Ajay Devgan

                                                                     
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Born                 :-   2 April 1969 (age 43)  New Delh
Residence      :-    Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation     :-   Film actor, Director and Producer
Years activ     :-    1991 – present
Spouse(s)       :-    Kajol 
Children          :-    2   - Nysa,  Yug 

 

Ajay Devgn is an Indian film actor, director, and producer. He made his film debut with Phool Aur Kaante in 1991 and received a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in the film. He then starred in films such as Jigar (1992), Dilwale (1994), Suhaag (1994), Naajayaz (1995), Diljale (1996) and Ishq (1997). In 1999, Devgn received his first National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Mahesh Bhatt's drama Zakhm.

 Some of his later films of the decade are Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Kachche Dhaage. In the early 2000s, he starred in Lajja (2001) and Company (2002). In 2003, he won his second National Film Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Bhagat Singh in Rajkumar Santoshi's biopic The Legend of Bhagat Singh. Throughout his career he has given many critically and commercially successful films including Raincoat (2004), Yuva (2004), Omkara (2006), Golmaal: Fun Unlimited (2006), Golmaal Returns (2008), All the Best: Fun Begins (2009), Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai (2010), Golmaal 3 (2010), Raajneeti (2010), and Singham (2011). Having done so, he has established himself as one of the leading actors of Bollywood. In 2008, he debuted as a film director with his starrer U Me Aur Hum which proved to be an moderate success at the box office. He then established the production house, Ajay Devgn Films.

Biography

Ajay was born in Punjab to Veena and Veeru Devgan. Originally from Mumbai, India,  members of the The Mukherjee-Samarth Devagn family are all related to the Hindi film industry in Mumbai. His father, Veeru Devgan, is a well-known stunt choreographer and his mother Veena Devgan, a film producer. Ajay's brother, Anil Devgan, is a Hindi film director. Ajay Devgan is an alumnus of the Silver Beach High School in Juhu and Mithibai College.

Kajol began dating fellow actor, Ajay Devgn, in 1994, while filming for Gundaraj.  Members of the media, however, labelled them as an "unlikely pair" due to their contrasting personalities.  Devgn explained their relationship by saying, "We never resorted to the usual 'I Love you' routine. A proposal never happened. We grew with each other. Marriage was never discussed, but it was always imminent".

On 24 February 1999, they were married in a traditional Maharashtrian style ceremony at the Devgn house. The couple has two children. Their daughter Nysa was born on 20 April 2003  and their son Yug was born on 13 September 2010.  Ajay Devgn and Kajol chose to store their newborn son's umbilical cord blood and tissues, which act as a stemcell source and help protect the child from several serious ailments.  In August 2009, Devgn's surname was changed to its current spelling from its more well-known "Devgan", at the request of his family.  He became the first Bollywood personality to acquire a private jet for transport to shooting locations, promotions and personal trips.  He is the first Indian to own a Maserati Quattroporte.

Fauja Singh

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“	"I won't stop running until I die. The next target, God willing, is to be the oldest marathon runner ever."

Born                            :-   1 April 1911 (age 101) Beas Pind, Jalandhar Punjab, British India
Residence                :-   United Kingdom
Occupation               :-   Marathon runner
Years active              :-   2000 – 2013

Fauja Singh  is a world record holder in his age bracket. His current personal best time for the London Marathon (2003) is 6 hours 2 minutes, and his marathon record, for age 90-plus, is 5 hours 40 minutes at the age of 92, at the 2003 Toronto Waterfront Marathon.

In 2004, Singh was featured in an advertising campaign for sportswear manufacturer Adidas alongside David Beckham and Muhammad Ali.

 

Singh holds UK records for the 200 m, 400 m, 800 m, mile and 3000 m for his age group, records all set within a single 94 minute period. At the age of 100 (and a half), Singh attempted and accomplished eight world age group records in one day, at the special Ontario Masters Association Fauja Singh Invitational Meet, held atBirchmount Stadium in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Timed by officials in Canada,  He ran the 100 metres in 23.14, 200 metres in 52.23, the 400 metres in 2:13.48, the 800 metres in 5:32.18, the 1500 metres in 11:27.81, the mile in 11:53.45, the 3000 metres in 24:52.47 and the 5000 metres in 49:57.39, setting five world records for his age group in one day. Each time bested the previous record in that age division (some events had no previous record holder, as nobody over age 100 had ever attempted the distance). Some of his marks are significantly superior to the listed world record in the M95 age group as well.

