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This list is definitely not exhaustive, so If youve any important personalities in news. Please share them in comments below!

Indian: Diaspora Abroad

Indian Men

Indian WomenInternational: Head of State/Institutes etc

International : Other

Sportsmen

Indian: Diaspora Abroad

Kamla Prasad

BissessarPrime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago.

Hargobind Khorana Indian-American biochemist who won the 1968 Nobel Prize for medicine, dead

Ravinder Singh first Sikh in more than 30 years to be appointed as the army chief of Singapore

Prof.Sachchidanand

Sahai Noted writer from Combodia, won Pravasi Bhartiya Samman 2012

Dr. Victor Shahed

SmetacekGerman scientist. Won same prize as above.

Sunita Williams second space journey to the International Space Station (ISS). She will stay at the ISS for four months.

Preet BhararaIndian American origin Attorny. made it to the cover page of Time magazine for his anti-corruption crusade

against financial frauds in Wallstreet.

Bobby Jindal Governor of Louisiana State, US

Nikki Haley Governor of South Carolina State, US

Kal PennKalpen Modi, Hollywood actor. Served in White House Office of Public Engagement.He campaigns for

Obama in Presidential elections 2012, among the Indian American voters.

Indian Men

Lt. Gen. BikramSingh

Chief of Indian Army.

Norman Anil

Kumar BrowneChief of Airforce.

D.K. Joshi Chief of the Indian Navy.

V.S. Sampath Chief Election Commissioner of India.

Altamas Kabir CJI India, before him was Sarosh Homi Kapadia

Satyanandan

MishraCIC

MArkendeya Katju Chairman of Press Council of India

U.K. Sinha SEBI

Ashok Chawla Competition Commission of India (CCI).

D. Subbarao RBI Governor

Prakash Baksh NABARD

Pradeep Kumar Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India.

Jehangir Sabavala Painter, dead.

Mario Miranda cartoonist from Goa, dead

Justice Dalveer

Bhandari elected as a judge of the International Court of Justice, based in The Hague, Netherlands.

Ajit Pal SinghHe had led India to their only Hockey world cup triumph in 1975. has been selected as the chef-de-mission

of the Indian contingent at the London Olympics.

Ashoka sen (string theory, fundamental physics prize, yuri milner)

Bhupen Hazarika Singer from Assam, Dada Saheb Phalke award winner, dead

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Sultan Khan sarangi maestro, dead

Vempati Chinna

Satyamdied in 2012 was an Indian dancer and a guru of the Kuchipudi dance form.

Indian Women

Major

Mitali

Madhumita

First woman officer of Indian army to get decorated with a gallantry medal for her bravery during the attack on guest

house of Indian officials in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Dr UmaRaju second woman in the history of Indian Air Force to be promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal.

Jyoti

Amgeworlds shortest living woman by the Guinness World Records. Nagpur

HomaiVyarawala

Indias first woman photo-journalist.

Sneha

Shekhawatfirst woman pilot to lead the Indian Air Force contingent at the Republic Day parade.

Capt.

LakshmiSehgal

commanded the Rani Jhansi Regiment of Netaji Subhash Chandra Boses Indian National Army

Soumitrachatterji

(septuagenarian Bengali Actor; Dada sahab falke 2011)

Indira

goswami(aka mamoni raisom goswami; assamese poet, writer; shahitya akadmi 1983; Jnanipith 2001; died 2011)

Bina Das (1932, attempted to assassinate the Bengal Governor Stanley Jackson)

Ila mitra aka Rani Ma ; Tebhaga movement; died 2002

Raj

Kumari

Gupta

crucial contribution to the Kakori dacoity. She supplied revolvers to those involved in the Kakori operation,apparently hid the firearms in her undergarment and set out in khadi clothes to deliver them.

Tara Rani

Srivastava

participated actively with her husband Phulendu Babu in the Quit India movement. She marched with the national flag

straight towards the police station in Siwan, Bihar.

AbadiBano

Begam

freedom fighter from Lucknow, known by her honorific Bi Amman. She spoke in a public gathering, on behalf ofher jailed son, she did so from behind her burqa in 1917. This was, perhaps, the first time a Muslim woman in purdah

had addressed a political gathering.

International: Head of State/Institutes etc

Mostly for GK based MCQs. Some persons may be outdated.

Martin Shultz President of European Union.

Sheikh Hasina Wajed Prime minister of Bangladesh.

Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister of Thailand.Chief guest in 26th Jan. parade 2012.

Lee Myung Bak Korean President, chief guest in 26th Jan 2010 parade.

