–668 CE) was an Indian mathematician and astronomer who wrote many important works on mathematics and astronomy. His best known work is the Brahmasphutasiddhanta (Correctly Established Doctrine of Brahma), written in 628 in Bhinmal. Its 25 chapters contain several unprecedented mathematical results. Brahmagupta is believed to have been born in 598 AD in Bhinmal city in the state of …
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Bono — Paul David Hewson famously known as Bono was born in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin on 10 May 1960. He was raised in Glasnevin with his brother, Norman Robert Hewson (who is eight years older than Bono), by their mother Iris, a Church of Ireland Anglican, and their father Brendan Robert “Bob” Hewson, a Roman Catholic. His parents initially …
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Bikram Choudhary, the founder of Bikram Yoga, is one of the most popular fitness gurus in Hollywood. He is also the founder of the worldwide Yoga College of India. With this biography, you will get to know more about Bikram Choudhary as well as Bikram yoga. His Life History Bikram Choudhury was born in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata), …
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, who holds a legendary status in Indian Classical music was born in Gadag (Karnataka) on 14 February 1922. His unique style and mastery over ragas has made him un parallel to any other vocalist in the country. A conservative schoolmaster’s son, Bhimsen Joshi had a passion for music even from his early childhood. The little boy deeply …
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Bhaskara (1114–1185), also known as Bhaskara II and Bhaskaracharya (“Bhaskara the teacher”), was an Indian mathematician and astronomer. He was born near Vijjadavida (Bijapur in modern Karnataka). Bhaskara is alleged to have been the head of an astronomical observatory at Ujjain, the leading mathematical center of ancient India. He lived in the Sahyadri region. Bhaskara and his works represent a …
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Bharat Thakur is one of the spiritual masters of India who have received international recognition. The founder of Artistic Yoga, he has numerous meditation workshops to his credit. He also conducts yoga training-sessions for groups and individuals, along with corporate yoga workshops, throughout the world. Bharat Thakur has opened yoga studios or yoga centers in various cities, like Delhi, Mumbai, …
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Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was the 11th Vice-President of India. He served in that position from August 2002, when he was elected to a five-year term by the electoral college following the death of Krishan Kant, until he resigned on July 21, 2007, after losing the presidential election to Pratibha Patil. Shekhawat was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), …
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At an early age Benjamin Peary Pal was introduced to plants. His father, though a physician, used to spend his spare time growing flowers and vegetables in their garden. Once when he was tired he asked teenaged Pal to look after the garden. Pal not only began to take care of the plants but also started improving it after reading …
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