Indian Heros India's Proud Of

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Amartya Sen

Born : 3 November 1933 (age 78)

Santiniketan, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day West Bengal, India)Nationality : IndianInstitution : Harvard UniversityUniversity of CambridgeJadavpur University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cornell University

University of Oxford

Delhi School of Economics

University of Calcutta

London School of Economics

University of California, Berkeley

Stanford University

Field : Welfare economics, development economics, ethics

Alma mater : Presidency College of the University of Calcutta, (B.A.)

Trinity College, Cambridge,

(B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)

Influences : B. R. Ambedkar

John Maynard Keynes

John Rawls

Peter Bauer

John Stuart MillKenneth Arrow

Piero Sraffa

Adam Smith

Karl Marx

Contributions: Human development theory

Awards : Nobel Prize in Economics (1998)

Bharat Ratna (1999)

National Humanities Medal (2012)

Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prizein Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his


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interest in the problems of society's poorest members. Sen is best known for his work on the causes

of famine, which led to the development of practical solutions for preventing or limiting the effects of

real or perceived shortages of food.

He is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and

Philosophy at Harvard University.

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Elattuvalapil Sreedharan

Born June 12, 1932Palakkad, Kerala, India

Other names Metro ManOccupation Former Managing Director of DMRCKnown for Delhi Metro and Other Related Rail Developements

Awards Padma Vibhushan

A visionary leader who made Metro rail possible..& made our transportation easier with minimum

cost.

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Received Padma Bhushan in 1966.

Received Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

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Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Born 15 October 1931 (age 80)Rameswaram, British India (present day Tamil Nadu, India)

Alma mater St. Joseph's College, TiruchirappalliMadras Institute of TechnologyProfession Professor, Author, scientist

Aerospace engineer

Religion Islam

Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam who we used to call as Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, was the 11th

President of India serving 2002 to 2007. Due to his working style he is popularly known as the

People;s President. Before his term as president he distinguished himself as engineering visionary and

was awarded Indias highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work with DRDO and for his

role as a scientific advisor to the Indian Government. He loves children and spends a lot of time with

them. He is popularly known as a Missile Man of India.

A true Inspiration...

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C.V. Raman

Born: November 7, 1888Died: November 21, 1970


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Achievements: He was the first Indian scholar who studied wholly in India received the Nobel Prize.

C.V. Raman is one of the most renowned scientists produced by India. His full name wasChandrasekhara Venkata Raman. For his pioneering work on scattering of light, C.V. Raman won theNobel Prize for Physics in 1930.

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Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata

Born On: March 3, 1839Navsari, Gujarat, IndiaDied On: May 19, 1904

Occupation: Industrialist, EntrepreneurNationality: IndianJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, was an Indian industrialist, who founded the Tata Group,

India's biggest conglomerate company. He was born to a Parsi family in Navsari, Gujarat, India.

He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies.

Jamsetji Tata is regarded as the "father of Indian industry".

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Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest private sector company. Created an equity cult in the Indiancapital market. Reliance is the first Indian company to feature in Forbes 500 list


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Born : 28 December 1932Chorwad, Gujarat, IndiaDied : 6 July 2002 (aged 69)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Cause of death : stroke

Nationality : Indian

Ethnicity : Gujarati

Occupation : Founder of Reliance Industries

Founder of Reliance Power

Founder of Reliance Capital

Net worth : $8 billion[reliable sources from october 2011]

Religion : Hindu

Spouse : Kokilaben Ambani

Children : Mukesh Ambani

Anil Ambani

Nina Kothari

Deepti Salgaonkar

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Original name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

Born : August 26, 1910

Died : September 5, 1997

Achievements: Started Missionaries of Charity in 1950; received Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979;

received Bharat Ratna in 1980.

Mother Teresa was one of the great servants of humanity.

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Rabindranath Tagore

Born May 7, 1861

Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India

Died 7 August 1941 (aged 80)

Calcutta (Kolkata), Bengal Presidency, British India

Occupation Poet, short-story writer, song composer, playwright, essayist, and painter

Language Bengali, English

Nationality Indian

Ethnicity Bengali

Notable work(s) Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire, Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sangeet, Amar Shonar

Bangla (other works)Notable award(s) Nobel Prize in Literature

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Spouse(s) Mrinalini Devi (m. 18831902)

Children five children, two of whom died in childhood

Relative(s) Tagore family

- TEAM INDprdDhyan Chand Indian hockey legend - the incomparable artiste


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Born :29 August 1905Allahabad, United Provinces, British IndiaDied :4 December 1979 (aged 74)Delhi, IndiaResting place: Jhansi Heroes Ground, Allahabad

Nationality: Indian

Known for: Hockey

Debut For India: 1926

Olympic Gold Medals: 3

Dhyan Chand was so charismatic in the hockey field that everyone around the world doubted if his

stick was made of something else other than wood! You would be surprised to know what all they did

to his hockey sticks. In Holland Dhyan Chand's stick was broken to see if there was a magnet inside;

in Japan they thought that it was glue; and Adolf Hitler even offered to buy it...