Three days later, on 16 October 2011, Singh became the first 100-year-old to finish a marathon, completing theToronto Waterfront Marathon in 8:11:06.  As it took him over 14 minutes after the gun to cross the starting line, the official time submitted for the age group record will be 8:25:17. However, Guinness World Records refused to include Singh in its record book due to the fact that he could not produce his birth certificate to prove his age. Birth records were not kept in India in 1911,  however it is claimed that records written in Urdu date back to 23 February 1879.  He was able to produce a passport listing his date of birth as 1 April 1911, and a letter from Queen Elizabeth II congratulating him on his 100th birthday.

In October 2011, Singh, a vegetarian, became the oldest man to be featured in a PETA campaign.^[20] In July 2012, Fauja Singh carried the Olympic torch.^[21]

Singh had stated that he would retire from competitive running after taking part in the Hong Kong marathon on 24 February 2013 (just 5 weeks shy of his 102nd birthday).^[2] He successfully completed the 10 kilometre run at the Hong Kong marathon in 1 hour 32 minutes and 28 seconds,  and fully intends to continue running for pleasure, health and charity.

Ajit Wadekar

Ajit  Wadekar  Born on April 01, 1941 at Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra He is Left Handed Batsman and Left-arm medium, Slow left-arm orthodox bowler  Major teams             :-     India, Mumbai TEST debut            :-    v West Indies, Dec 13, 1966, Brabourne Stadium  Last TEST             :-     v England, Jul 04, 1974, Edgbaston ODI debut              :-    v England, Jul 13, 1974, Headingley Last ODI               :-    v England, Jul 15, 1974, Kennington Oval

Wadekar's father wished him to study Mathematics so that he could become an engineer, but Wadekar instead preferred to play cricket. He made his first-class debut for Mumbai in 1958–59, before making his international debut in Test in December 1966, against the West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. After that he became a part of the regular team, and went on to play 37 Test matches for India between 1966 and 1974, generally batting at number three. An aggressive left-hand batsman who became slightly bogged down by responsibility, Ajit Wadekar's name will forever be linked with 1971 when he led the Indian team to historic triumphs in the West Indies and England. Wadekar made his first-class debut in 1958-59 but had to wait eight years before playing for India in 1966-67, despite a string of big scores around the domestic circuit. But he took little time to establish himself in the Indian team and was a tower of strength to the Indian batting for seven years, playing scintillating or valuable knocks depending upon the state of the game. He was one of the best No. 3 batsmen in the history of Indian cricket and one of the finest slip fielders. Vijay Merchant's casting vote as chairman of the selection committee ended MAK Pataudi's long reign as Indian captain and handed over the leadership to Wadekar in January 1971. He proved himself to be a capable captain, if not a shrewd tactician, and a combination of circumstances, and a fair share of good fortune, led to India beating West Indies and then England. A third successive series triumph over England, this time at home, followed in 1972-73 and Wadekar was at his peak as batsman and captain when he led India to England in 1974. What followed was anti climax. All three Tests were lost by margins that brooked no argument in what went down as the inglorious `Summer of 42'. Made a scapegoat, Wadekar was forced to retire, although a reluctance to spend time away from his young family would probably have led to him standing down whatever the outcome of the tour. Almost three decades later he renewed his association with Indian cricket as a successful manager of victorious Indian teams, striking a particularly good working relationship with Mohammad Azharuddin. In 2007, Wadekar joined the ICL where he served as a match referee, but was released from his contract with the unofficial league and was granted amnesty by the BCCI in 2009. Partab Ramchand June 2009 Carrier Batting   M Inn Runs HS Avg SR NO 100 50 4s 6s Tests 37 71 2113 143 31.07 87.21 3 1 14 217 2 ODI 2 2 73 67 36.5 81.11 0 0 1 11 0 Bowling M Inn B Runs Wkts BBI BBM Econ Avg SR 5W 10W Tests 37 7 61 55 0 0/0 0/0 5.5 0 0 0 0 ODI 2 0 0 0 0 -/- -/- 0 0 0 0 0

Koneru Humpy

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Born                :-    March 31, 1987 (age 25)Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Title                 :-    Grandmaster

FIDE               :-    2597 (March 2013)

Rating             :-    No. 2 ranked woman in the November 2012 FIDE World Rankings)

Peak rating   :-    2623 (July 2009)

Number of games in database:           604
Years covered:                               1998 to 2012
Last FIDE rating:                             2597
Highest rating achieved in database:  2623
Overall record:                              +241 -108 =201 (62.1%)


Koneru Humpy was born in Gudivada, near Vijayawada, in Andhra Pradesh and started playing chess when she was 5 years old. Humpy acquired her IM title in 1999, and in May 2002, she achieved her 3rd GM Norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament in Budapest. At the age of 15 years 1 month and 27 days, she became the youngest woman to become an international grandmaster. In October of 2007, she became the second female player ever (Judit Polgar was the first) to cross the 2600-Elo mark on the FIDE World Rating List.

