Biography Index

Michael Jackson

2008-03-13T14:45:00.002+05:30

Michael Jackson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other persons named Michael Jackson, see Michael Jackson (disambiguation). This article may be too long. Please discuss this issue on the talk page and help summarize or split the content into subarticles of an article series. Michael Jackson Background information Birth name Michael

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

2008-03-12T15:49:00.003+05:30

Atal Bihari Vajpayee From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Atal Bihari Vajpayee अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी Atal Bihari Vajpayee 11th Prime Minister of India First Term In office 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 Preceded by P.V. Narasimha Rao Succeeded by H.D. Deve Gowda Second Term In office 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 Preceded by I. K. Gujral Succeeded by

Smita Patil

2008-02-28T17:55:00.001+05:30

Smita PatilBorn October 17, 1955Pune, IndiaDied December 13, 1986Years active 1974 - 1985Spouse(s) Raj Babbar[show] Awards wonFilmfare AwardsBest Actress: Chakra (1981)National Film AwardsBest Actress: Chakra (1981)Best Actress: Bhumika (1978)Smita Patil (Marathi:?????? ?????) (October 17, 1955 – 13 December 1986) was a leading Indian actress from the 1970s

Jim Carrey

2008-02-27T10:23:00.003+05:30

Carrey was born in Newmarket, Ontario, the son of Kathleen (née Oram), a homemaker, and Percy Carrey, a musician and accountant.[1][2] He has three older siblings, John, Patricia, and Rita. The family was Catholic[3] and of part French Canadian ancestry (as the original surname was Carré).[4] After the family moved to Scarborough when Carrey was 14, he attended Blessed Trinity Catholic School in

Madhuri Dixit

2008-02-26T19:00:00.002+05:30

Madhuri Dixit (Marathi: माधुरी दीक्षित) (born as Madhuri Shankar Dixit on May 15, 1967) is an award winning Indian Bollywood actress and one of the biggest stars of the Indian film industry. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, she dominated Hindi cinema as a leading actress, appearing in many hit films. She is considered to be an icon of the Bollywood film industryFilm careerMaduri Dixit made

Swami Vivekanand

2008-02-01T16:37:00.000+05:30

Swami Vivekananda's inspiring personality was well known both in India and inAmerica during the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first decade ofthe twentieth. The unknown monk of India suddenly leapt into fame at theParliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, at which he representedHinduism. His vast knowledge of Eastern and Western culture as well as hisdeep spiritual insight,

Kelly Brianne Clarkson

2008-02-01T16:06:00.000+05:30

Birth Name: Kelly Brianne ClarksonBorn: April 24, 1982 (1982-04-24) (age 25) Fort Worth, TexasOrigin: Burleson, Texas, United StatesGenre(s): Pop, pop rock, adult contemporary, countryOccupation(s): Singer, songwriter, actressYears Active: 2002–present The winner of Fox TV's first American Idol: The Search for a Superstar competition, during the summer of 2002 Kelly Clarkson went from an

Robert Silverberg

2008-02-01T15:32:00.000+05:30

Robert SilverbergRobert Silverberg was born in New York City on 15 January 1935 to Michael and Helen Silverberg, an only child. He tends to keep his personal life to himself, but he has made allusions to being a lonely and bitter child who found a release of a sort in science fiction and fantasy.In 1949 he started a science fiction fanzine called Spaceship and made his first professional sale to

AVIV GEFFEN

2008-02-01T15:28:00.000+05:30

AVIV GEFFEN'S BIOGRAPHY.AVIV GEFEN was born in May 10, 1973.in ramat gan. Son of Yonatan Geffen a famous writer and a poet .AVIV was special even as a baby;H was named after his grandmother Aviva who committed a suicide). He attracted attention for the first time when the nurse at the hospital told his mother (Nurit) with great honesty "I wouldn’t dare to have a baby consider you're family's

