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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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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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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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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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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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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Name: Tukaram Bolhoba Ambile (popularly known as Tuka, Tukobaraya, Tukoba in Maharashtra) Born: Either 1598 or 1608 Dehu, near Pune, Maharashtra, India Died: Either 1649 or 1650 in Dehu Religion: Hinduism Known For: Abhanga devotional poetry, Marathi poet-sant of Bhakti movement Order: Varkari tradition Guru: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu Literary works: Tukaram Gatha Tukaram was one of the greatest poet saints ever …
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Name: Ramakrishna Paramahansa – Gadadhar Chattopadhyay Born: Gadadhar Chattopadhyay – 18 February 1836 Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Hoogly, West Bengal, India) Died: 16 August 1886 (aged 50) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Cossipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Spouse: Sarada Devi Guru: Totapuri Disciple(s): Swami Vivekananda and others Honors: Paramahansa Religion: Hinduism Founder of: Ramakrishna Order Philosophy: Advaita …
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नाम: महर्षि स्वामी दयानन्द सरस्वती (मूल शंकर तिवारी) जन्म 12 फ़रवरी, 1824 टंकारा, गुजरात मृत्यु: 30 अक्टूबर, 1883 (59 वर्ष), अजमेर, Rajasthan, India माता / पिता: अमृत बाई / करशनजी लालजी तिवारी कार्यक्षेत्र: समाज सुधारक, देशभक्त, सन्यासी, महान चिंतक उपलब्धि: आर्य समाज के संस्थापक ‘स्वराज्य‘ का नारा देने वाले पहले व्यक्ति, जिसे बाद में लोकमान्य तिलक ने आगे बढ़ाया. रुढ़िवादी सोच …
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Name: Asha Bhonsle (Ashatai) Birthday: 8 September 1933 Goar, Sangli State, British India (present-day Maharashtra, India) Parents: Deenanath Mangeshkar (Father) Spouse(s): Ganpatrao Bhosle (married in – 1949; separated in – 1960; died in – 1966) R. D. Burman (married in – 1980; died in – 1994) Occupation(s): Playback Singer, Vocalist Honours: Padma Vibhushan (2008) Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2000) Asha Bhonsle …
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