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Full name: Nanik Amarnath Bharadwaj

Born: September 11, 1911, Kapurthala, Punjab

Died :August 5, 2000, New Delhi (aged 88 years 329 days)Major teams: India, Gujarat, Hindus, Maharaja of Patiala's XI, Railways, Southern Punjab, UttarPradesh

Batting style: Right-hand bat

Bowling style: Right-arm medium

Fielding position: Wicketkeeper.

Lala Amarnath scored India's first Test century and went on to become Indian cricket's patriarchal

figure: as selector, manager, coach and broadcaster, as well as in a literal sense - his three sons

became first-class cricketers and two played in Tests. Amarnath, a Punjabi, was also the first to kickagainst the stifling domination of Indian cricket by the local princes and their imperial backers. It


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severely damaged his career. Amarnath's figures in his 24 Tests are nothing special, but they do no

justice to either his spasmodic brilliance or his enduring influence.

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Viswanathan Anand

Born: 11 December 1969 (age 42)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Title: Grandmaster (1988)

World Champion: 200002 (FIDE), 2007present (Undisputed)

FIDE rating : 2780 (September 2012)

(No. 4 in the May 2012 FIDE World Rankings)

Peak rating : 2817 (May 2011)

First sportsperson to receive the Padma Visbhushan Award.

Won Chess Oscar 6times.

A sheer genius making India proud!!!!

We Salute you!!

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Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha


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Born (1964-06-27) 27 June 1964 (age 48)Payyoli, Kozhikode, Kerala, IndiaResidence Payyoli, KozhikodeNationality Indian

Other names Payyoli Express, Golden Girl

Occupation Athlete

Employer Indian Railways

Known for Padma Shri

Weight 50

Spouse V. Srinivasan

Children Ujjwal

Parents Paithal, Lakshmi

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Born (1935-10-08) 8 October 1935 (age 76)Layallpur, British IndiaNationality IndianOther names Flying SikhOccupation Athlete

Known for Padma Shri

Religion Sikh

Olympic medal record

Men's Athletics

Competitor for IND

British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Gold 1958 Cardiff 440 yardsAsian Games


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Gold 1958 Tokyo 200 metres

Gold 1962 Jakarta 400 metres

Silver 1958 Tokyo 400 metres

- Team INDprdSatyajit Ray

Born 2 May 1921Calcutta, Bengal, British IndiaDied 23 April 1992 (aged 70)CalcuttaOccupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, music director, lyricist

Years active 195091

Spouse Bijoya Das (m. 19491992)

Satyajit Ray (2 May 1921 23 April 1992) was an Indian filmmaker. He is regarded as one of the

greatest auteurs of 20th century cinema. Ray was born in the city of Calcutta into a Bengali family

prominent in the world of arts and literature. Starting his career as a commercial artist, Ray was

drawn into independent filmmaking after meeting French filmmaker Jean Renoir and viewing the

Italian neorealist film Bicycle Thieves of Vittorio De Sica during a visit to London. As a filmmaker he

made a mark all over the world. Honored with Lifetime Achievement Oscar Award

Ray directed thirty-seven films, including feature films, documentaries and shorts. He was also a

fiction writer, publisher, illustrator, graphic designer and film critic. Ray's first film, Pather Panchali(1955), won eleven international prizes, including Best Human Documentary at the Cannes film

festival. This film, Aparajito (1956) and Apur Sansar (1959) form The Apu Trilogy. Ray did the

scripting, casting, scoring, and editing, and designed his own credit titles and publicity material. Ray

received many major awards in his career, including 32 Indian National Film Awards, a number of

awards at international film festivals and award ceremonies, and an Academy Honorary Award in

1992. The Government of India honoured him with the Bharat Ratna in 1992.

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Asha bhosle -one of the most skilled and talented singer.Birth name Asha Mangeshkar

Born September 8, 1933 (age 79)Sangli, Bombay Presidency, British IndiaGenres Pop, folk, Indian classical musicOccupations Singer, playback singer

Years active 1943present

Awards Won

Filmfare Awards (1967, 1968, 1971, 1972,1973,1974,1977, 2000)

Indian National Awards (1981 and 1986)

Other Awards

1987 - Nightingale of Asia Award

1989 - Lata Mangeshkar Award (Government of Madhya Pradesh)

1997 - Screen Videocon Award

1997 - MTV Award

1997 - Channel V Award

1998 - Dayawati Modi Award

1999 - Lata Mangeshkar Award (Government of Maharashtra)

2000 - Singer of the Millennium

2000 - Zee Gold Bollywood Award

2001 - MTV Award

2002 - BBC Lifetime Achievement Award

2002 - Zee Cine Award

2002 - Screen Videocon Award

2002 - Sansui Movie Award

2002 - Swaralaya Yesudas Award

2004 - Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce

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Ranbir Raj Prithviraj Kapoor

Born :14 December 1924

Peshawar, British India

Died : 2 June 1988 (aged 63)

Chembur, Mumbai, India

Residence : Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Other names : The Show Man

Occupation : Actor, Producer, Director

Years active 19351985

Acheivements : Nine Filmfare Awards in India two-time nominee for the Palme d'Or grand prize at the

Cannes Film Festival for his films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954). His performance in Awaara

was ranked as one of the top ten greatest performances of all time by Time magazine. His films were

commercial successes that attracted worldwide audiences, particularly in Asia and Europe. The

Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke

Award in 1987 for his contributions towards Indian cinema.

