Mahendra Singh (MS) Dhoni (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer. He is an aggressive right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He is currently ranked number two in the official ICC cricket rankings for batsmen in limited over internationals.He was picked to play for the Indian cricket team in December 2004 and has […]
October 2, 1869 saw the birth of a famous Indian personality, lovingly called, the Father of the Nation. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to the Diwan of Porbandar, in the state of Kathiawar in Gujarat. His mother, Putlibai, was a very religious lady and brought up her son with stories from the scriptures and mythology.
Maharana Pratap was a great Rajput King. The Rajputs are a brave and a chivalrous race who were feudal kings in ancient India before the Mughals came. They were the first to resist the Mughal invaders and many wars were fought between the Rajputs and the Mughals. Though the Mughals captured the north of India
Madonna was born on 16 August 1958 in Michigan. Her full name was Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. Currently married to Guy Ritchie, after her divorce with actor, Sean Penn. She has a huge IQ and enjoys chess.Madonna won a dance scholarship to Michigan University,but dropped out and went to New York. Madonna struggled for a
Most of you are unaware who this gentleman is, some of you have read his name in your school history textbook and forgot about it.Madanlal Dhingra‘s last words were, “ My wish is that I should be born again of the same mother and that I should die the same death for her again.”He said
Lindsay Morgan Lohan was born in New York City, on 2nd July 1986, to Dina and Michael Lohan. Her mum is a former Radio City Rockette and her father was in the pasta business after making enough, he went to Hollywood financing independent films. She is the eldest of four siblings. Lohan has beenstudying dancing
The steel tycoon, Laxmi Narayan Mitttal is a London based industrialist and a Forbes 100 billionaire. He is the richest Indian in the world and one of the richest persons in Britain.Such is the charisma of Mittal that his company is all set to become the world’s largest producer of steel. Mittal holds steel assets
Lata Mangeshkar is the melody Queen of India. Lata Mangeshkar has ruled over the hearts of millions of music lovers throughout the world for the last 40 years by the magic of her melodious voice. She was born on 29th September 1928, in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in a family of musicians. She took to singing
Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28th Jan, 1865 at a village named Dhudike in Ferozepur District of Punjab. His father, Munshi Radha Krishan Azad was a great scholar of Persian and Urdu. Lalaji’s mother, Gulab Devi, a strict religious lady, inculcated in her children strong morals values. Lalaji was brought upin a family background
Lala Har Dayal was born in a Mathur family on October 14, 1884 in Delhi. His mother was a pious lady. His father Shri Gauri Dayal Mathur was a scholar of Persian and Urdu.Lala Har Dayal was actuated by zeal for public welfare from his very boyhood. As a student he led a band of
Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977), is the daughter of the boxer many consider to be the greatest fighter of all time, Muhammad Ali.Laila, who is a personal trainer in Los Angeles, surprised the boxing world in 1999 by announcing she would try a hand at women’s boxing.To much fanfare, she made her debut on
Khudiram Bose is hailed as the first martyr of organised revolutionary movement for India’s freedom. He has become a legend on account of his fearlessness and valiant defiance of death. Khudiram Bose was born on December 3, 1889 in Habibpur Village of Midnapur district in Bengal. He had lost his parents at a very early
Malleswari, born in Srikakulamn, Andhra Pradesh, was the first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal. She won the bronze in the women’s 69 kg weightlifting at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.In 1995, Malleswari won the world weightlifting title in her class (54 kg) with a new record, by lifting 113.0 kg in the
Karl Heinrich Marx was born on 5 May 1818 in Trier in Germany, the son of a Jewish lawyery. Marx studied law in Bonn and Berlin, but was also introduced to the ideas of Hegel and Feuerbach. In 1841, he received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Jena. In 1843, after a short
Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, better known simply as Kapil Dev (born January 6, 1959, Chandigarh, India) was one of the best all-rounders of all-time and also a successful cricket captain for India. He led India to its only World Cup victory in 1983.In addition he held the record for the most Test match wickets, breaking