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General Tapishwar Narain Raina Padma Bhushan, MVC (1921 – 19 May 1980) was a former Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian Army. He held the office between 1975 and 1978. Later, he served as High Commissioner to Canada. He was a recipient of the third highest civilian honour…

Vinayak Narayan Patwardhan (Marathi: विनायक नारायण पटवर्धन) (22 July 1898 – 23 August 1975), also known as Pandit Vinayakrao Patwardhan and Patwardhanbuwa, is an Indian vocalist of Gwaliar-genre of Hindustani classical music Uncle Keshav Rao Koratkar was his first music teacher. In 1907, he went to Gandharva Mahavidyalaya at Lahore, where he…

T.A. Pai

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Tonse Ananth Pai (abbreviated: T. A. Pai), (17 January 1922 – 29 May 1981) was responsible for the success of Syndicate Bank as its general manager and later as chairman. He is also the founder of T. A. Pai Management Institute. He was the eldest…

Vice Admiral Nilakanta Krishnan Padma Bhushan, DSC, PVSM (1919 – January 1982), was the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War. He is credited with using a very innovative strategy, while commanding the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, in the Bay of…

Jai Krishna

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Jai Krishna was an eminent civil engineer from India with specialisation in earthquake engineering. He served University of Roorkee for many years and rose to become its Vice Chancellor. Jai Krishna was born on jan 27, 1912 at Muzaffarnagar, in UP state. He got Bachelor in…

Sourendra Nath Kohli (June 21, 1916 – January 21, 1997) was an Indian Navy admiral who served as the 9th Chief of the Naval Staff from March 1, 1973 until February 29, 1976.Kohli served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-IN-C) of the Western Naval Command during the Indo-Pakistan War…

Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer was an Indian Anthropologist and a writer of several books on the subject. He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the University of Madras and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala,…

Lakhumal Hiranand Hiranandani (1917–2013) was an Indian Otorhinolaryngologist, social activist and philanthropist, known for pioneering several surgical procedures which later came to be known as Dr. Hiranandani's Operations.He was the founder chairman of Hiranandani Foundation Trust which runs two schools in India and was reported…

Gill was born in 1919. He was commissioned into the British Army Corps of Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant on 5 April 1942. He was promoted to lieutenant on 5 October 1942 and to temporary captain on 21 May…

Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer PVSM, MVC, DFC (1921–1997) is the most decorated officer of Indian Air Force till date, and the younger brother of 1960-1964 IAF Chief (and Indian Ambassador to Iran) Aspy Engineer. He joined Royal Indian Air Force in 1940 and served in Burma in the world war. He was awarded…