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Gugga Naumi: Jahar Veer Gogga Festival

Gugga Naumi: Jahar Veer Gogga Festival

Gugga Naumi is an important festival observed in many parts of Himachal (especially the Una district), Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. The festival is named after Gugga Pir, a venerated religious leader, who was born at Dadreva village in Bikaner, Rajasthan. Gugga Naumi is normally celebrated at a specific traditional time known as “the 9th Bhadon”, which falls sometime between August …

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Digging: Gopi Krishnan Kottoor

Digging: Gopi Krishnan Kottoor

Digging: Gopi Krishnan Kottoor is the pen name of Raghav G. Nair (born 1956, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala), an Indian English poet. He is best known for his poem “Father, Wake Us In Passing”. He is also the founder editor of quarterly poetry journal Poetry Chain. Kottoor lives in Trivandrum, Kerala. “Digging…” is a popular Indian poem by the internationally acclaimed Indian …

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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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