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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam – Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (born 15 October, 1931 – died 27 July, 2015) is an Indian scientist and administrator who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. Kalam was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, studied physics at the St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli, and aerospace engineering at the …

नानाजी देशमुख (Nanaji Deshmukh) का जन्म 11 अक्टूबर सन 1916 को बुधवार के दिन महाराष्ट्र के हिंगोली जिले के एक छोटे से गांव कडोली में हुआ था। इनके पिता का नाम अमृतराव देशमुख था तथा माता का नाम राजाबाई था। नानाजी के दो भाई एवं तीन बहने थीं। Nanaji Deshmukh Biography: Name: Nanaji Deshmukh (Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh) Born: 11 October, …

Amitabh Bachchan — The Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri in 1984, the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2015 for his contributions to the arts. Amitabh Bachchan Biography: Name: Amitabh Bachchan (Amitabh Srivastava) Other Names: Angry Young Man, Shahenshah, Big B Born: 11 October 1942 – Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar …

A child prodigy, Shreya Ghoshal has achieved immeasurable success in her singing career. She’s recognized both locally and globally. Shreya Ghoshal’s brilliant career began in 2002 when Sanjay Leela Bhansali discovered her after she clinched the musical tv show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa at sixteen and sang five songs in his movie Devdas. Her sensual performances in Jism branded …

Munshi Premchand, also spelled Prem Chand, pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, Indian author of novels and short stories in Hindi and Urdu who pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western literary styles. Name: Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (Known by his pen name) Born: 31 July 1880, Lamhi, Uttar Pradesh, India Died: 08 October 1936, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India Pen Name: Munshi …

लाल बहादुर शास्त्री जीवनी: साधनो का अभाव प्रगति में बाधक नही होता, ये प्रेरणा बचपन से लिये परिस्थिती से जूझते हुए एक बालक अपनी विधवा माँ का हर संभव सहारा बनने का प्रयास कर रहा था। उसी दौरान भारत माता को गुलामी से आजाद कराने के लिये असहयोग आन्दोलन का शंखनाद हुआ। ये वाक्या 1921 का है, जब अनेक लोग …

A Thin Indian Man With Not Much hair sits alone on a bare floor, wearing nothing but a pair of cheap spectacles, studying the clutch of handwritten notes in his hand. The black – and – white photograph takes up a full page in the newspaper. In the top left-hand corner of the page, in full color, is a small …

Hrishikesh Mukherjee (September 30, 1922 – August 27, 2006) was a Hindi film director known for a number of films, including Anand, Abhimaan, Guddi, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, Satyakam, and Namak Haraam. He was popularly known as Hrishi-da. Hrishikesh Mukherjee studied science in college, and graduated in chemistry. He taught mathematics and science for some time, but chose to begin …

Lata Mangeshkar is the melody Queen of India. Lata Mangeshkar has ruled over the hearts of millions of music lovers throughout the world for the last forty years by the magic of her melodious voice. She was born in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in a family of musicians. She took to singing at the age of 13. She has sung songs …

Born: September 28, 1907, Punjab, India 1930: Threw bombs in Central Assembly Hall, protesting on imposing severe measures like the Trades Disputes Bill by the Britishers. 1930: Went on hunger strike to protest the inhuman treatment of fellow-political prisoners by jail authorities. 1930: Sukh Dev and Raj Guru, he was awarded the death sentence. Cremated on the bank of the …