Susilo Bambang

YudhoyonoIndonesian President, chief guest in 26th Jan 2011 parade.

Kamla Prasad

BissessarPrime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago.

Mohamed Nasheed Maldives.

Hu Jintao China President

Wen Jiabao China Premier

U Thein Sain President of Myanmar.

Lobsang Sangay Prime Minister of Tibetan government-in-exile (which operates from Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh).

Jigme Khesar MangyelWangchuck

King of Bhutan.

Dilma Rouseff Brazil President (first female)

Dmitry Medvedev Russia PM (earlier he was the President)


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Jacob Zuma South Africa President

Mitt Romney US Presidential candidate of Republican party.

Obama44th President of US. Belongs to Democractic Party. His VP =Joe Biden.And Hillary Clinton is UnitedStates Secretary of State.(Before her Condoleezza Rice)

Nakosazana Dlamini

ZumaAfrican Union Commission chairperson 2012; first woman to lead the organisation)

Jim Yong Kong World Bank President

Christine Lagarde IMF President (earlier Dominique Strauss Kahn)

Mohamed Waheed Maldives (after Nasheed)

Bashar al-Assad Syrian President

Lakhdar Brahimi Veteran Algerian diplomat; to replace Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria.

Omar Al Bashir North Sudan President, has ICC warrant against him.

Salva Kiir Mayardit South Sudan President.

Mohamed Morsy first freely-elected Egypt. (after Hosni Mubarak was thrown out)

Raja Parvaiz Ashraf Prime minister of Pakistan (after Gilani was thrown out)

Hosni Mubarak Ex-Egypt, sentenced to life in prison.

Pranab 13th President India.

Enrique Pene Nieto President Mexico

Jean marc ayrualt France PM

Franois Hollande France President (after Nicolas Sarkozy).

Lee Hsein Loong Prime Minister of Singapore.

David CameroonPM UK (Conservative Party). Before Cameroon>> Gorgon Brown >>Tony Blair. And Margarate

Thatcher was the first lady PM of UK.

Nick Clegg Deputy PM Of UK.

Angela Markel Chancellor Germany.

International : Other

Liu Yang Chinas first woman astronaut

Gina Rineheart worlds richest woman in world. (ref link)

Marissa Mayer

Yahoo CEO, got the job despite being pregnant. Earlier she was served as the first female engineer in

Google company.

Sergei BrinGoogle Co-founder (other guy is Larry Page).He was in news because of his conference on the Project

Glass.

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook. Was in news because of the IPO.

Gore vidal American writer. Dead. Famous for satirical novel myra breckinridge.

Nakosazana DlaminiZuma African Union Commission chairperson 2012, first woman to lead this organisation.

Sportsmen

Indian Winners in Olympic 2012

Name Event (Olympics 2012) medal

Gagan Narang Shooting (Air rifle) Bronze

Vijay Kumar Shooting (Pistol) Silver

Saina Nehwal Badminton Bronze

Mary Kom Boxing (flyweight) Bronze

Yogeshwar Dutt Wrestling (60 kg freestyle) BronzeSushil Kumar Wrestling (66 kg freestye) Silver

Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

Silver in the mens high jump @ Paralympics 2012 (London). Hes the only Indian physically challenged athlete who won medal in

this event.
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Oscar Pistorius (Bladerunner)

first amputee runner to compete at an Olympic Game 2012

hes from S.Africa.

Events: 400m and 400 replay did not win medals. (Olympic Game 2012)

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Jazz & LiquorReply to this comment

Sehr Gut !(German for very Good- S pronounced as J

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Vielen Danke (German for thank you very much- V pronounced as F)


you added an extra e at the end

Dpka

Reply to this commentR V here to learn German language.??????

Jazz & Liquor

who is R V

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Toumnai touru- ex president of maliousted by rebels accusing that he didnt take action on tuareg rebels(supporters of gaddafi)

he signed an agreement with india in january regarding MoU on geology & $100 million line of credit for transmission lines.

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Tulsi Gabbard is a Hindu American, who has won the Democratic party primary for the US Congress from Hawaii. Her victory in theNovember Congressional elections is said to be a certain, which will make her the first Hindu American to be a a member of the US Houseof Representatives. Gabbards victory was cheered by the Hindu community.

Jin-Yong Cai, with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry and development, will be the new Executive VicePresident and CEO of IFC. Prior to this appointment, Jin-Yong had served as the Participating Managing Director in Goldman Sachs

Group.Wing Commander V K Singh is an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot who flew his helicopter through a hail of bullets fired by Naxals and safelylanded the damaged aircraft while evacuating security forces from a deeply forested area in Chhattisgarh. He has been awarded SharuyaChakra.

