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Guru Dutt Biography For Students And Children

Guru Dutt

Born: 9 July 1925, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Died: 10 October 1964, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation: Actor, Producer, Director, Choreographer Spouse: Geeta Dutt (m. 1953–1964) Children: Tarun Dutt, Arun Dutt, Nina Dutt In 2010, he was included among CNN’s “top 25 Asian actors of all time“. Guru Dutt or Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone, the famous director and actor was born on …

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Hinduism Information For Students And Children

Akshaya Tritiya Rituals: Hindu - Jain Culture & Traditions

Hinduism – India is a land of religions, saints, rivers and holy places. There is probably more diversity of religion and sects in India then anywhere else on the earth. Sacred India India is a land of religions, saints, rivers and holy places. There is probably more diversity of religion and sects in India then anywhere else on the earth. …

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2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Info For Students And Children

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Info For Students And Children

2018 FIFA World Cup Russia 14 June to 15 July 2018 The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men’s national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It is scheduled to take place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded …

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Yasuhito Endo Biography For Students And Children

Yasuhito Endo

Full name: Yasuhito Endō Date of birth: 28 January 1980 Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Japan Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position: Central midfielder Current teams: Gamba Osaka, Japan national football team (#7 / Forward) Spouse: – Children: – Yasuhito Endo, may never have played club football outside his homeland, but there is little doubt that he is one of the greatest Japanese players of all time. A …

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Buddha Purnima: The Observances

Buddha Purnima: The Observances

Vesak, commemorating the birth, Enlightenment and death of Buddha, is observed as a public holiday in many Southeast Asian countries. Specially in countries like India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. In Japan and other Mahayana countries, however, the three events of Buddha are observed on separate days. In some countries the birth date is April 8, the Enlightenment date …

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Buddha Purnima around the world

Buddha Purnima in India Bodh Gaya (Bihar): Before his death, the Buddha enjoined his followers to make pilgrimages to four sites: Lumbini, where he was born; Uruvela (modern Bodh Gaya), the site of his enlightenment; Sarnath, the place of his first sermon; and Kushinara, where he died. Each of these sites may be visited today, and Bodh Gaya remains the …

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What are the Commonwealth Games?

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth games series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations. Learn More about Commonwealth Games: The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event which features competitions involving thousands of elite athletes from members of the Commonwealth of Nations. Organised every four years, they are the third-largest multi-sport event in the world, after the …

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Health Report: 50% rise in diabetes deaths across India over 11 years

Health Report: 50% rise in diabetes deaths across India over 11 years

With a genetic predisposition brought to the fore by changing lifestyles, deaths due to diabetes increased 50 per cent in India between 2005 and 2015, and is now the seventh-most common cause of death in the country, up from 11th rank in 2005, according to data published by the Global Burden of Disease (GBD). Ischemic heart disease continues to be …

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