 Koneru Humpy was born in Gudivada, near Vijayawada, in Andhra Pradesh and started playing chess when she was 5 years old. Humpy acquired her IM title in 1999, and in May 2002, she achieved her 3rd GM Norm in the Elekes Memorial Grandmaster tournament in Budapest. At the age of 15 years 1 month and 27 days, she became the youngest woman to become an international grandmaster. In October of 2007, she became the second female player ever (Judit Polgar was the first) to cross the 2600-Elo mark on the FIDE World Rating List.

 She has won four World Championships, including the World Girls Under 10, Under 12, Under 14 and World Girls Junior championships. She has participated in three Women's World Chess Championships: in 2006 in Ekaterinburg, she advanced to the second round; in 2008 in Nalchik she made it to the fifth round, before bowing out, effectively coming equal third in the competition, and then she played the best-of-ten Hou-Koneru Women's World Championship (2011), losing by 2.5-5.5 (+0 =5 -3). She won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan (2012) on tiebreak with 7.5/11 and placed 2nd in the 2011-12 Women's Grand Prix series. She suffered a shock loss to Natalia Zhukova in the second round of the FIDE Knock-Out Women's World Championship (2012), bowing out of the title contest. She also lost her chance to challenge for the 2013 World Women's title when Yifan Hou also lost in the second round; Koneru's challenge could only have occurred had Hou retained her title, as that latter will now exercise her right as the winner of the Grand Prix series to challenge the new Women's World Champion, GM Anna Ushenina, in 2013.

She is the elder sister of Chandra Hawsa Koneru.

As of 1 March 2013, Koneru's rating was 2597 making her the 2nd ranked woman in Asia and the 3rd ranked woman in the world. She is also India's number 7 ranked player and number 23 ranked player in Asia.

Reference Site -  chessgames.com

Sheila Dikshit

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Born                     :-     31 March 1938 (age 74)    Kapurthala,  Punjab Province, British India

Political party     :-    Indian National Congress


Spouse(s)           :-    Vinod Dikshit (deceased)
  
Children              :-    Sandeep and Latika

Alma mater           :-    University of Delhi

Sheila Dikshit was born in  31 March 1938 at  Kapurthala, Punjab  is an Indian politician who has served as Chief Minister of Delhi since 1998. She is a member of the Indian National Congress and has led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in Delhi. Dikshit represents the New Delhi constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi.

She was educated at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in New Delhi and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in history from the Miranda House at the University of Delhi. Dikshit was married to late Shri Vinod Dikshit from Unnao District(Unnao), UP, who had worked in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS).

Vinod Dikshit was son of independence activist and former West Bengal Governor Late Uma Shankar Dikshit, who belonged to Ugoo village of Unnao.
Dikshit has two children including a son, Sandeep Dikshit, who is a Member of Parliament (MP) from East Delhias a representative of the Indian National Congress.

 Dikshit became Chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in setting up two of the most successful hostels for working women in Delhi during the 1970s. She later worked as executive secretary of the Garment Exporters Association

During the period between 1984 and 1989, she represented Kannauj Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As a member of Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. Dikshit also chaired the Implementation Committee for Commemoration of Forty Years of India's Independence andJawaharlal Nehru centenary. She represented India at United Nations Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–1989).

Dikshit became Chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in setting up two of the most successful hostels for working women in Delhi during the 1970s. She later worked as executive secretary of the Garment Exporters Association

During the period between 1984 and 1989, she represented Kannauj Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As a member of Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. Dikshit also chaired the Implementation Committee for Commemoration of Forty Years of India's Independence andJawaharlal Nehru centenary. She represented India at United Nations Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–1989).

She represented India on the U.N. Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–89). In Uttar Pradesh, she and her 82 colleagues were jailed in August 1990 for 23 days by the state government when she led a movement against the atrocities being committed on women. Electrified by this, hundreds of thousands of citizens all over UP joined the movement and courted arrest. Earlier, in the early 1970s, she was chairperson of the Young Women's Association and was instrumental in the setting up two of most successful hostels for working women in Delhi.

