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Raj Kapoor

By F5 Buddy, In Padma Bhushan

Ranbir Raj Kapoor (14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as "the greatest showman of Hindi cinema", was a noted Indian film actor, producer and director of Indian cinema. Born at Kapoor Haveli in Peshawar to actor Prithviraj Kapoor–he was a prominent member of the Kapoor family–that produced several celebrated Bollywood superstars.…

Jainendra Kumar (2 January 1905 – 24 December 1988), was an influential Hindi writer of 20th century. He explored the human psyche in novels such as Sunita and Tyagapatra. He was awarded one of India's highest civil honours Padma Bhushan in 1971. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1966,…

Palghat T. S. Mani Iyer (1912–1981) was one of the leading mridangists in the field of Carnatic music. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1966. Mani Iyer was the first mridangist to win the Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Padmabhushan awards of the Government of India.He received the Sangeet Natak…

Musiri Subramania Iyer (April 9, 1899 - March 25, 1975) was a Carnatic vocalist whose stage performing career spanned the 1920s to the 1940s. After retirement from the stage, he remained an iconic figure in Carnatic music as a dedicated teacher and leader…

Gangubai Hangal (5 March 1913 – 21 July 2009) was an Indian singer of the khyal genre of Hindustani classical music, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Hangal belonged to the Kirana gharana Gangubai Hangal was born in Dharwad to Chikkurao Nadiger, an agriculturist and Ambabai, a vocalist of Carnatic…

Bhalchandra Digamber Garware (fondly referred to as Abasaheb Garware) was a pioneering industrialist from Maharashtra state in India and Founder Chairman of the Garware Group of Industries. Abasaheb Garware was born in Tasgaon in Sangli district of Maharashtra on December 21, 1903. He faced poverty since his father wasted away all the family wealth and incurred…

Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in the United States. Dhawan was one of the…

Ramrao Madhavrao Deshmukh was a prominent political and academic personality from Amravati, Maharashtra. He was one of the very few Barristers from the region at that time. Political life He has been a member of and has presided over many important political establishments during and…

Kandathil Mammen Mappilai Cherian, alias as K. M. Cherian, (Malayalam: കണ്ടത്തില്‍ മാമ്മൻ മാപ്പിള ചെറിയാൻ) was an Indian media person and former Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama, the Malayalam daily, ranked the first in Malayalam,the fourth in India. and the eleventh in the World, in terms…

Jaishankar Bhudhardas Bhojak, (30 January 1889 – 22 January 1975) better known by his theatre name Jaishankar 'Sundari' , is an Indian actor and director of Gujarati theatre. He was born in the family of Bhojak, the performing caste of Brahmins, in Undhai near Visnagar on 30 January…