Painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born on 25 October 1881 in No. 36 Plaza de la Merced, Malaga, Andalusia.Picasso’s father taught drawing and painting in the ‘Escuela de San Telmo’.In 1891 Pablo Picasso made his first real attempts at painting. As the dust-cover of ‘Picasso’ by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim puts it: “Picasso was painting pictures which […]
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 where she received guidance and training from O.P. Nambiar, the noted athlete coach.In
Osho was born Rajneesh Chandra Mohan in 1931 in Kuchwada, a small village in India. He is currently in a state of disembodiment, or death, having left his body in l990. From an early age he questioned everything, a process which became more and more intense until the age of 21, when he became enlightened,
Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503- July 1, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the world’s most famous authors of prophecies.He is most famous for his book ‘Les Propheties’, which consists of rhymed quatrains (4-line poems) grouped into sets of 100, called Centuries.Born in Saint-Remy de Provence, in the south of France, he was the
NR Narayana Murthy, chairman of Infosys Technologies one of the biggest IT empire in India, was born on August 20, 1946 in Karnataka. Murthy obtained his Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.) from University of Mysore in 1967 and his Master of Technology (M.Tech.) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur in 1969. In the early seventies,
Name : Naomi Campbell, Nationality : British, Height : 5’9.5″ Measurements : 34-23-34, Hair : Brown, Eyes Brown (but wears blue and green contacts sometimes). Born : May 22, 1970 in Streatham, South London, England.Naomi began her career at 15, when Beth Boldt, an agent at Elite, spotted her walking down a London Street near
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, (born 18 July, 1918) is a former President of South Africa, was one of its chief anti-apartheid activists, and was also an anti-apartheid saboteur and guerrilla leader. He is now almost universally considered to be a heroic freedom fighter, but during the time of the apartheid regime some Western politicians such as
Full Name: Muttiah Muralitharan, Born: April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Sri Lanka, Batting Style : Right-handed batsman, Bowling Style : Right-arm off-break, TestDebut : Australia vs. Sri Lanka at Colombo – Aug 28 – Sept. 2, 1992, ODI Debut : India vs. Sri Lanka at Colombo – August 12, 1993Easily the best magician of spin
Premchand was born on July 31, 1880 in a village called ‘Lamahi’, about four miles from the city of Benares, to an ordinary working family. HIs father, Munshi Azaayab Lal, was a village postmaster. Premchand lost his mother in his seventh year. His father married again. His elder sister was, to an extent, able to
Muhammad Ali born in 1942, American boxer. His original name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, he was a 1960 Olympic gold medalist. Shortly after upsetting Sonny Liston in 1964 to become world heavyweight champion, he formalized his association with the Nation of Islam and adopted the Muslim name Muhammad Ali.Ali’s flamboyant boxing style and outspoken stances
Born on. Aug. 27, 1910, was Albanian, originally named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, she entered the order of the Sisters of Lady of Loreto at the age of 18.She taught in the order’s school in Calcutta until 1946, when she experienced what she described as a ‘call within a call’ to aid the desperately poor of
Mohammad Rafi was a famous playback singer. He was born on 25 December 1924 in Punjab. Even at a young age he was more fond of music than studies. He started learning music from the famous Hindustani singer Chotte Gulam Ali Khan. Later he became the disciple of Firoze Nizam. When Firoze was appointed as a
It was through his efforts that Muslim League and Congress Party agreed to a political settlement in 1916. This agreement is known as ‘Lucknow Pact’. According to this pact, Congress for the first time recognized a separate position of the Muslims and accepted the Muslim demand for a separate electorate. As the time passes and
Born as Asad Ullah Khan, in 1797 in Agra, Mirza Ghalib was his pen name. His father, Abdullah Baig died in battle, when little Ghalib was just 5 years old. His uncle looked after the family for about 4 years, after which his mother brought up her two sons on a meagre pension of Rs.
Mira Nair is an Indian filmmaker of international repute. She started her carrier as an actor and then turned to directing documentaries. Her early documentaries included ‘So Far From India’ and ‘India Cabaret’. Mira Nair made a mark from her very first feature film, Salaam Bombay, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best