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Girija Devi-Birthday

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
Girija Devi-BirthdayGirija Devi is an Indian classical singer of the Banaras gharana. She performs classical and light classical music and has helped elevate the profile of thumri. Early life Girija Devi was born in Varanasi,on May 8, 1929. Her father played the harmonium and taught music, and had Devi take lessons in singing ...

Talk With Monty Sharma

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013
Talk With Monty Sharma Monty Sharma is a music composer from India scoring music for Bollywood. He is popular for being the background music composer for Black (2005) and music director for Saawariya (2007). Early life Monty Sharma was born on 17 April 1970 in Mumbai. He started learning music at the age of five and ...

Ghanshyam Das Birla-Birthday

Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Ghanshyam Das Birla-BirthdayGhanshyam Das "G.D." Birla (April 10, 1894 – June 11, 1983) was an Indian businessman and member of the influential Birla Family. Family history Ghanshyam Das Birla was born on 10 April 1894 at Pilani village, in the Indian state then known as Rajputana, as a member of the Marwari Maheshwari community. ...

Phanishwar Nath ‘Renu’-Birth Day

Monday, March 4th, 2013
Phanishwar Nath 'Renu'-Birth DayPhanishwar Nath 'Renu' was one of the most successful and influential writers of modern Hindi literature in the post-Premchand era. He is the author of Maila Anchal, which after Premchand's Godaan, is regarded as the most significant Hindi novel. Phanishwar Nath 'Renu' is best known for promoting the voice of the ...

Pran-Birthday

Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Pran-BirthdayPran (born Pran Krishan Sikand, 12 February 1920) is a multiple Filmfare and BFJA award-winning Indian actor, known as a movie villain and character actor in Hindi cinema from the 1920s to the 1990s. He has appeared in 350 films. He was referred as the 'Villain of the Millennium'. In 2010, ...

Swami Vivekananda

Saturday, January 12th, 2013
Swami Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a key figure in the introduction of Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the western world and was credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the status of a major world religion in the late 19th century. He was ...

Mahendra Kapoor-Birthday Special

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
Mahendra Kapoor-Birthday SpecialMahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 2500 songs in various regional languages, including popular songs such as ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ Hamraaz. His name however became most closely associated ...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee -Birthday

Tuesday, December 25th, 2012
Atal Bihari Vajpayee -BirthdayAtal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who was the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for 13 days in 1996 and then from 1998 to 2004. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he is the only Prime Minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve ...

Chaudhary Charan Singh-Birth Anniversary

Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
Chaudhary Charan Singh-Birth AnniversaryChaudhary Charan Singh was the fifth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from 28 July 1979 until 14 January 1980. Born into a Jat family in 1902, Charan Singh entered politics as part of the Independence Movement. After independence he became particularly notable in the 1950s for opposing and ...

Rahim Das-Birthday

Monday, December 17th, 2012
Rahim Das-BirthdayKhanzada Mirza Khan Abdul Rahim Khan-e-Khana also known as Rahim is a renowned composer during the time of Mughal emperor Akbar. He was one of the main nine ministers (Diwan) in his court, also known as the Navaratnas. Rahim is famous for his Hindi couplets and his books on Astrology. ...
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