| Featured Sports Personality |
| Kapil Dev Nikhanj |
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Kapil Dev Nikhanj emerged on the cricket scene just when the era of great Indian spinners was in its twilight. The country needed wicket-taking pace bowlers more than ever and the stu...[read more] |
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| Featured Political Personality |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
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Born on December 25, 1924 at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh to Shri Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, a school teacher. Educated at Victoria (now Laxmibai) College, Gwalior and DAV College, Kanpur, U...[read more] |
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| Featured Philosopher |
| Mother Teresa |
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Daughter of an Albanian grocer, she went to Ireland in 1928 to join the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, sailing, only six weeks later, to India as a teacher. She subsequently re...[read more] |
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| Featured Scientist |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
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Born in Lahore, nephew of Sir Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (CV Raman), who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930.
Chandrasekhar was educated at Presidency College, at the Uni...[read more] |
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