Rohullah Nikpai is Afghanistans only Olympic medallist (Taekwondo), who won his countrys first-ever Olympic medal at the Beijing Games a bronze in the 58-kg category, repeated the feat with a bronze in the 68-kg category in London.

Raj Kumari Gupta Born about a century ago in the little-known Banda zilla of Kanpur, Raj Kumari Gupta and her husband worked closelywith Mahatma Gandhi and Chandrashekhar Azad. Her crucial contribution to the Kakori dacoity case barely figures in the narratives offreedom. Raj Kumari, who was given the charge of supplying revolvers to those involved in the Kakori operation, apparently hid thefirearms in her undergarment and set out in khadi clothes to deliver them, with her three-year-old son in tow. On being arrested, she wasdisowned by her husbands family and thrown out of her marital home.

Tara Rani Srivastava was born in Saran near Patna and participated actively with her husband Phulendu Babu in the Quit India movement.On Gandhijis call, Phulendu assembled a massive crowd of men and women in front of the Siwan police station to hoist the national flag

on its roof. The just-married couple stood in front of the crowd and raised slogans. Phulendu soon fell to police bullets but Tara Rani wasnot deterred. Demonstrating exemplary courage, she bandaged his wounds and marched with the national flag straight towards the policestation. By the time she returned, her husband had died.

Rao Papineni is a nanotechnology scientist from Hyderabad India who recently got his cancer treatment research patented in UnitedStates. He along with his colleagues has invented a system in which a nano-particle carries the payload of anti-cancer drug and releasesit only in the cancerous cell, thus protecting healthy cells around. Currently working as chief scientist and senior principal investigator inmedical applications of nanotechnology at Carestream Health, Inc USA, he filed for the patent in 2009. The title of the patent is HighCapacity Non-Viral Vectors. The non-viral vectors are nano-particles.

Aditi Mukherjee is the recipient of first Norman Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application, endowed by the Rockefeller Foundationin 2012. She is a senior researcher with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in New Delhi. Mukherjis work ongroundwater resources in agriculture led to major policy changes that benefited thousands of farmers in West Bengal. Mukherji workedclosely with the farmers, and took her research data directly to the government, meeting with representatives of the Planning Commission,the West Bengal secretary of water resources, and secretaries of agriculture, finance and rural development departments.

K.G.Subryamnyam is a contemporary Indian painter who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012 by GOI for his painting legacy.Subramanyan is as revered as an artist as he is as a theoretician and art historian. His chief contribution as a theorist has been the

rigorous re-contextualization of Western theories and practices in the Indian or Oriental context, as well pointing out the fundamentaldifferences between the Western and Indian social realities, namely the problem of art/craft division of the Indian artistic traditions.

Richard Stallman is the champion of the Free software movement.One of his most famous interventions in free software was the GNUgeneral Public Licence(GPL), which he devised around 1985 as a general licence applicable to any program.The licence codifies theconcept of copyleft, the central idea of which gives everyone permission to run the program, copy the program, modify the programand distribute modified versions, but not permission to add restrictions of their own.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidential elections of Somalia. Coalitions were formed between the PrimeMinister Abdiweli Ali and Hassan Sheikh.

Balu Sankaran who recently passed away on June 20, was a professor, scientist and recipient of the Padma Shri and Padma Vibushanawards. He helped establish an artific ial limbs manufacturing corporation and a rehabilitation institute.He was one of the medical greats

who, together with doctors like V. Ramalingaswami (former director-general of the Indian Council for Medical Research), B.B. Dikshit (firstdirector of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS) and C. Gopalan (former director, National Institute of Nutrition), laid thefoundations of medical education, medical research and healthcare in the country. He was a former director general of health services,and director of the World Health Organisation in Geneva.

Anish Kapoor is the Padma Bhushan awarded of 2011. He is an India born British sculptor, making nes because he was the sculptorbehind the ArcelorMittal Orbit, commissioned as a permanent artwork for the Olympic Park and completed in 2012.

Kamal Bawa, is an Indian-born professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is the 2012 winner of the GunnerusSustainability Award, the worlds first major international award for work on sustainability. Bawa, also a faculty fellow at the Centre forGovernance and Sustainability, home of the Global EnvironmentalGovernance Project, is known for hisresearch on population biology inrainforest areas. His span of work includes biologicaldiscoveries made in Central America, the Western

Ghats, and the Himalayas in India.Vandana Shiva Indian environmental philosopher and activist Vandana Shiva has been chosen for 2012 Fukuoka Prize, a prestigiousaward being bestowed by Fukuoka city government in Japan on people who contribute to academia, arts, and culture in Asia.