Abraham Lincoln

2008-01-20T14:55:00.000+05:30

By James Russell LowellTHERE have been many painful crises since the impatientvanity of South Carolina hurried ten prosperous Commonwealthsinto a crime whose assured retribution was to leave themeither at the mercy of the nation they had wronged, or of theanarchy they had summoned but could not control, when nothoughtful American opened his morning paper without dreadingto find that he had no

Vijay Mallya

2008-01-17T18:21:00.000+05:30

Age: 50Residence: Bangalore, India, AustraliaIndustry: BeveragesMarital Status: married, 3 childrenCalcutta University, Bachelor of Arts / Science Business Mallya took over as Chairman of the United Breweries Group in 1983. Since then, the group has grown into a multi-national conglomerate of over sixty companies with an annual turnover which has increased by 439% to US$1.2 billion in 1998-

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani

2008-01-15T11:40:00.000+05:30

Anil Ambani (born June 4, 1959) is an Indian businessman. As of October 6th 2007, he has a net-worth of US$45 billion, making him the 6th richest person in the world. His was the world's fastest-growing multi-billion-dollar fortune in percentage terms as his wealth tripled in 1 year. Ambani is chairman of Reliance Capital, Reliance Communications and Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Energy,

Sourav Ganguly

2008-01-05T11:33:00.000+05:30

Saurav Chandidas Ganguly (born 8 July 1972, in Calcutta, West Bengal) Sourav Chandidas Ganguly made his entry into this world on July 08, 1973 in Calcutta, the ‘City of Joy’, now Kolkata. He was born into a sports loving family and was the second of two sons born to Chandidas and Nirupa Ganguly. He was born into immense wealth, unlike many Indian cricketers, with the exception of royalty. His

J.R.D. TATA

2008-01-05T11:21:00.000+05:30

Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata (July 29, 1904 - November 29, 1993) was a pioneer aviator and important businessman of India.Sri J.R.D. Tata was born to Indian parents in Paris, France, and was inspired by aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot. In 1929 Tata got the first pilot licence in India, and became known as the father of Indian civil aviation. He founded India's first commercial airlines, Tata

Sabeer Bhatia

2008-01-05T10:45:00.000+05:30

In this age of Information technology it is almost dubbed as a crime if one comes across any person but devoid of any email address. But have we ever thought of the person whom we should give our thanks and hratiest congratulations for this spectacular innovation! He is Sabeer Bhatia, the co-founder of the famous Hotmail and also a noteworthy entrepreneur. Sabeer Bhatia was born in

Che Guevara

2007-12-15T13:17:00.000+05:30

Che GuevaraErnesto (Che) Guevara was born in Rosario in Argentine in 1928. After studying medicine at the University of Buenos Aires he worked as a doctor. While in Guatemala in 1954 he witnessed the socialist government of President Jacobo Arbenz overthrown by an American backed military coup. Disgusted by what he saw, Guevara decided to join the Cuban revolutionary, Fidel Castro, in Mexico.In

Aryabhata

2007-12-15T12:39:00.000+05:30

Born: 476 in Kusumapura (now Patna), IndiaDied: 550 in IndiaAryabhata is also known as Aryabhata I to distinguish him from the later mathematician of the same name who lived about 400 years later. Al-Biruni has not helped in understanding Aryabhata's life, for he seemed to believe that there were two different mathematicians called Aryabhata living at the same time. He therefore created a

The Dalai Lama

2007-12-15T12:24:00.000+05:30

The Dalai LamaHis Holiness the 14th the Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, is the head of state and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was born Lhamo Dhondrub on 6 July 1935, in a small village called Taktser in northeastern Tibet. Born to a peasant family, His Holiness was recognized at the age of two, in accordance with Tibetan tradition, as the reincarnation of his predecessor the 13th Dalai

