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Esther Victoria Abraham (30 December 1916 – 6 August 2006), better known by her stage name Pramila, was an Indian actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She is the first woman film producer in the Hindi film industry. She is also well known for winning the first Miss India pageant in 1947.
Maria Chwalibóg, 91, Polish actress (Mother Joan of the Angels, Man – Woman Wanted, Korczak). [421] Paul Josef Cordes, 89, German Roman Catholic cardinal, president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum (1995–2010), vice president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (1980–1995) and auxiliary bishop of Paderborn (1976–1980). [422]
Name Year/degree Notability Reference Dr. Alfredo C. Santos, Ph.D PhD in Pharmacy Outstanding Pharmacist Researcher of the Philippine Pharmaceutical Association, Magsaysay's Distinguished Service Star, PhilAAS Outstanding Scientist Award and former dean of University of the Philippines College of Pharmacy [166]
The family underwent considerable financial hardships after his father died early. He had a sister, Dr. Veerbala. He did his MA in Hindi from Allahabad University in 1946 [4] and won the "Chintamani Ghosh Award" for securing highest marks in Hindi. Dharamvir Bharati was the sub-editor for magazines Abhyudaya and Sangam during this period.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Azaria Chamberlain, killed by a dingo leading to false imprisonment for murder for her mother (b. 1980) August 18 – Norman Cazden, American composer whose prime creative years were obscured by McCarthy-era political pressures [59] (b. 1914) August 19 – Otto Frank, German father of Jewish diarist Anne Frank (b. 1889) August 20
Besides Hindi, he was master of many languages including Sanskrit, Bengali, Punjabi, Gujarati as well as Pali, Prakrit, and Apabhramsa. He had a great knowledge of Sanskrit, Pali and Prakrit. As a student of Sanskrit, steeped in the Sastras, he gave a new evaluation to Sahitya-sastra and he is be considered as a great commentator on the textual ...
Dr. Alfredo Jahn Hartman (8 October 1867 – 12 July 1940) was a Venezuelan civil engineer, botanist and geographer. Jahn was a member of the Academy of History, the Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Naturalist of Venezuela and the Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences and achieved the Order of the Liberator .