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hmm.. dude thanx for extra info

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Hi mrunal,Your work is commendable, but mani have copy pasted from a comprehensive list of other person line by line , which i think iswrong.OtherWise from ur side their is no problem


1.Jean Dujardin :- oscar+cannes+BAFTA (the first French actor ever to win for Best Actor) in the movie The Artist(Silent film) as GeorgeValentin.The Artist became the most awarded French film in history.

2.Meryl Streep:-oscar+BAFTA(best Actress)for playing the role of Margaret Thatcher in the movie The Iron Lady

3.Alfred Hitchcock:-Director.Known as master of suspense.In 2012 his movie Vertigo got most polls for the greatest film of all time(bySight & Sound(a magazine) poll by the British Film Institute (BFI)).The Sight & Sound accolade has come to be regarded as one of themost important of the greatest ever film polls. It is conducted every 10 years.It replaced the movie Citizen Kane-a five time winner i.e1962-2002

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Paul Ryan US Vice Presidential election candidate of Republican party

Mark Thompson Ex- BBC Chief to head New York Times. First one from non-print background

Fareed Zakaria Indian Origin writer. Plagiarism case in Times Magazine

Raghuram Rajan Newly appointed Chief Economic Advisor

Meles Zenawi Ethopian president. Died recently. Well renowned in Africa

Kaushik Basu Appointed as Chief Economist in World Bank

Salman Rushdie His new book Joseph Anton

Jeet Thayil Short listed for Man Booker prize for his novel Narcopolis. Four years ago itwas Arvind Adiga who won the prize

amitReply to this comment

mrunal,ur doin an excellent job.u r providing knowledge abt all the sub.can u plz. provide some articles & strategy regarding mechanical engineering

pallavReply to this comment

Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay born 19 January 1935 is an iconic Bengali actor from India.He is listed above under indian woman list.so please correct it.

thanx for great work.

vikrantReply to this comment

correct observation!!!!!

tanuReply to this comment

gr8 piece of work at d right tym

few name corrections-namgyel not mangyel in bhutan

jim yong kim not kongamadou toumani tourre in mali

i can add a few

mohan dharia- indira gandhi national integration award 10. seasoned politician and freedom fightervaclav havel- dead,czech velvet revolution against sovietc.s.verma- sail chief ceo of d r
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Tessy Thomas women behind agni 5 missile.

jamesReply to this comment

day before yesteday got Lal bahadur shashtri national award.

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obaid chenoyher documentary on acid victims on pakistan .she wins first oscar for pak.vice admiral murali dharan new coast guard chief.

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Thanks a lot, Mrunal. It was much needed

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mrinal gore:socialist nd rights activistjeet thayil:narcopolis,man booker prizejoan dunlop: global leader for womens issues,diedsumahendra: art expert nd painter,diedfernando lugo:paraguay prez, removed in controversial impeachment (hindu had full editorial on that)ishita roy:bureaucrat,international sericulture commission head,lyon franceliuyang: chinas frst woman in spacewan xia yu: miss world 2012shourya ray: indian origin prodigy, solved 350year old mathematical puzzle in germany, solved two fundamental particle dynamicstheories (u need supercomputers for them!)charles taylor: former prez of liberia, jailed for arming rebels in return fr blood diamonds,only head f state to b convicted of war crimes byun backed crime court

genghis khanReply to this comment

abe yaar!!!!!

shanthuReply to this comment

Do anybody know when will be the Deputy central Intelligence officer 2012 exam will be conducted. Plz inform..

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Acharya Lokesh Muni National communal harmony award 2010; chief ahimsa vishwa bharti

Adam Nathaniel Yauch American rapper, songwriter, film director, and human rights activist;died 2012Akkineni Nageswara Rao Padma vibhushna 2011;Kannada actorAlan Turing Turing machine;Captcha-> Reverse turingAmar Kant Jnanipith award 2009(inhin hatihyaron se)Andriy Shevchenko Ukrain; quit football; Join PoliticsAnish Kapoor Padma vibhushna 2011; arcelormittal orbitAnkita Das TT player

Anto Peter Died 2012; Tamilcinema.com; SoftviewBalu Sankaran artificial limb manufacturing corp; padma vibhushan;Bandu Dhotre Wildlife activist; indefinite fast; Tiger; NGO ECO ProBharat Chhetri Goal keeper; captain; hockeyBidhan Chandra Roy Doctors day; Born 1 July 1882; Bharat Ratna awardee; EX-CM WBBinayak Sen International Peace award; Gandhi foundation; house of lord

