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• In 1943, he organized the Indian National Army (I.N.A).

• He was posthumously decorated with the title 'Bharat Ratna' in 1992.

• He is said to have died in an air-crash in 1945.

• His famous words are "Give me blood, I will give you freedom"

SUBASH CHANDRA BOSEFreedom Fighter

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Who’s Who ?????

• He was a renowned film director from West Bengal.

• He was a great writer, good composer and one of the best dialogue writer.

• His first feature film was "PatherPanchali"

• The French Government awarded him " The Legion of Honour"--the highest award in France.

• But the happiest moment in his life came when he was informed in his death bed of winning the special Oscar Award.

SATYAJIT RAYWriter, Composer

• Born on 18 December 1971 (age 38)

• Education St. Stephen's College, DelhiJamia Millia IslamiaColumbia University

• Occupation Journalist

• TitleGroup Editor-English News NDTV

• Notable credit(s) We the PeopleThe Buck Stops Here

Barkha Dutt

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Who’s Who ?????

• He was a scientist in Physics, who won noble prize in 1930.

• He was also conferred the highest title of 'Bharat Ratna' in 1954.

• a demonstration of the 'Collision' effect of light bullets (photons) passing through a transparent medium, whether solid, liquid or gaseous.

• In 1943 he founded 'Raman Research Institute', near Bangalore.

CHANDRASEKHAR VENKATA RAMANPhysicist, Nobel Prize Winner

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• He has scored more than 10,000 runs with 34 centuries, the highest by any batsman.

• He is the only cricket player in the world who has scored 100 runs in a single cricket year thrice.

• notable achievements under his leadership by winning the 'Asian Cup' and the 'Benson and Hedges World Cup' tournament.

• He played 125 test matches.

SUNIL GAVASKARCricketer

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• The first Indian woman to have won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize, was born on 24th November 1961 in Bengal and grew up in Aymanam village, Kottayam, Kerala.

• When she was just 16, she left her home and settled in Delhi. There she did her degree in Architecture at the Delhi School of Architecture.

• She wrote and starred in 'In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones', a film on college life in India

Arundhati RoyWriter & Social Activist

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• The famous director and actor was born on 9th July 1925 in Mangalore, Karnataka.

• During this time he married the popular playback singer, Geeta Roy who was to sing some of the best songs in his films.

• Excellent director, with films 'Pyaasa'(1957), 'Kaagaz KePhool'(1959) ; as an actor and producer, 'Chaudvin Ka Chand'(1960) and 'Sahib BibiAur Ghulam'(1962).

GURU DUTTDirector, Actor, Producer

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• The first Indian woman (and the fifth Indian) to reach the final of an Olympic event by winning her 400 m hurdles Semi-final.

• She was born in Kerala in 1964. When she was just 12, she joined a Sports school at Cannanore.

• In the 10th Asian Games held at Seoul in 1986 won 4 gold and 1 silver medal in the track and field events

P. T. USHAAthlete

Pilavulakandi Thekkeparambil Usha.

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• He is a famous writer.

• He was born in a Kashmiri Muslim Family of Bombay and later migrated to Great Britain.

• Some of his well known books are 'Rome', ' Midnight's Children', ' Haroun and the sea of Stories' and the 'Moor's Last Sigh'.

• He commented against India in ' Midnight's Children' and made some critical references about Islam in ' Satanic Verses'.

• He created a world-wide furore and commotion with the publication of his book ' Satanic Verses'.

SALMAN RUSHDIEWriter

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• He was born on 25th December 1924, at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh

• He served as Prime Minister for a short stint in 1996.

• He served as the BJP's president for the first five years of its existence.

• He is the only Prime Minister since PanditJawaharlal Nehru to have become Prime Minister of India through three successive mandates.

ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEEEx Prime Minister of India

• He was the main architect of the Indian Constitution.

• In U.S.A., he did his M.A. in 1915 and Ph.D. in 1916. From 1918 to 1920, he worked as a Professor of Law.

• He was posthumously awarded 'Bharat Ratna' in the year 1990.

• was the Law Minister of India from 1947 to 1951.

• He took part in the Satyagraha of untouchables at Nasik in 1930 for opening the Hindu temples to them.

DR. B.R. AMBEDKARArchitect of Indian Constitution

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Who’s Who ?????

• She actively involved in two movements—ecological security and rural healthcare.

• She is the Chairman, National Dairy Development Board.

• Power to her means: Maintaining the highest standards of integrity at all times.

Amrita Patel, Chairman,

National Dairy Development Board.

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• MD & Country Head-India, Fidelity International.

• A 41-year-old chartered accountant who has a 15-year stint with Citibank behind her.

• Power to me means: The ability to influence and bring about change.

Ashu Suyash, Country Head & Managing Director for India at

Fidelity International.

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• The twelfth President of India, is rightfully termed as the father of India's missile technology.

• He was born on 15th October, 1931, at Dhanushkodiin Rameshwaramdistrict, Tamil Nadu.

• An eminent Aeronautical Engineer, contributed for the development of India’s first Satellite launch vehicle SLV-3 and the missiles like the Trishul, Agni, Pritvi etc.

Dr. A P J ABDUL KALAMPresident of India

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• An internationally renowned Kathak dancer, was born on 4th February 1937.

• Gave Kathak Dance a new dimension by developing his own unique style and popularised this classical dance of North India all over the world.