Rabindranath Tagore

2007-12-15T12:02:00.000+05:30

Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta, India into a wealthy Brahmin family. After a brief stay in England (1878) to attempt to study law, he returned to India, and instead pursued a career as a writer, playwright, songwriter, poet, philosopher and educator. During the first 51 years of his life he achieved some success in the Calcutta area of India where he was born and raised with his many

Lakhsmi Mittal

2007-12-15T11:50:00.000+05:30

Lakshmi Narayan Mittal (or Lakshmi Niwas Mittal) (born June 15, 1950) is a London-based Indian billionaire industrialist, born in Sadulpur Village, in the Churu district of Rajasthan, India, and residing in Kensington, London. He is the fifth richest person in the world, with a personal fortune of US$51.0 billion according to Forbes 500.The Financial Times named Mittal its 2006 Person of the Year

Chandrashekhar Azad

2007-12-14T01:21:00.000+05:30

Chandrasekhar Azad चंद्रशेखर आजाद (July 23, 1906 – February 27, 1931) was an Indian revolutionary and the mentor of Bhagat Singh. Chandrasekhar Azad is considered one of the most famous Indian revolutionaries, along with Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru, Ram Prasad Bismil, and Ashfaqullah Khan. Chandrashekhar Azad July 23, 1906–February 27, 1931 Chandrashekar Azad Place of birth: Badarka,

Shaheed Bhagat Singh

2007-12-14T00:52:00.000+05:30

Bhagat Singh (September 28, 1907–March 23, 1931) was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most famous revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement. For this reason, he is often referred to as Shaheed Bhagat Singh (the word shaheed means "martyr"). He is also believed by many to be one of the earliest Marxists in India. He was one of the leaders and founders of the

Fidel Castro

2007-12-13T21:42:00.000+05:30

Fidel CastroFidel Castro was born on August 13, 1926 in Mayari, Cuba. His parents were relatively wealthy and owned a sugarcane plantation. During his childhood, he attended private Catholic Schools and graduated to attend the University of Havana in 1945. His teachers immediately noticed Fidel's amazingmemory, which he used to memorize entire books.At the university, he majored in law studies

Lata Mangeshkar

2007-12-01T22:10:00.000+05:30

Born September 28, 1929 in Indore, Lata Mangeshkar has been active in all walks of Indian popular and light classical music having sung film songs, ghazals, bhajans and pop. She is the supreme voice of popular Indian music, an Indian Institution. Until the 1991 edition, when her entry disappeared, the Guinness Book of Records listed her as the most recorded artist in the world with not less than

Mukesh Ambani

2007-11-23T16:54:00.000+05:30

Date Of Birth: April 19, 1957 Birth Place: Aden, Yemen Profession: Chairman, Managing Director and the largest shareholder of Reliance Industries Education:Mukesh Ambani holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the University Department of Chemical Technology (UDCT), which is currently known as University of Mumbai, Institute of Chemical Technology (UICT). He began the MBA

Adolf Hitler

2007-11-23T16:46:00.001+05:30

Founder and leader of the Nazi Party, Reich Chancellor and guiding spirit of the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945, Head of State and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on 20 April 1889. The son of a fifty-two-year-old Austrian customs official, Alois Schickelgruber Hitler, and his third wife, a young peasant girl, Klara Poelzl, both from the

Sachin Tendulkar

2007-11-21T23:46:00.000+05:30

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar pronunciation (help·info) (Marathi: सिचन रमेश तेंडुलकर), (born 24 April 1973) affectionately called 'The Little Master', or 'The Master Blaster'[1][2] is a current Indian cricketer who was rated by Wisden in 2002 as the second greatest Test Cricket and ODI batsman of all time[3] after the legendary Sir Don Bradman and Viv Richards respectively. In 2003 the list was revised

Abraham Lincoln

2007-11-21T12:01:00.000+05:30

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1861 until his assassination. As an outspoken opponent of the expansion of slavery in the United States,[1][2] Lincoln won the Republican PartyUnited States by leading the defeat of the secessionist Confederate States of America in the American Civil War. He introduced

