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 |
Morarji Desai |
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The son of a village teacher, Desai was educated at the University of Bombay and in 1918 joined the provincial civil service of Bombay as a minor functionary. In 1930 he resigned to j...[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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