• He composed many dance dramas like 'Gobardhan Leela', 'Makhan Chori', 'Malti-Madhav', 'Kumar Samvav', 'Phag Bahar' etc.

BIRJU MAHARAJKathak Dancer

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• She was born in mumbai, India. She graduated from St. Xavier College, Mumbai with a degree in psychology.

• She began a career in journalism in 1970, during the course of which she founded and edited three magazines – Stardust, Society, and Celebrity.

• She is the cousin of ace photographer GautumRajadhaksha.

Shobhaa DeAn eminent Indian

columnist and novelist

• He founded India's leading news network, NDTV. On NDTV he has anchored thousands of hours of news, live coverage of elections and the government's annual budget.

• Taught at Delhi School of Economics for a year. He has also served as Economic Advisor to the Government of India.

• He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (England and Wales) and has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.

Prannoy Roy

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• Started his career as a probationary officer in SBI in 1972.

• He served as Managing Director of State Bank of Travancore from January 2005 to April 2006.

• He is the most dynamic and innovative person making such a huge bank in india to transform from mere employee oriented to customer oriented.

• He was appointed Chairman of SBI in June 2006. The five-year term of Bhatt will expire in March 2011. His will be the longest tenure as SBI chairman in the recent past.[3]

• He is also on the board of XLRI. He has been elected the new Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) for 2010-11

O. P. Bhatt chairman of State Bank of India

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• Has also consistently figured in Fortune's list of "Most Powerful Women in Business" since 2005.

• In 2009, she debuted at number 20 in the Forbes "World's 100 Most Powerful Women list“

• she acquired the Masters Degree in Management Studies from the prestigious JamnalalBajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

• She received the Wockhardt Gold Medal for Excellence in Management Studies as well as the J. N. Bose Gold Medal in Cost Accountancy for highest marks in the same year.

Chanda Kochhar Managing Director (MD) of ICICI Bank

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• Born9 March 1956 (age 54)London, United Kingdom

• Nationality Indian

• Alma mater St. Stephen's College, Delhi(B.A.)Tufts University (M.A., Ph.D. and Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy)

• Occupation Writer, Diplomat, Politician

• Under-Secretary-General of the United Nationsfor public information; from India

Shashi Tharoor

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• He entered politics during his student days at Patna University, and he was elected a member of the Lok Sabha in 1977 as a Janata party candidate. At the age of 29 he was one of its youngest members of Parliament.

• He was the Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009 in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, and the President of the Rashtriya Janata Dalpolitical party.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

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• In 1976, he joined the then Hindustan Lever Limited.

• He became Senior Vice President of Global Hair Care and Oral Care in 2001 and moved to UK.

• He is also a member of the Executive Board of the Indian School of Business and serves on the Supervisory Board of ING Groep NV.

• He was one of the hostages who were trapped in TajHotel, Mumbai during terrorist attack in Mumbai

Harish Manwani

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• He served as business head of CitiFinancial and the U.S. Consumer Assets Division.

• He graduated with a BA in Economics Honors from Delhi University and is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

• He serves on the Board of Directors of Kraft Foods Inc. In addition, he is on the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society, has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Hall of Science and was a Board member of the National Urban League

Ajay Banga president and chief executive officer of MasterCard.

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• He is one of the few Indians to head a global multi national company.

• Alma materIndian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur;

• Haas School of Business,University of California, Berkeley

• He received the B C Roy gold medal for the best all round graduating student in 1975.

Arun Sarin

Ex-CEO Vodafone Group

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• In 1968, he invented the 901(R) Direct/Reflecting(R) speaker system.

• He has over two-dozen patents to his name.

• He was featured on the 2006 Forbes Billionaires list with a personal wealth of $1.2 billion.

• He is the founder of Bose Corporation and is known for his pioneering work in the field of acoustics.

Amar Bose Founded Bose Corporation in 1964

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• He was born on June 15, 1950 at Sadulpur, in Churu district of Rajasthan, in a poor family.

• Graduated from St. Xaviers in Kolkata with a commerce degree in 1969.

• He acquired the Kensington mansion, the world's most expensive home, from Formula One racing's Bernie Ecclestone for £70 million ($128 million).

• World's largest steel maker and the third richest man in the world.

Lakshmi Mittal

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• He was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 in the Services Sector

• The Lakshmipat Singhania -IIM Lucknow Young Business Leader Award by Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singhin 2006.

• He was also awarded the CNBC First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year2006.

• He recently authored a book, ‘It Happened In India’ that captures his entrepreneurial journey and the growth of modern retailing in India.

Kishore Biyani Managing Director of Pantaloon Retail (India)

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• A Past President of the Confederation of Indian Industry.

• He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Indian School of Business and a former Chairman of the Society and Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

• He also serves on the National Executive Committees of some of India’s premier trade and industry bodies.

Yogesh Chander DeveshwarChairman and Chief Executive

Officer of ITC Limited

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• Business Man of the Year 2007 from Business India.

• Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award 2008.

• National Statesman for Excellence in Business Practices – Qimpro Platinum Standard 2008 Award by QimproFoundation.

• CNBC TV18 Outstanding Business Leader of the Year 2009

• Business Leader of the Year 2009 by Economic Times

MR. ANAND G. MAHINDRA Vice Chairman and Managing

Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

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