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Dadasaheb Phalke Award named after him for lifetime contribution to cinema and is the highest official recognition for film personalities in the country [62] Girish Karnad, film director who received India's top literary prize, the Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri in 1974 and Padma Bhushan in 1992 [63]
The third episode of Mega Icons (2018–2020), a documentary television series about prominent personalities of India aired on National Geographic was based on Kalam's life. [183] In the 2020 Tamil film Soorarai Pottru , Sheik Maideen portrayed Kalam. [ 184 ]
Rulers of Venad trace their origin to the Vel family related to the Ay chiefs of the ancient southern India (c. 1st - 4th century AD). Venad - ruled by hereditary chiefs, acting with the help of a military entourage - emerged as a chiefdom in the state of the Cheras of Kodungallur in c. 8th century.
Radhika Coomaraswamy (1953–), Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict; Roy Padayachie (1950–2012), Minister of Public Service and Administration of the Republic of South Africa; also served in the economics desk of the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal and as deputy head of local government portfolio; consultant to UNICEF, UNESCO and the ...
Lists of Indian people are lists of people from India. They are grouped by various criteria, including ethnicity, states and union territories and city. Part of a series of articles on Indian people Motto: Jai Hind People Lists of Indian people History Indian independence movement Quit India Movement Culture Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Dance Festivals Literature Music Sports Languages ...
Pandit Makhanlal Chaturvedi (4 April 1889 – 30 January 1968), also called Pandit ji, was an Indian poet, writer, essayist, playwright and a journalist who is particularly remembered for his participation in India's national struggle for independence and his contribution to Chhayavaad, the Neo-romanticism movement of Hindi literature. Nathuram ...
Vinod Dham was born in the 1950s in Pune, India. [8] His father was a member of the army civilian department who had moved from Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, to India during the Partition of India.
Ishfaq Ahmed, Indian football team; Danish Farooq Bhat, Indian footballer plays as midfielder for real Kashmir team; Manzoor Dar, Indian cricketer; Gul Dev, Winter Olympian; Zahid Hussain, Indian sport shooter; Nadeem Iqbal, Winter Olympian; Ranveer Jamwal, mountaineer, climbed Everest 3 times, has climbed the highest peaks of all 7 continents