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 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Around 1939 he became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati...
Educationist | India
| Born in Jabalpur, India Updated On: 2/24/2010
Yoga Posture, Administrative Activities, Jabalpur, Allahabad University, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, Bal Brahmacharya Mahesh, Transcendental Meditation, United States, China, Shankaracharya, Vedic Literature, Netherlands, Uttarkashi, Traditional Meditation Technique
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 Baba Amte
He was the founder of several ashrams and communities for the service of leprosy patients and other marginalized people that were shunned by society...
Activist | India
| Born in Hinganghat, India Updated On: 2/23/2010
Gandhism, Tropical Medicine, Fight Against Leprosy, Anandwan, Warora, Gandhi, Maharashtra, Leprosy Patients, Chandrapur, Narmada Bachao Andolan, Wardha Distric, Quit India Movement, Defence Lawyer, Sevagram Ashram, Brahmin jagirdar, Medha Patkar, Shramik Vidyapeeth
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 Habib Tanvir
One of the most popular Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor...
Writer | India
| Born in Raipur, India Updated On: 2/23/2010
Habib Ahmed Khan Tanvir, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Hafiz Ahmed Khan, Laurie Municipal High School Raipur, Morris College Nagpur, Aligarh Muslim University, Hindi playwrights, Theatre director, Poet and actor, Charandas Chor, Agra Bazar, Chhattisgarhi tribals, Naya Theatre, Theatre company, Nacha, Gaon ka Naam Sasural, Kamdeo ka Apna Basant Ritu ka Sapna, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, Member of Upper House of Indian Parliament, Rajya Sabha, Foot Path, Rahi, Staying On, Gandhi, Yeh Woh Manzil to Nahin, Man-Eaters of Kumaon, Hero Hiralal, Prahaar, The Burning Season, The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey, Black and White
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 Galileo Galilei
Galileo's empirical work was a significant break from the abstract Aristotelian approach of his time...
Scientist | Italy
| Born in Pisa, Italy Updated On: 2/23/2010
Italian Physicist, Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher, Scientific Revolution, Galilean Moons, Kinematics, Astronomy, Science And Technology, Square of the abscissa, European Space Agency, Russian GLONASS, Global Navigation Satellite System, Four largest satellites of Jupiter, Galilean moons, Uniformly accelerated motion, Telescope, Astronomical observations, Galileo positioning system, Copernicanism
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 Chewang Norphel
Chewang Norphel fondly known as a glacier man is a retired civil engineer...
Social Worker | India
| Born in Leh, India Updated On: 2/23/2010
Ladakh, Natural Beauty, Cold Desert, Artificial Glaciers, Glacier Man, Water-Starved Fields, Civil engineer, Artificial glaciers, Barren landscape, Mountainous desert, Amar Singh College in Srinagar, Channelling glacier water, Non-governmental organisation, Ladakh rural economy, Environmental and social problems, Governmental rural development
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 Homer
Homer is a legendary ancient Greek epic poet...
Writer | Greece
| Born in Greece Updated On: 2/23/2010
Melesigenes, Orally Composed Poetry, Poets, Greek Epic Poet, Iliad, Homer, Homeric Studies, Homeric Poems, Shakespeare, Western Imagination, Greek Culture, Trojan War, Greek Cultural Moment, Epic Storyteller
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 Nadira
The first sophisticated vamp of Bollywood...
Celebrity | India
| Born in Baghdad, Afghanistan Updated On: 2/23/2010
Vamp of Bollywood, Florence Ezekiel, Farhat Ezekiel, Baghdadi Jewish family, Nagpada, Bombay, Sardar Akhtar, Mehboob Khan, Muslim Urdu poet, Filmmaker Naqshab, Bhatia Hospital at Tardeo, Paralytic Stroke, Dil Apna Prit Parayee, Hanste Zakhm, Amar Akbar Anthony, Pakeezah, Bollywood film industry, Temptress, Best Supporting Actress Award, Merchant Ivory films, First Indian actors to own a Rolls-Royce, The Guru and Cotton Mary, Maula Baksh, Bin Phere Hum Tere, Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka, Meri Surat Teri Ankhen, Samundari Daku, Geliebte Corinna
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 Swapan Mukhopadhay
Mama to the children in his destitute home, Swapan is a real hero...
Social Worker | India
| Born in Kolkata, India Updated On: 2/23/2010
Saudi Arabia, West Bengal, Real Hero, Film making, Photography, Music, Centre for Communication and Development, Underprivileged children, Kids International Film Festival, Young film makers
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 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, (5 September, 1888 – 17 April, 1975), was an Indian philosopher and statesman...
President | India
| Born in Tirutani, India Updated On: 2/8/2010
Tirutani in Tamil Nadu, Madras Presidency, British India, Tirutani, Tirupati, Zamindar, Primary Board High School at Tirutani, Hermansburg Evangelical Lutheral Mission School, Tirupati, Voorhees College, Vellore, Madras Christian College, Masters degree in Philosophy, M.A. degree, The Ethics of the Vedanta, Dr. A.G. Hogg, Sivakamu, Traditional Indian arranged marriage, Sarvepalli Gopal, Professor of Philosophy, University of Mysore, Journal of Philosophy, International Journal of Ethics, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, Genuine manifestation of the Indian spirit, The Reign of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy, King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science, University of Calcutta, International Congress of Philosophy at Harvard University, Principal J. Estlin Carpenter, Manchester College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University, Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, Fellow of All Souls College, Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya, Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Represented India at UNESCO, Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, First Vice President of India, Second President of India, Teachers Day, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Krishnarpan Charity Trust, Prasthana Trayi, Bhagavadgita, Upanishads, Brahma Sutra, Fellow of the British Academy, Radhakrishna Chevening Scholarships, Radhakrishnan a biography, British knighthood, Bharat Ratna
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 Paul Newman
In a business where public scandal and bad-boy behavior are the rule rather than the exception, Paul Newman is as much a hero offscreen as on...
Celebrity | USA
| Born in Shaker Heights, USA Updated On: 1/29/2010
Public Scandal, Newmans Own Food Company, Philanthropist, Kenyon College, Cleveland, Athletic Scholarship, Stock Company in Wisconsin, Actress Jacqueline Witte, Yale School of Drama, Warner Brothers, Hollywood, The Silver Chalice, Desperate Hours Movie, Boxer Rocky Graziano, Joanne Woodward, Tennessee Williams, New Brando, The Long Hot Summer Movie, Academy Award Nomination, Oscar Nomination, Harper Hollywood Movie, Pocket Money, Auto racing enthusiast, Emmy award, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, The Color of Money, The Hustler, The Verdict, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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