Bob dylan American musician and singer; pulitzer prize 2012;Bradley Wiggins. First British; winner Tour de franceBulu Imam International Peace award; Gandhi foundation; house of lordChandrashekhara Kambara Janipith award 2009; Kannad PoetCharles Dickens Greatest novelist of victorian period 19 ADChekrovolu Swuro Nagaland ArchererChen Guangcheng Blind chinese human right activist; seek asylum USA;
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Dasrath Manjhi Satymav jayate; bihar labor;Donna Summer Disco queen; died 2012Dr. Daniel Hillel 2012 World food prize; micro irrigation dry and arid regionErnest Borgnine American actor; died 2012Eskinder Nega Ethiopian journalist and blogger;PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award in May 2012Fatou Bensouda International court of Justice chief prosecutor; GambianGagan AP Ulalmath Karanatka swimmer; Universality quota(olympic)Herbert Baker Architect President house and parliamentary building ;Mr LutyensHyon Yong-chol North korea army chiefIvica Dai PM of serbiaJoan Dunlop 2012 died; women rightJohn Atta Mills died 2012; Ghana PresidentKamal Bawa 2012 Gennerus sustainable awardKapila Vatsyayan Padma vibhushna 2011; Indian scholar of dance, art & architectureKazi Nazrul Islam Bangladesh Rebel PoetKevin Carter 2010 Feature (Bang bang club) based+ 1994 Pulitzer award commit sucideL. Thanmawii Died 2012; first women MLA mizoramLakshmi Chand Jain died 2010;Gandhian activist; padma vibhushna 2011Leela Samson Chairman CBFC and sangeet natak akadmiMario Miranda Padma vibhushna 2012; cartoonistMarissa Mayer President Yahoo corp; 37 Yrs; Youngest CEO; Forbes 500Matt Stutzman Limbless archerer; silver medal paralympics 2012Mrinal Gore aka Paniwali Bai Died 2012; Ex-MP; MalegaonMuhammad Yunus Grammen bankMulk Raj Anand India-> Charles dicken

N Valarmathi RISAT-1 prject directorNora Ephron Filmmaker died 2012Panchen Lama -> Gyancain NorbuPK Iyenger Ex- Head BARC; Padma vibhushna 2011Pope Shenouda III coptic orthodox churchRi Sol-ju wife kim-jong-un; N KoreaRi Yong Ho Ex North korea army chiefRta Meilutyt Gold medal; women breaststroke 100 mtr; 15 yrs; lithuniaS K Shivakumar Direrctor ISAC(ISRO satellite centre)S.L.Bhyrappa Sarawati Samman; MandraSathyabhama Das Biju DU Proffesor; Identifies legless caeciliansSekhar Basu Director BARCShailesh Gandhi First Chief Info Comm (2008-12)Sheryl Sandberg COO Facebook; Ex google.org

Shrilal Shukla Former IAS; Jnanipith award 2009Soumyajit Ghosh TT playerSu. Venkatesan Kaval kootam; 60 year history madurai; sahitya akadmi awardSunil chettri FootballerSunil Janah Died 2012 Photojournalist & documentary photgrapherSuresh Saraiya died 2011; cricket commentator; four decade careerSwarn Singh Virk Indian rowerT. Sudhindra life time ban for match fixingVandana Shiva (Fukuoka Prize)Yi So-Yeon First south korean cosmonaut

NarasimhanReply to this comment

Akkineni nageshwar was a telugu actor, not kannada

DharamvirsinhReply to this comment

Hadia Tajibassumed office as cultural minister of Norway is a pak origin woman.

SHANDEVReply to this comment

shakeel afridi Pak doctor who helped in tracing Binladen. though its a old information, it was recently in news because of Pak tribalsresistance for polio vaccination campPAIN countries..

priyanka dwivediReply to this comment

Really Nice Sirthank u so much.

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How about arvinn gadgil-the indian origin norweigan minister. He is the namesake of madhav gadgil

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Pandit Ravi Shankar Indian Musician and Composer (Sitar), Grammy award winner, dead

Hugo Chavez President of Venezuela, deadPope Benedict XVI retired

DeepaliReply to this comment

Thanks Mrunal. Very useful for a quick review for a 50 day countdown.

vigneshReply to this comment

Hi Mrunal,

May i request you to change the name from Sunil Chhetri to Syed Rahim Nabi as AIFF player of the year.

Correct me if i am wrong.
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