Utpal Dutt

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Full Name       :-    Utpal Dutt

Born                 :-    March 29, 1929 in Barisal, Bengal [now Bangladesh]

Died                 :-    August 19, 1993 (age 64) in Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Father's Name    :-    Girijaranjan Dutta

Occupation     :-   Actor,director, playwright

Spouse(s)       :-   Shobha Sen 

Children          :-   Bishnupriya Dutt

His father's name is Girijaranjan Dutta. Initially went to St. Edmont School in Shillong for schooling, and completed Matriculation in 1945 from St. Xaviers Collegiate School. In 1949, he graduated with English Honours from St. Xaviers College. 

He was primarily an actor in Bengali theatre, where he became a pioneering figure in Modern Indian theatre, when he founded the 'Little Theater Group' in 1947, which enacted many English, Shakespearean and Brecht plays, in a period now known as the 'Epic theater' period, before immersing itself completely in highly political and radical theatre.

 His plays became apt vehicle of the expression for his Marxist ideologies, visible in socio-political plays like, Kallol (1965), Manusher Adhikar, Louha Manob (1964), Tiner Toloar and Maha-Bidroha. He also acted over 100 Bengali and Hindi films in his career spanning 40 years, and remains most known for his roles in films like Mrinal Sen’s Bhuvan Shome (1969), Satyajit Ray’s Agantuk (1991), Gautam Ghose’s Padma Nadir Majhi (1993) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's breezy comedies such as Gol Maal (1979) and Rang Birangi(1983).^[1][2][3][4]

He received National Film Award for Best Actor in 1970 and three Filmfare Best Comedian Awards. In 1990, theSangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre, awarded him its highest award the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for lifetime contribution to theatre.

list of  his films...............

• The Last Lear (2007) (story - based on Aajker Sajahan, by Dutt )
• Mera Damad (1995)
• Padma Nadir Majhi (1993)
• Misti Madhur (1993)
• Agantuk (1991)
• Jaan Pechaan (1991)
• Path-o-Prasad (1991)
• Jawani Zindabad (1990)
• Mera Pati Sirf Mera Hai (1990)
• Bahurani (1989)
• Mahaveera (1988)
• La Nuit Bengali (1988)
• Pyaar Ke Kabil (1987)
• Aaj Ka Robin Hood (1987)
• Aap Ke Saath (1986)
• Baat Ban Jaye (1986)
• Kirayadar (1986)
• Main Balwan (1986)
• Pathbhola (1986)
• Sadaa Suhagan (1986)
• Saaheb (1985)
• Aar Paar (1985)
• Anyay Abhchar (1985)
• Ulta Seedha (1985)
• Love Marriage (1984)
• John Jani Janardhan (1984)
• Lakhon Ki Baat (1984)
• Inquilaab (1984)
• Paar (1984)
• Yeh Desh (1984)
• Achha Bura (1983)
• Rang Birangi (1983)
• Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983)
• Pasand Apni Apni (1983)
• Shubh Kaamna (1983)
• Raaste Pyar Ke (1982)
• Hamari Bahu Alka (1982)
• Angoor (1982)
• Agni Pareeksha (1981)
• Naram Garam (1981)
• Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (1981) aka Anusandhan (India: Bengali title)
• Chaalchitra (1981)
• Meghmukti (1981)
• Shaukeen (1981)
• "Baisakhi Megh" (1981) as Colonel Manningham
• Agreement (1980)
• Hirak Rajar Deshe (1980)
• Apne Paraye (1980)
• Heerak Rajar Deshe (1980)
• Ram Balram (1980)
• Kartavya (1979) .... Dewan Dhanpati Rai
• Gol Maal (1979)
• The Great Gambler (1979)
• Jhor (1979)
• Prem Vivah (1979)
• Atithee (1978)
• Safed Haathi (1978)
• Joi Baba Felunath (1978)
• Toote Khilone (1978)
• Kotwal Saab (1977)
• Yehi Hai Zindagi (1977)
• Immaan Dharam (1977) .... Balbir Singh, Military Man
• Anand Ashram (1977)
• Anurodh (1977)
• Dulhan Wahi Jo Piya Man Bhaaye (1977)
• Farishta Ya Qatil (1977)
• Kissa Kursi Ka (1977)
• Priyatama (1977)
• Swami (1977)
• Jana Aranya (1976)
• Datta (1976)
• Do Anjaane (1976)
• Santan (1976)
• Seyi Chokh (1976)
• Shaque (1976)
• Amanush (1975)
• Julie (1975) (as Utpall Dutt)
• Anari (1975)
• Palanka^{[disambiguation needed]} (1975)
• Asati (1974)
• Chorus (1974 film) (1974)
• Jukti, Takko Aar Gappo (1974)
• Mr. Romeo (1974)
• Thagini (1974)
• Honeymoon (1973)
• Marjina Abdulla (1973)
• Shriman Prithviraj (1973)
• Ek Adhuri Kahani (1972)
• Mere Jeevan Saathi (1972)
• Sabse Bada Sukh (1972)
• Calcutta 71 (1971)
• Guddi (1971)
• Khunjey Berai (1971)
• Bombay Talkie (1970)
• Kalankita Nayak (1970)
• The Guru (1969)
• Bhuvan Shome (1969)
• Saat Hindustani (1969)
• Chowringhee (1968)
• Shakespeare-Wallah (1965)
• Momer Alo (1964)
• Shesh Anka (1963)
• Surya Sikha (1963)
• Rakta Palash (1962)
• Saptapadi (1961) (voice)
• Harano Sur (1957)
• Subhalagna (1956)
• Vikram Urvashi (1954)
• Michael Madhusudhan (1950)
• Vidyasagar (1950)

