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Full Name: Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata
He was a pioneer aviator and important businessman of India. He was awarded Indias highest civilian
award, the Bharat Ratna in 1992
J.R.D. Tatas Autograph:
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14. Jawaharlal Nehru
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From October 11, 1902 to October 8, 1979
He is widely known as JP,
He was an Indian freedom fighter and political leader, remembered especially for leading the opposition
to Indira Gandhi in the 1970s and for giving a call for peaceful Total Revolution. His biography,
Jayaprakash, was written by his nationalist friend and an eminent writer of Hindi literature, Ramavriksha
Benipuri. In 1998, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian award, in
recognition of his social work. Other awards include the Magsaysay award for Public Service in 1965.
Jayaprakash Narayans Autograph:
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16. Kapil Dev
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Full name: Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj
born 6 January 1959, Chandigarh
Better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer regarded as one of the greatest all-rounders of all
time.
He was captain when India won the world cup in 1983. Kapil Dev was named by Wisden as the Indian
Cricketer of the Century in 2002. Kapil Dev had a rather prosaic stint as Indias national cricket coach for
10 months between October 1999 and August 2000.
Kapil Devs Autograph:
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17. Lata Mangeshkar
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born September 28, 1929
She is one of the best-known playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Mangeshkars career started in
1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She sang in over 980 Bollywood movies and has sung
songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, but primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of the
equally accomplished singer Asha Bhosle and lesser-known singers, brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar and
sisters Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar.Lata is the second vocalist ever to have received the Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian honour.
Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the
most recordings in the world. The claim was that she has recorded no less than 25,000 solo, duet, and
chorus-backed songs in 20 Indian languages between 1948 to 1974 (30,000 songs between 1948 and
1987, according to 1987 edition). Over the years, while several sources have supported this claim, others
have raised concerns over its veracity, claiming that this number was highly exaggerated and that
Mangeshkars sister, Asha Bhosle, had more song recordings than she had.
Lata Mangeshkars Autograph:
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18. M.F. Husain
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Full name: Maqbool Fida Husain
born 1915, Pandharpur, Maharashtra
He is one of Indias best known artists and his work over a career of over seven decades has been
prolific. One of the most highly rated artists in the world today, his work sells at astonishing prices and
are grabbed almost instantly by international art collectors.
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According to Forbes magazine, he has been called the "Picasso of India".After a long, successful career
his work suddenly became controversial in 1996, when he was 81 years old, following the publication of
an article about nude images of Hindu deities painted in the 1970s.
M.F. Husains Autograph:
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19. Mahatma Gandhi
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Full Name: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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From 2 October 1869 to 30 January 1948
He was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement.
He was the pioneer of satyagraharesistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded
upon ahimsa or total non-violencewhich led India to independence and has inspired movements for civil
rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi
and in India also as Bapu.He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation.
Mahatma Gandhis Autograph:
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20. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Full Name: Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed
From 11 November 1888 to 22 February 1958
He was a Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement.
He was one of the most prominent Muslim leaders to support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition
of India on communal lines.
Following Indias independence, he became the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. He
is commonly remembered as Maulana Azad; he had adopted Azad (Free) as his pen name.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azads Autograph:
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21. Morarji Desai
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Full Name: Morarji Ranchhodji Desai
From 29 February 1896 to 10 April 1995
was an Indian independence activist and the Prime Minister of India from 1977-79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress. He is the only Indian to
receive the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan, the Bharat Ratna and Nishaan-e-
Pakistan.
Morarji Desais Autograph:
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22. Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
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born July 1, 1938
He is a Indian classical instrumentalist. He is a player of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute.
Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for
classical music.
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23. Sachin Tendulkar
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Full Name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
born April 24, 1973 in Mumbai
He is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket.
In 2002, Wisden ranked him the second greatest Test batsman of all time, next to Donald Bradman, and
the second greatest one day international (ODI) batsman of all time, next to Viv Richards.
In September 2007, the Australian leg spinner Shane Warne rated Tendulkar as the greatest player he
has played with or against. Tendulkar was the only player of the current generation to be included inBradmans Eleven, the dream team of Donald Bradman, published in his biography. He is sometimes
referred to as Little Master or Master Blaster
Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in both Test matches and ODIs, and also the batsman with the most
centuries in either form of the game. The first player to score fifty centuries in all international cricket
combined, he now has more than eighty international centuries.
Sachin Tendulkars Autograph:
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24. Sunil Gavaskar
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Full Name: Sunil Manohar "Sunny" Gavaskar
born 10 July 1949 in Mumbai, Maharashtra
He was a cricketer during the 1970s and 1980s for Bombay and India.Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in test match history, Gavaskar set world
records during his career for the most runs and most centuries scored by any batsman. He held the
record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in
December 2005.
He was widely admired for his technique against fast bowling, with a particularly high average of 65.45
against the West Indies, who possessed a four-pronged fast bowling attack regarded as the most vicious
in Test history.
His captaincy of the Indian team, however, was less successful. The team at one stage went 31 Test
matches without a victory. There were incidents like crowd displeasure at Eden Gardens in Calcutta
leading to multiple matches being disrupted, in response to the poor performance of the Indian team.
Turbulent performances of the team lead to multiple exchanges of captaincy between Gavaskar and KapilDev, with one of Gavaskars sackings coming just six months before Kapil led India to victory at the 1983
Cricket World Cup.
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25. Sunita Williams
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born September 19, 1965
She is a United States Naval officer and a NASA astronaut.
She was assigned to the International Space Station as a member of Expedition 14 and then joined
Expedition 15. She holds the record of the longest spaceflight (195 days) for female space travelers. AsNASAs official public spokesperson, she was selected to appear on the Colbert Report to announce the
name for Node 3 of the ISS.
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26. Ustad Bismillah Khan
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From March 21, 1916 to August 21, 2006
He was an Indian shehnai maestro. He was the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna
(in 2001), the highest civilian honour in India.Ustad Bismillah Khans Autograph: