Anita Singh
 Hockey Olympian and captain 

Birth & childhood:-Ajit Pal Singh was born on  1^st April , 1947 at Sansarpur, Punjab.   He completed his elementary education in village school and  learnt hockey playing from his village environment, the bastion of hockey during that time and thereafter   joined Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar He became a dependable player in hockey  in his college which had honour of a number of star hockey players

Youth & jobs:- He first played in an international hockey tournament at Bombay in 1960. Later he represented India in Japan in 1966  Ajit Pal Singh got the first real break when, as student of B.A., he was selected in the Indian team to play in the Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament  permanently on the rolls of Indian hockey team. He  fplayed in the  London   Pre- Olympic Hockey Tournament in 1967 . Next year he  gave a dazzling show of stickwork in the Mexico Olympic Games and showed his inert dexterity and skill  and  included in the world Hockey teams of 1971,72 and 73. He represented India in 1974 in Asian games at Teheran and  was included in the Asian All- Star Hockey XI the same year. Ajit Pal Singh was rightly acclaimed as one of the best center forward in the world during his time.

Contribution :-He captained  India to a sensational victory in the third world cup hockey tournament at Kuala Lumpur in 1975 The Punjab Government had borne all expenses prior to the participation by organising a camp for the team in Punjab. The whole country was in great jubilation. For the first time hockey seemed to get priority over cricket in the country.. After  defeat Montreal Olympics in 1976, crashing to the seventh place, Ajit Pal Singh retired from International Hockey. However, he continued playing for the BSF where he was employed as Assistant Commandant. Four years later he came out of retirement to play in champion Trophy Tournament at Karachi in 1980. Ajit Pal Singh was awarded the Arjuna Award in 1972 At present, he owns a Centre-Half filling station in Delhi

Jagjivan Ram (1908-1986)

Birth & boyhood:-Jagjivan Ram, popularly known as Babuji was born on 5 April 1908, in Chandwa in  Bhojpur District of Bihar.   His father was  Shobhi Ram.,a  financially poor  harijan.. He lost his father at an early age and faced acute financial hardships. He faced untouchability in school as well as in Banaras Hindu University where he had gone for higher education.  . He then went to Calcutta and obtained B.Sc degree from Calcutta university .Youth and jobs  While at Banaras Hindu University he organised the scheduled castespeople  to protest against social discrimination and later arranged conferences at Calcutta to draw the attention of social and political leaders of Bengal , the then seat of all political activities and freedom movement . After obtaining the B. Sc. degree from Calcutta University, he actively participated in the movements led by Gandhiji The dream born out of this social discrimination and  anguish found practical expression in his turning a social reformer while yet a school student He spent many years in jails during the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1940 and the Quit India Movement of 1942. He appeared before the cabinet Mission in 1946 as a representative of the depressed classes of the country  .he was emerged as  a nationalist politician   He was a member of Lok Sabha for 36 years without a break from 1950 onwards. He was associated with the Indian National Congress from 1932 to 1977. As a Union Minister, Jagjivan Ram had been holding different portfolios from 1947 to 1963 and 1967 to 1979. He remained the Deputy Prime Minister from January to July 1979. He had the vision of a casteless and democratic Hindu society. He took active interest in the movement for social reform and for the upliftment of the weaker sections of society  he was really a powerful orator, a distinguished parliamentarian and an astute political administrator.His birth anniversary day is observed as 'Samata Diwas' as he believed in bringing equality among all in the society.

Contributions :-.During his incumbency  as  Communications Minister from 1952-to19 56   private airlines were nationalised  with the formation of   the Indian Airlines and  Air India   and  the postal facilities  were spread to the remote villages. As Minister for Railways during1956-62 , he  took steps to modernize the Railways. During 1967-70  he held the post of  Food and Agriculture Minister  when  Indiaas on the verge of  self-sufficiency  in food production. From 1970to 1974 he was  Defence Minister of India under Indira Gandhi, and all   witnessed  the liberation of Bangla Desh.  In 1977, he resigned from Congress and associated  in the victory of the Janata Party. He held the position of Deputy Prime Minister in the Janata Government,  A new party was floated by him named  Congress (J) Till  death his continuous representation in the Parliament from 1936 to 1986 is a world record.He died in July 6, 1986

SUCHITRA SEN

Suchitra sen was born on 6^th April 1931 in Patna, Bihar. Her original name was  Roma Sen. She first started acting in cinema in  Shesh Kotha made in 1952  but  unreleased In 1953  first picture which was released was  Sharey Chuattar  opposite Uttam Kumar   That was the beginnng  The  pair went on to become icons of Bengali romantic melodramas for more than twenty years. Some popular films of the pair were Shap Mochan (1955), Sagarika (1956), Harano Sur (1957), Saptapadi (1961), Bipasha (1962) and Grihadah (1967

Almost all the movies made with this pair were box office hit in rural Bengal , and assamincluding Bihar orissa and other parts of India. She had done a few  films with  basanta choudhury, soumitra chatterjee  in opposite. B ut the rural Bengal had accepted the roles made by the pair wiuttam suchitra as guranteed good , enjoyable abnd familyand love melodama. And rushed into cinema halls .the pair had spectators and audiences more in youths .  One of Suchitra's best known performances was in Deep Jweley Jai (1959). The film is full of beautiful scenes  and extraordinary performance  by her.  The amazing success of her acting talent was recognized widely and appreciated  was Saat Pake Bandha made in 1963   This film won her the best actress award  at the International Film Festival held in  Moscow in 1963. She made some good hindi movies also. Of course she did not leave the Bengali cinema but to reach to the audiences iof India she chose to act in hindi cinemas also. Her first Hindi film was Bimal Roy's Devdas (1955) then  Musafir (1957),Champakali (1957 Bombay ka Babu (1960) Mamta (1966)  the films could not  set the box-office to expectation , may be romance had a different definition in hindi cinema’s domain.  A beautiful film Aandhi  directed by Gulzar   and opposite Sanjeev kumar in1975  could make roar in the cinema markets where she played  a powerful woman politician whose marriage had broken up since her husband, opposed her having a career after marriage.  But this film was banned for a while as it fell into controversy due to the role  resembling  Indira Gandhi during emergency time It remained a controversy if the lady actress had got her due in terms of state  honours and recogntion for the roles she played in a number of outstanding cinemas for  25 years or so.. She was known to be a non agitator , silent and reserved aristocratic type of a woman of substance  not hankering after publicity, praise,  position and flattery .She retired from the screen in 1978 and has since gone into  passing her days with herself    silently  without crowd to live  peacefully .under the influence of  Ramakrishna Paramhasadeva . Her down stream members  namely daughter Moon Moon Sen , grand daughters Riya and Raima  sen  are all outstanding  actresses in Indian cinema. Films list of films 1953-- Sharey Chuattar ,1954--Dhuli ,1955--Shap Mochan, Devdas . 1956—Sagarika,1957--Harano Sur, Champakali, Musafir 1959--Deep Jweley Jai ,1960—Hospital, Bombay ka Babu , Sarhad  1961--Saptapadi ,1962--Bipasha ,1963--Saat Pake Bandha ,Uttar Falguni 1964--Sandhya Deeper Sikka ,Mamta ,1967--Grihadah ,Debi Choudhrani 1975--Aandhi

Jamini Roy (1887-1972)

 Youth &careers   At the start of career, he began with  western style of painting and acquired  skill. By and by  he became a professional painter   Thereafter,  he  abandoned the  European Academic Style and devoted himself in creating pictures from simple indigenous forms but rendered in a modern setting and style.. For this he adopted forms of folk dolls, child art and 'patas' of rural Bengal ,in the guidance of Kalighat’s patas. He selected themes from joys and sorrows of everyday life of rural Bengal, religious theme like-Ramayana, Sri Chaitanya , Radha-Krishna and Jesus Christ, but he depicted them without narratives     His new style was both a reaction against the Bengal School and the Western tradition In  between 1921 and 1924 began his first period of experimentation with the Santhal dance as his starting point..  He painted scenes form the lives of the Santhals, as for instance 'Santhals engaged in drum-beating' 'Santhal Mother and Child' 'Dancing Santhals' etc..His was a  a new language of painting cmbining the symphony of colourful palette and rhythmic lives

 The exposure and exhibition  of Jamini Roy's works were first held in 1938.in British India Street ,Calcutta . Critical appreciation of his works were published in several issues of 'Parichaya', a quarterly Journal of Calcutta, which made his paintings known to the public

 Contribution :- Jamini Roy earned fame through  fifty years of his career as an artist  by evolving his own language of painting which he termed as 'Flat Technique'. But due to the popularity of Bengal school of painting his contemporary artists hardly accepted his new technique and style.  He was also fascinated by tribal art.  Rejecting canvas and oil, he laid his strikingly bright direct colours on paper, sometimes of palm leaf. The result was an astonishing new beauty.. His paintings became very popular among the expert people and knowledgable public and critic  as well as  middle class people He  used to sell his paintings extremely  cheap, according to their size.. During the Second World War many  American Army and officers bought exquisite paintings of Jamini Roy at  higher price
....Jaminiy Roy  was awarded the country’s prestigious  Padma Bhusan in 1955. His work has been exhibited extensively in national and  international exhibitions and could be found in many private and public collections such as Kolkata, Delhi, Bangalore  the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The great  son of India died in 1972.

Shivaji

Birth &Parents.  Shivaji was born in Shivner on 10th April, 1627 . His father’s name was  Shahji and  mother’s Jijabai. Shahji  was  one of the great  nobleman in the court of  Nawab  of Bijapur .When shivaji was mere a child  his father  married  again  and  Jijabai  took her son   to Pune to stay there She made all arrangements for the education of shivaji. A veteran Brahmin teacher was engaged . He was Dada Kondevji. During all these years she had to take all troubles , and pains for growing shivaji to a full fledged person. As Shahji always lived in Bijapur.the teacher made efforts to see his  all round development .Shivaji  had been brought up on Martial Arts and ultimately grown  into a  a courageous  fighter and warrior  with lone dream of the mother and son  to build a kingdom of his  own his first military advwnture began when he was 20, he with his few friends attacked on Toran fort a part of Bijapur territory and captured it . The Nawab of Bijapur did not take it easily for son’s action he jailed his father shaji  This enraged shivaji he as also a shrewd person tghen and  Shivaji then approached  the Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan to intervene on his behalf. The Emperor,took the opportunity witout loss of time  and accordingly interfered his father was released and his demands were met .  this made svivaji a maratha youth of future power  The Nawab alo attempted to behead him by any means one  Afzal Khan  was given the ta mainly to sk to capture Shivaji. A battle like situation occurred. The two leadwarriors met for fake peace. Shivaji applied superion intelligence in killing the khan by stabbing him back by a weopon hidden inhis sleeves which tore open latters stomach. The army fled in fright and Shivaji went home with trained animals and lots of money.. nawab’s fury ended   shivaji estabkished his own territory slowly and steadily. Emperor Aurangzeb came in the picture he sent another khan named  Shayista Khan his maternal uncle to teach Shivaji a lesson. The Khan was camping at Pune Fort when, Shivaji's army, dressed as a wedding procession entered and sprung a surprise attack. The Khan fled, but not before losing a thumb.

 Aurangzeb thereafter   launche almost full fledged battle against him by  two battle-hardened veterans Diler Khan and Raja Jaswant Singh to capture Shivaji. This time Shivaji had to send them a message of peace and was presented in the Mughal Court, where he was insulted and detained. By his extreme intelligent move he  escaped to his own territory While under capture, Shivaji feigned illness and then asked to distribute sweets to celebrate his recovery. Permission was granted. He took this opportunity to hide in a basket of sweets and fruits fled and went to his area as a  dressed in sadhu . After this he became more cautious and settled his kingdom . Firmally he was declared te king  of his territory at his capital Rajgarh His mother's dreams were fulfilled and she passed away peacefully 2 weeks later.  Shivajia was benevolent king he made his territory prosperou  The great son of Bharat  died on April 3, 1680.

B.R.Ambedkar(1891-1956)

Birth &Education   .Bhimrao Ambedkar  was born on 14^th April, 1891 in Mahu Cantonment  in Madhya Pradesh. He had 13 brothers and sisters  he belonged to a family of untouchables. His child hood days were of discrmination and difficulties .In the year 1908,  Bhimrao passed the Matriculation examination from Bombay University .  Fin 1912  he obtained his bachelors degree   in Political Science and Economics from Bombay University and got a job in Baroda.  Around the same time his father passed away Maharaja of Baroda.. arranged a stipend for him to   go to USA for further studies at Columbia University . He studied in USA from   1913 to 1917 and  got a PhD from the Columbia university  for his thesis, which was later published in a book form under the title "The Evolution of Provincial Finance in British India"  he took a job in a college Bombay He started editing a  Marathi weekly 'Mook Nayak' (meaning 'Dumb Hero').He went toutside India .remained again from 1920 to 1923.  During this period he had established himself as an eminent intellectual a nd  published article "Castes in India - Their Mechanism, Genesis and Development".  During his stay  in London during  1920 --1923, he  completed his thesis titled "The Problem of the Rupee” for which he was awarded the  degree of DSc.He returned to India in April 1923, .   he set up the 'Bahishkrit Hitkarini Sabha’ (Outcastes Welfare Association), which was devoted to spreading education and culture amongst the downtrodden, improving the economic status and raising matters concerning their problems in the proper forums to focus attention on them and finding solutions to the same Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar had equipped himself fully to wage war against the practice of untouchability on behalf of the untouchable and the downtrodden.  . The society scenario ere difficult  due to the caste system adopted by the Hindu society that time  entry of harijans  into temples was forbidden.  They could not draw water from public wells and ponds.  Their admission in schools was prohibited.  In 1927, he started movement   at the Chowdar Tank at Colaba, near Bombay, to give the untouchables the right to draw water from the public tank    The temple entry movement launched by Dr. Ambedkar in 1930 at Kalaram temple, Nasik  meantime he became the national leader for the oppressed, downtrodden and untouchables . On 24th September 1932, Dr. Ambedkar and Gandhiji reached an understanding, which became the famous Poona Pact, in addition to the agreement on electoral constituencies, reservations were provided for untouchables in Government jobs and legislative assemblies.  He  attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London and projected his views in the interest of the 'untouchable'.s and to acquire as much political power as possible Thereafter he  established  the Independent Labour Party, and was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly.In 1947, when India became independent,  Ambedkar was   a Member of the Constituent Assembly from Bengal and  join  as a Law Minister in the council of ministers headed by  Nehru.   Shortly on  differences of opinion  over the Hindu Code Bill, he  resigned   Ambedkar was elected as Chairman of The Constituent Assembly  for drafting the Constitution In November 1949, this draft was adopted with very few amendments.  Including  social justice for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and backward classes..  On 0ctober 14, 1956 he embraced Buddhism along with many of his followers and wrote the book 'Buddha and His Dharma'.Dr. Ambedkar fought throughout his life for  the upliftment of the downtrodden and the poor, for their equality and rights. In 1990, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar, was bestowed with Bharat Ratna. The same year his life size portrait was  unveiled in the Central Hall of Parliament.  The period from 14th April 1990-14th April 1991 was observed as 'Year of Social Justice' in  his honour.The great son of India  died on 6th December 1956

      Guru Nanak

Founder of Sikh religin Birth and childhood  Guru Nanak was born on  15^th  April 1469, at Talwandi, not far from  Lahore. His father’s name was  Kaluchand  who was a  revenue official and his mother's name was Tripta Devi.  His parents arranged for his education. He  studied Hindi, Persian, Punjabi and Sanskrit and was adept at all these by the age of 15 years. At  the age of 18 , he was married to Sulakshana Devi, daughter of Moolchand.  They  had two sons. But domestic life was not for Nanak. He had a higher calling and left home in search of the truth.  He was accompanied on his search by Bhai Bala and Mardana, a professional singer.  He made extensive tours to different parts of  country and abroad including Mecca – Medina. He studied both Hindu and Muslim religions and created Sikhism, which combined the best of both. 'Sikh' means 'disciple' and Guru Nanak believed that one can evolve or achieve salvation only through direct contact with a true master or a 'sadguru' He has composed a set of poems that form the first chapter of the Sikh scripture and holy book - the Guru Granth Sahib These poems talk about meditations and thoughts from his teachings, and serve to inspire many - a - Sikh to live a good life, following the basic principles of prayer, right living and thinking and the Unity of God and our fellow beings   Nanak did not subscribe to blind ritualism or superstitions. He believed that there was one God,  He  also believed in the theory of Karma and Rebirth.  He spread Sikhism to Burma, Iraq, Tibet and Sri Lanka as a message of love. also in America, Singapore and Africa Guru Nanak passed away  in 1538.

Leonardo da Vinci

Birth &Parents:-Leonardo da Vinci was born on 15th April, 1452, near the town of Vinci, in Tuscany not far from Florence in Italy.. He was the son of a  wealthy notary, named  Ser Piero a successful government official . His mother’s name  was Caterina.

Boyhood &education:- Leonardo spent most of his life in Florence and Milan. In the mid 1460s the family moved to Florence here he was given the best education . He spent his early years on his family’s farm At the age of 17, in 1469 he became an  apprentice to  a mechanical workshop owned by  Andrea Verrocchio,  and  acquired a variety of skills until 1476.He was very interested in painting . 

Youth , careers . & contribution :- In 1482 he  entered the service of the duke of Milan  Lodovico Sforza. He served as principal engineer in the duke’s military projects  During his time  he learnt about anatomy, biology, mathematics, and physics.
 While in Milan in 1495, Leonardo worked on his magnificent painting, The Last Supper,Leonardo returned to Florence in 1500   He stayed in Milan for nearly eighteen years  In 1502 Leonardo entered the service of Cesare Borgia, duke of Romagna. He served as Cesare’s chief architect and engineer. Leonardo supervised work on the fortresses of the papal territories in central Italy. Leonardo da Vinci, perhaps the greatest man in history, invented thousands of things including the helicopter, tank and portable bridge. Leonardo was not only an inventor ,but a sculptor, an artist and an architect.. ...One of Leonardo’s greatest interests was the study of the human body. Leonardo looked at plants as closely as he looked at men and animals, and he made many discoveries about plant growth.In 1506 Leonardo went to Milan again at the summons of its French governor Charles d’Amboise... Soon after he arrived in Milan, Leonardo began to write down things that interested him. His notebooks show the great variety and originality of his scientific observations. He illustrated his theories with very beautiful and exact drawings. By studying his drawings of machines, twentieth century engineers, with modern materials, have been able to build models that worked perfectly.Last days :-Leonardo’s life in the court of Milan was suddenly interrupted in 1499 by the invasion of the French Army. Leonardo’s patron, Lodovico, was taken prisoner, and Leonardo fled to Venice.

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)

Oppenheimer

Father of the Atomic Bomb Birth & parents. He was  born on  April 22, 1904, in New York City. His parents were German immigrants and doing  textile business. He learnt   , languages,  philosophy, physics, and chemistry. In  Harvard University In 1925,  he studied  on atomic  energy at the Cavendish Laboratory. London and subsequently  developed.  at Gottingen University, "Born-Oppenheimer method on  molecular quantum theory along with Max Born  Oppenheimer was professor  theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley from 1929 to 1942. There he investigated  details on atomic physics specially on electron-positron pairs, cosmic ray theory, etc In 1939, during the beginning of world war II, he began his investigations into the construction of an atomic bomb using the element uranium. In 1942, Oppenheimer joined the Manhattan Project, an American-led military effort to develop nuclear energy for wartime use. And atom bomb was made . Shocked and disillusioned by the massive destruction and enormous death toll the atomic bomb had caused in Japan, he relingquished his job  Laterhe  became  United Nations adviser on nuclear power to ensure peace. He chaired the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, which opposed the development of the more powerful hydrogen bomb.He   remained director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey from 1947 to 1966. In 1963,  during President Lyndon B. Johnson ‘s tenure  he was  honoured with the Atomic Energy Commission’s prestigious Enrico Fermi Award.  Oppenheimer retired from Princeton in 1966 and died of throat cancer on February 18, 1967

 William Shakespeare

Birth & parents    He was born on April 23rd, 1564   in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. His father’s name was  John Shakespeare a glove-maker, traded as a wool dealer and involved in money-lending. by profession and  mother’ Mary Arden, the daughter of Robert Arden, a farmer from the nearby village of Wilmcote Shakespeare  father was learnt to be the Bailiff, or Mayor, in 1568 of the town  William  had five more brothers and sisters His elementary education started .from the  grammer school and learned Greek and Latin classics .At 18, he married Anne Hathaway  They had three children Suzanne and the twins Hamnet and Judith In n his mid-twenties he shifted to   London.and got a job of  acting   By 1592 he had become known in London as an actor and playwright. He got the queen’s sympathy and he started writing poems as well. During this time he wrote many comedies: Shakespeare's first printed works were two long poems, Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Lucrece (1594). . Most of the Sonnets were probably written about this time, too, although they were not published until 1609.1n 1594, Shakespeare joined others in forming a new theatre company, under the patronage of the Lord Chamberlain, with Richard Burbage as its leading actor. For almost twenty years Shakespeare was its regular dramatist, producing on average two plays a year. Burbage played roles such as Richard III, Hamlet, Othello and Lear. Shakespeare's was, and it is likely that in this matter the dramatist took the initiative with the. On his father's death in 1601, he inherited the arms granted a coat-of-arms by College of Arms in London fatherin 1596 Drama was a nation-wide activity in Shakespeare's time Shakespeare's success in the London theatres made him wealthy When James I (James VI of Scotland) came to the English throne in 1603 he granted royal patronage to Shakespeare's acting company, which thus became the 'King's Men.' Some of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies were written in the early 1600s, including Hamlet , Othello, King Lear and Macbeth. His late plays, often known as the Romances, date from c. 1608 to 1612 and include Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest.From around 1611 Shakespeare seems largely to have disengaged himself from the London theatre world and to have spent his time at his Stratford house,his home town. In March 1616 he signed his will, in which he left substantial property and other bequests to his family and friends, including theatre colleagues in the King's Men.Shakespeare died in Stratford, aged fifty-two, on 23 April 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church two days later.His widow, Anne, died in 1623 and was buried besid.

Bishnu Ram Medhi

Birth & Education.  He was born on 24th April,1888 at Hajo,  Assam.. His fathers name  was Sonaram and mother’s  Alehi . He passed the Entrance examination from the Cotton Collegiate High School, Gauhati in 1905.He took his graduation from  the Presidency College, Calcutta in the Science Stream in 1909 and then  in 1911 obtained  M.Sc  degree  from Dacca University in Organic Chemistry .He then passed the BL examination in 1914 and joined the bar at Gauhati 
 Youth & careers. He became involved in the freedom movement art the call of Gandhiji and participated in the non-cooperation movement in 1921 being a member of the congress party.  He  remained  the President of the Congress in Assam from 1930 to  1938.. In 1946,he was elected in the provincial assembly and joined the council of ministers  as Finance and Revenue minister  headed by   Gopinath Bordoloi  After independence and in  1950, he became the Chief Minister of Assam and continued till 1958. He was appointed Governor of Madras from 1959 to 1964. In 1964, he came back to Assam and was returned to the State Assembly from 1967 to 1972.  The great son of the country  passed away on 21st January 1981.

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar

Worlds Best Batsman.He was born on 24th April 1973, in Mumbai He  has two brothers  Nitin and Ajit  and two sisters.His fathr’s name is Ramesh Tendulkar who was a . Professor   of Marathi literature The father of Ramesh tendulkar was a great lover of music and it is said that  Sachin Tendulkar was named after Sachin Dev Burman because his grandfather greatly admired the famous  muic genius. In his child hood he used to idolise John McEnroe and wanted to be a tennis player., but when he was  11 years of age  his elder  brother Ajit  took him to famous  cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar. . He  joined Sharda ashram school for cricket playing .
Sachin first made headlines when he scored unbeaten 664 partnership with his childhood friend Vinod Kambli for third wicket in a school match Sharada ashram v St. Xavier’s school. Tendulkar was 326 not out and Kambli 349 not out.When Sachin was a student of class IX  he played for Mumbai in Ranji trophy cricket  .He    played  for INDIA when he was just 16 years 6 months old against Pakistan in 1989 and became  the youngest player ever to represent India in Test cricket. Since that day he had never looked back, becoming the First man to score 10,000 runs in the 30- year history of One-day international cricket . Sachin Tendulkar has been given Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and the Padma Shri awards He married Anjali and  the couple has a daughter named Sara   Sachin Tendulkar's favourite singer is Kishore Kumar and Diego Maradona  favourite football player.he  lovesto eat  fish, mutton and vada-pav. Sachin Tendulkar is a right-hander but he write autographs with his left hand.
His father  had died in Mumbai of a heart attack in his home in Bandra on May 18 at the age of 66. when Sachin was playing world cup tournament 
Test Debut : 15-20 November, 1989 (Vs Pakistan at National Stadium Karachi).
 ODI Debut : 18 December 1989 (Vs Pakistan at Gujranwala)

Charlie Chaplin 
Famous film maker and actor

Birth & parents   Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 26th, 1889 .His father was  Charles chaplin and mother   Hannah  Chaplin The family took music as profession   .At the age of five   Charlie began to sing a popular tune. Charlie and his half-brother, Syd Chaplin had to spend their lives in and out of charity homes and workhouses.  Due to famiy problems .his mother Hannah was committed to Cane Hill Asylum in May of 1903 - 1921,.
Charlie Chaplin began his  acting career at the early age of 8. At age 18, he began touring  US  He traveled west to California in December 1913 and signed on with Keystone Studios' popular comedy director Mack Sennett who had seen Chaplin perform onstage in New York.. While at Keystone, Chaplin appeared in and directed 35 films, appearing as the Little Tramp in nearly all. In November 1914, he left Keystone Studios and signed on at Essanay Studios, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual Studios and made 12 films. In June 1917, Chaplin signed to First National Studios, after which he built Chaplin Studios. In 1919, he and Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffithformed United Artists (UA). Chaplin's later film Great Dictator, The (1940) , which was his first film with sound  created a stir. In the film, Chaplin plays a humorous caricature of Adolph Hitler, the film grossed over $5 million and earned five Academy Award  Nominations.
Charlie Chaplin's life and career was full of scandal and controversy.
Chaplin was married four times and had a total of 11 children.  His wives were 'Mildred Harris' 1918, , Lita Grey in 1924,  Chaplin married Paulette Goddard in 1936, his final marriage was to Oona O'Neill ,' in 1943. His children were: Geraldine  Michae, Josephine  Victoria , Eugene, Jane, Annette-Emilie and Christopher .  Charles Chaplin Jr.and Sydney Chaplin  Chaplin was a quiet man and  lived in shabby accommodations.and very simple way. Honours and awards. In 1972, Chaplin was honored with an Academy Award for his “incalculable effect in making motion pictures the art form of the century.” In 1975,  Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. . He wrote  two autobiographical books, "My Autobiography" in 1964 and its companion volume, "My Life in Pictures" in 1974. Charlie Chaplin was considered one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of American cinema, whose movies were and still are popular throughout the world, Chaplin  the great son of the world died of natural causes on December 25, 1977 at his home in Switzerland.