Britney Spears

2007-11-20T12:44:00.001+05:30

Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American pop music singer, songwriter, dancer, actress and author. Her debut album ...Baby One More Time, released in January 1999, propelled her to international stardom.[1] It spawned its five singles, including "...Baby One More Time", which topped the Billboard Hot 100.[2] She released her second studio album Oops!... I Did It Again in May of

Steven Paul Jobs

2007-11-20T12:28:00.001+05:30

Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder and CEO of Apple and was the CEO of Pixar until its acquisition by Disney. He is currently the largest Disney shareholder and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He is considered a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. Jobs's history in business has contributed greatly to the myths of the quirky,

Shahrukh Khan

2007-11-20T11:34:00.003+05:30

Shahrukh Khan (Hindi: शाहरुख़ ख़ान, Hindko/Urdu: شاہ رخ خان, Pushtu: شاه روخ خان), born 2 November 1965, is a highly acclaimed Bollywood actor, producer, and recent host of the game show, Kaun Banega Crorepati. Khan started out his career appearing in several television serials in the late 1980s. He made his film debut with the hit Deewana (1992), and has been part of numerous commercial

Eric E. Schmidt

2007-11-20T11:31:00.001+05:30

DOB April 27, 1955Occupation Chief Executive officer, googleEducation After graduating from Yorktown High School (Virginia), Schmidt attended Princeton University where he earned a bachelor of science in electrical engineering. He has also obtained a MS in 1979 and a PhD in 1982 in EECS from the University of California, Berkeley. He was joint author of lex, a

Indira Gandhi

2007-11-20T09:35:00.000+05:30

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Hindi: इंदिरा प्रियदर्शिनी गांधी) (19 November 1917 - October 31, 1984) was the Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and for a fourth term from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and to date only female prime minister. Born in the politically influential Nehru dynasty, she grew up in an intensely political

N. R. Narayana Murthy

2007-11-19T22:02:00.000+05:30

N.R. Narayana Murthy (Kannada: ಎನ್. ಆರ್. ನಾರಾಯಣಮೂರ್ತಿ) is an Indian industrialist, software engineer and one of the 7 founders of Infosys Technologies, a global consulting and IT services company based in India. Age: 60Fortune: self madeSource: softwareNet Worth: $1.8 bil Country Of Citizenship: IndiaResidence: Bangalore , India, Asia & AustraliaIndustry: SoftwareMarital Status: married, 2

Mahatma Gandhi

2007-11-19T21:53:00.000+05:30

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Gujarati: મોહનદાસ કરમચંદ ગાંધી, IAST: mohandās karamcand gāndhī, IPA: [moɦənd̪as kərəmtʃənd̪ gand̪ʱi] (October 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which

Amitabh Bachchan

2007-11-19T21:45:00.000+05:30

Early life Amitabh Bachchan was born in the city of Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) in a Hindu Kayastha family. His father Dr. Harivansh Rai Bachchan was a well-known Hindi poet. Amitabh's mother is a Sikh from Karachi-Pakistan.[1] Amitabh was initially named as Inquilab inspired from the phrase Inquilab Zindabad during the Indian independence struggle. He was re-christened Amitabh which means the

Dhirubhai Ambani

2007-11-19T17:14:00.000+05:30

Major Group Companies: Reliance Industries Limited, India's largest private sector company. Birthplace: Chorwad, village in Saurashtra (Gujarat), India Father's Name: Hirachand Govardhandas Ambani Mother's Name: Jamunaben Hirachand Ambani Dhiru Bhai Ambani built India's largest

Bill Gates

2007-11-19T14:28:00.000+05:30

William Henry Gates III, KBE (born October 28, 1955), commonly known as Bill Gates, is an American businessman and a microcomputer pioneer. Along with others, he wrote the original Altair BASIC interpreter for the Altair 8800 (an early microcomputer). With Paul Allen, he co-founded Microsoft Corporation, and is now its chairman and "Chief Software