Chitrangada Singh

 Chitrangada Singh was  born in  28 March 1976 at  Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
She is best known for starring in Hazaaron Khwaishen Aisi (2005) and for her first mainstream commercial film, Desi Boyz (2011). She is married to Indian golfer Jyoti Randhawa.
Her brother is golfer Digvijay Singh. She, Digvijay and Tina are the children of an Army Officer. As a girl, she was known for looking like the late actress Smita Patil. "You have outdone Smita Patil," said Shekhar Kapur, when he saw Chitrangda Singh's performance in her debut movie Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi  (2003). She received training in Kathak (a classical dance) and enjoyed acting. 

 She began her career in Delhi as a model before making the transition to the silver screen. After completing her education, she entered modeling, where her ad credits include ICICI bank and Alukkas Jewellery, and gradually shifting to music videos, she performed in Gulzar's "Sunset Point.

It was in a music video of singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya, that she was spotted by Sudhir Mishra’s production manager. Subsequently, she made her much acclaimed debut with Sudhir Mishra's film Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi in 2003. The role got her wide acclaim: a Washington Post review noted her for giving "her character a deep sense of dignity and decency. After that Chitrangada acted in the 2005 film Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow. Chitrangada made her debut as an item girl in Shirish Kunder's Joker. Also she is to lend her voice to a score in the movie.

 She took a break from acting from 2005 to 2008. In 2008, she made her comeback with the leading role opposite Sanjay Suri in the director Onir's romantic-comedy, Sorry Bhai!. Its release over the weekend of theMumbai terror attacks proved disastrous at the box office.

In Sudhir Mishra's movie Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), Chitrangada played the role of an aspiring singer from Delhi who goes to Mumbai to get fame and money. She then starred in Rohit Dhawan's Desi Boyz, where she played the role of an economics teacher opposite Akshay Kumar. Desi Boyz also starred John Abraham and Deepika Padukone. Chitrangada is brand ambassador for Airtel, Parachute,Puma, Borges Olive Oil, Garnier, Aliva Crackers, Taj Mahal Tea and Joyalukkas Jewellers. She unveiled Tanishq's new collection at Tote in Mumbai on Wednesday 13 Oct 2010 afternoon.

Chitrangada Singh was spotted F Lounge, Lower Parel, Mumbai, for the launch of the latest issue of Women’s Health magazine. She graced the launch of the iconic British brand ‘Burberry’ store at the capital of our India for its niche and elite patrons.

Her latest movie is I, Me Aur Main, which is a directorial debut by Kapil Sharma starring John Abraham and Prachi Desai.

Films......

Year	Film	Role
2003	Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi	Geeta Rao
2005	Kal: Yesterday and Tomorrow	Bhavana Dayal
2008	Sorry Bhai!	Aaliyah
2010	Basra	Antara Mitra/Anna Pereira
2011	Yeh Saali Zindagi	Priti
2011	Desi Boyz	Tanya Sharma
2012	Joker	Herself
2013	Inkaar	Maya Luthra
2013	I, Me Aur Main	Anushka Lal