Saddam Hussein

Saddam Hussain was born April 28, 1937, in al-Awja, Tikrit, His father was a sheep-herder Saddam got his early education fully .He got his graduation and   law degrees from the University of Cairo and the University of Baghdad,hile at bagdad   he participated  in the Iraqi Baath party 1956 and  aided in Baath Party Coup of Iraq in 1968 Hussein served in various positions within the party and the government  In 1979 when  Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr announced his retirement, Saddam Hussein managed to assume the positions of Chairman and President, consolidating a great deal of power in his hands alone.  Hussein himself was largely responsible for the nationalization of Iraqi oil fields and oil processing plants,which were  under the control of western oil companies. Hussein also was said to have actively fostered the modernization of the Iraqi economy. Saddam  invaded Iran in  1980and Kuwait in 1990  Saddam married   his cousin Sajida in  1958 and  married second  Wife,  Samira Shahbandar in 1984 He was known as Great Uncle Glorious Leader and assume the title Field Marshall. He was captured by U.S. forces on  December 13, 2003

Ma Anandamayee

Ma Anadamaoyee Ma whose original name was Nirmala Sundari, was born on 30th April, 1896   in a small village  named  Kheora in East Bengal ( now  Bangladesh). She belonged to a family of priests. Her father  was Bipin Behari Bhattacharya  was a noble man and mother was Mokhshada Sundari.She got her primary education in village school. It as said that  when she was sent to school, she managed to learn the Bengali consonants and vowels in one day, which earned her praise from her teacher and a promotion. Throughout her schooling she was  known to one of the best pupils. She used to meditation and accustomed to religious  rituals as the familty  was of priestly community and it was natural to have those done daily There were instances of her being deeplyinclined in perfect performing of her religious rights and meditation while doing that she saw religious figures gods and goddessesfrom religious objestsfrom statues and idols. At her early age she used to sit for long hours and do a samadhi  Ma anandamoyee was married at a low age  but she had a very pleasant married life her husband Ramani Mohan Chakravarty ( known as Bholanath) was a simple man  who was convinced that his wife ma anandamoyee was no an ordinary woman and it was known that he became her  most ardent and loyal devotee.  As she grew up she   was never formally initiated by ay  guru or a holy man.  She got the  self-initiation from her own self. She began a period of quite sadhana (worship)and gradually she became ma anandamoyee ma to all . Soon  her name spread to many  places  all over the country  and people began coming to meet Ma and to seek her blessings . Quite naturally in the beginning  with the number of visitors and  devotees swelling up, they began appealing  her presence  in their homes to take part in kirtan (prayer songs ).A number of her devotees made ashrams where Ma could stay with her followers.She started travelling from Bengal  to Punjab and in the west and the Himalayas in the North. Ma Anandamayee believed in some of the most basic human values She felt that one of the most important things in life was serving others   She advocated  tolerance and belief in  all religions  There have been instances in her life when she had performed the Namaz and recited verses from the Holy Quran.side by side  she explained the essence of the Bible to a Christian disciple.  Manifesting herself as  a truly secular person. she said, "When, as an ignorant, your aham (ego) acts, ahamkar (pride/vanity) is generated. Again when the same ahamkar turns into so-hang (myself); one realises there is none but One". As she  travelled throughout the length and breadth of the country, she often stayed,from 1934, in  Swami Akhandananda Giri's ashram located in a town called Kankhal, about 3 kms from the city of Haridwar.She would enjoy praying or having audience with her followers sitting in the quite atmosphere  under a huge Banyan tree in the ashram. Under this same Banyan tree of the ashram  at Kankhal was made Ma's samadhi when  the beloved child of god and daughter of this country ent to live in heaven  on August 27, 1982.