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R.D. Burman


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Born - 27 June 1939Died - 4 January 1994

Achievements - R.D. Burman is considered the greatest of all music composers the Indian filmindustry's ever had. His musical brilliance is evident from the fact that the famous song 'Sar jo terachakraaye' in Guru Dutt's film, Pyaasa was composed by him as a child. He has belted out some ofthe jazziest hits in the history of Bollywood music.

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Bhanu Athaiya

Born : Bhanumati Annasaheb RajopadhyeApril 28, 1926 (age 86)Kolhapur, Maharashtra, IndiaOccupation costume designer

Years active 1956-presentSpouse Satyendra Athaiya (separated, now widowed)Children daughterIndia's first Oscar winner- Bhanu Athaiya, who got the coveted award for costume design in filmGandhi.

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A.R Rahman

Born :6 January 1966 (age 46) Madras, Madras State, India

Genres: Film score, electronic, dance, classicalOccupations: Singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, music director, arranger, entrepreneur,philanthropist, conductorInstruments: Vocals, guitar, percussion, drums, harpejji, continuum fingerboard, keyboard, piano,

accordion, goblet drum, concert harp

Years active: 1987present

Labels: K. M. Musiq

Associated acts: Nemesis Avenue, SuperHeavy

Website:www.arrahman.com

Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-

instrumentalist and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer

by Time, his works are notable for integrating Eastern classical music with electronic music sounds,

world music genres and traditional orchestral arrangements. He has won two Academy Awards, two

Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awardsand thirteen Filmfare Awards South in addition to numerous other awards and nominations. His

extensive body of work for film and the stage earned him the nickname the Mozart of Madras and

several Tamil commentators and fans have coined him the nickname Isai Puyal (English: Music

Storm). In 2009, Time placed Rahman in its list of World's Most Influential People. The UK based

World Music magazine Songlines named him one of 'Tomorrow's World Music Icons' in August 2011.

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Indian nationalist leader. Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2, 1869 in Porbandar,

Kathiawar, West India. He studied law in London, but in 1893 went to South Africa, where he spent

20 years opposing discriminatory legislation against Indians. As a pioneer of Satyagraha, or resistance

through mass non-violent civil disobedience, he became one of the major political and spiritual

leaders of his time. Satyagraha remains one of the most potent philosophies in freedom struggles

throughout the world today.

In 1914, Gandhi returned to India, where he supported the Home Rule movement, and became

leader of the Indian National Congress, advocating a policy of non-violent non-co-operation to

achieve independence. His goal was to help poor farmers and laborers protest oppressive taxation

and discrimination. He struggled to alleviate poverty, liberate women and put an end to caste

discrimination, with the ultimate objective being self-rule for India.

Following his civil disobedience campaign (1919-22), he was jailed for conspiracy (1922-4). In 1930,

he led a landmark 320 km/200 mi march to the sea to collect salt in symbolic defiance of the

government monopoly. On his release from prison (1931), he attended the London Round Table

Conference on Indian constitutional reform. In 1946, he negotiated with the Cabinet Mission which

recommended the new constitutional structure. After independence (1947), he tried to stop the

Hindu-Muslim conflict in Bengal, a policy which led to his assassination in Delhi by Nathuram Godse, a

Hindu fanatic.

Even after his death, Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and his belief in simple living--making his

own clothes, eating a vegetarian diet, and using fasts for self-purification as well as a means of

protest--have been a beacon of hope for oppressed and marginalized people throughout the world.

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This photograph was taken by Ram Nath in his photo studio in Kashmiri Gate Delhi before BhagatSingh went for Central Assembly Hall action in first week of April 1929.

Born: 27 September 1907 Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab, British India

Died: 23 March 1931 (aged 23)

Lahore, Punjab, British India

Organization: Naujawan Bharat Sabha,Kirti Kisan Party,

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

Influenced by Anarchism, Communism, Socialism

Political movement Indian Independence movement

Religion: Sikh, later Atheist.

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Chandra Shekhar Tiwari

Born (1906-07-23)23 July 1906Badarka, Unnao District, near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDied 27 February 1931(1931-02-27) (aged 24)

Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Other names Azad

Occupation Revolutionary leader, freedom fighter, political activist

Organization Hindustan Republican Association (later on Hindustan Socialist Republican Association)

Political movement Indian Independence Movement

Religion Hinduism.

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Premchand

Born Dhanpat Rai July 31,1880,Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDied October 8, 1936 (aged 56) Varanasi, India


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Pen name Nawab Rai

Occupation Writer, Novelist

Nationality Indian Notable work(s) Godaan, Bazaar-e-Husn,Karmabhoomi, Shatranj ke khiladi

Spouse(s) Shivarani Devi Children Sripath Rai, Amrit Rai, Kamala Devi

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