Tag Archives: Indian Famous Personalities

Bhupen Hazarika Biography For Students

Bhupen Hazarika Biography For Students

Name: Bhupen Hazarika (Sudha Konthi) Born: 8 September 1926 Sadiya, Assam Province, British India Died: 5 November 2011 (aged 85) Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation: Poet, Lyricist, Songwriter, Composer, Singer, Music Director, Filmmaker Spouse(s): Priyamvada Patel (1 Child) Awards: Bharat Ratna (2019) (posthumously) Padma Vibhushan (2012) (posthumously) Padma Shri (1977) Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992) Padma Bhushan (2001) …

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Sunita Krishnan Biography For Students

Sunita Krishnan Biography For Students

Name: Sunita Krishnan / Sunitha Krishnan Born: 1972 Bangalore, Karnataka, India Alma mater: St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore School of Social Work Roshini Nilaya Mangalore Occupation: Founder of Prajwala, Hyderabad Known for: Social activist, co-founder of Prajwala, an NGO that works for the rehabilitation of raped people and their children. Sunita Krishnan — Dr. Sunitha Krishnan who was born in 1972, …

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Ramesh Krishnan Biography For Students

Ramesh Krishnan Biography For Students

Name: Ramesh Krishnan – son of Ramanathan Krishnan Born: 5 June 1961 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Country (sports): India Fields: Right-handed Tennis Player Awards: Padma Shri Career highlights: 1979 – Wimbledon and French Open junior singles champion. 1981 – Reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. 1981 – Won his first ATP singles title in Manila. 1986 – Reached the quarterfinals …

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Ramanathan Krishnan Biography For Kids

Ramanathan Krishnan Biography For Kids

Name: Ramanathan Krishnan Born: 11 April 1937 Nagercoil, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, British India Country (sports): India Fields: Right-handed Tennis Player Awards: Arjuna award in 1961 Padma Shri in 1962 Padma Bhushan in 1967 Career highlights: 1954 – Wimbledon – junior champion 1958 – Northern Championships champion – won close match over Laver 1959 – London Championships champion – defeated …

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Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan

Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan Biography

Name: Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan Born: 4 December 1898 Watrap, Tamil Nadu, India Death: 14 June 1961 (aged 62) Nationality: Indian Fields: Physics Awards: FRS (Fellow of the Royal Society) (1940) Padma Bhushan (1954) Knight Bachelor Bhatnagar Award Known for: Raman effect Crystal Magnetism Magneto Chemistry Technique for measuring Magnetic anisotropy of magnetic crystals Padma Bhushan Sir Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, (Fellow …

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Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Biography

Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao Biography

Name: Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao FRS known as C. R. Rao Born: 10 September 1920 Hadagali, Madras Presidency, British India (now in Karnataka, India) Citizenship: United States Fields: Mathematics and Statistics Awards: Padma Vibhushan National Medal of Science (2001) S. S. Bhatnagar Prize Guy Medal (Silver 1965, Gold 2011) Known for: Cramér–Rao bound Rao–Blackwell theorem Orthogonal arrays Score test Calyampudi Radhakrishna …

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Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Biography For Students

Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Biography

Name: Bidhan Chandra Roy Born: 1 July 1882, Bankipore, Patna, India Died: 1 July 1962, Kolkata Party: Indian National Congress Awards: Bharat Ratna Profession: Physician, Politician, Educationist – Chief Minister of West Bengal (1962–1962) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, one of the very few people who are talented enough to acquire both the M.R.C.P. and F.R.C.S. degrees, was an eminent physician, …

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Satyendra Nath Bose Biography For Students

Satyendra Nath Bose

Name: Satyendra Nath Bose [सत्येन्द्रनाथ बोस] Born: 1 January 1894 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Raj Died: 4 February 1974 (aged 80) Calcutta, India Alma mater: University of Calcutta Known for: Bose–Einstein condensate Bose–Einstein statistics Bose–Einstein distribution Bose–Einstein correlations Bose gas Boson Ideal Bose Equation of State Photon gas Spouse(s): Ushabati Bose Awards: Padma Vibhushan Fellow of the Royal Society Fields: …

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Rajiv Gandhi Biography For Students, Children

Rajiv Gandhi - Biography

Name: Rajiv Gandhi (Rajiv Ratna Gandhi) Born: 20 August 1944 – Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India Died: 21 May 1991 (aged 46) – Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India Achievement: Became Prime Minister of India at the age of 40 Resting place: Veer Bhumi Political party: Indian National Congress Spouse(s): Sonia Gandhi (m. 1968) Children: Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Parents: Feroze Gandhi, Indira …

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