Mother Teresa Biography Full Name – Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Born – 26 August 1910 Skopje, Ottoman Vardar Macedonia Died – 5 September 1997 (aged 87) Kolkata, India Education – Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham (1928–1929) Awards – Nobel Peace Prize, Bharat Ratna, Presidential Medal of Freedom, More Religion – Christian (Roman Catholic) Order – Sisters of Loreto (1928–1950), Missionaries …
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Ravi Shankar Biography Birth Name – Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury Born – 7 April 1920 (age 92) Varanasi, United Provinces, Indian Empire Genres – Hindustani classical music Occupations – composer, musician Instruments – sitar Years active – 1939–present Associated Acts – Uday Shankar, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Lakshmi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Chatur Lal, Alla Rakha, George Harrison, …
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Mf Hussain Biography Full Name –Maqbool Fida Husain Born –17 September 1915 Pandharpur, Maharashtra, India Died – Died 9 June 2011 (aged 95) London, England, United Kingdom Nationality – Indian; Qatari (2010–2011) Occupation – Painting, Drawing, Writer Awards – Padma Shri (1955), Padma Bhushan (1973), Padma Vibhushan (1991) Website – www.mfhussain.com MF Hussain biography: MF …
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Rabindranath Tagore Biography Born – 7 May 1861(1861-05-07) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India Died – 7 August 1941(1941-08-07) (aged 80) Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India Pen Name – Gurudev/Bhanu Shingho Occupations – Poet, writer, lecturer Nationality – Indian Ethnicity – Bengali Alma Mater – St. Xavier’s Collegiate School, Calcutta Genres – Poet, novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, thespian, …
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Biography Full Name – Ishwar Chandra Bandopadhya Born – 26 September 1820 Ghatal subdivision, Paschim Mednapur, West Bengal, India Died – 29 July 1891 (aged 70) Friday, Calcutta, West Bengal, India Occupation – Writer, reformer, lecturer Language – bengali Nationality – Indian Ethnicity – Bengali Citizenship – …
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R K Narayan Biography Born – 10 October 1906 Madras, British India (nowChennai, Tamil Nadu, India) Died – 13 May 2001 (aged 94) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Siblings – R. K. Laxman Movies – Guide Occupation – Writer Nationality – Indian Genres – Fiction, Mythology, and Non-fiction Awards – Padma …
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee Biography Born – 25 December 1924 (age 87), Gwalior State Nationality – Indian Alma Mater – Victoria College (Now Laxmibai College), Gwalior Fields – Politics Institutions – Notable Awards – 1992 Padma Vibhushan 1993 D.Lit from Kanpur University 1994 Lokmanya Tilak Award 1994 Best Parliamentarian Award 1994 Bharat Ratna, Pandit Govind Vallabh …
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DR Rajendra Prasad Biography Born – 3 December 1884, Ziradei, Bihar, India Nationality – Indian Died – 28 February 1963 (aged 78) Patna, Bihar Alma Mater – University of Calcutta Fields – Politics, Social Activist Institutions – Notable Awards – Bharat Ratna Dr. Rajendra Prasad, who was born on December …
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Manmohan Singh Biography Born -26 September 1932 (age 79) Gah, Punjab, British India Political party – Indian National Congress – Delhi, Punjab, British India Spouse(s) -Gursharan Kaur (1958–present) Children – Upinder, Daman, Amrit Residence – Panchavati, New Delhi (Official) Guwahati (Private) Profession – Economist, Civil servant, Social worker , Professor …
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Pranab Mukherjee Biography 13th President of India – 25 July 2012 to Till Now Minister of Finance – 24 January 2009 – 26 June 2012 Minister of External Affairs – 24 October 2006 – 23 May 2009 Minister of Defence – 22 May 2004 – 26 October 2006 Deputy Chairman …
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