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Kalidasa India : Greatest Sanskrit Dramatist Birth—Death : 4th-5th Century A.D. Kalidasa is the greatest known Sanskrit dramatist and poet and in his hands Sanskrit literature had reached its zenith. He flourished during the reign of the Gupta ruler, Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Kalidasa was one of the Navratnas (9 gems or the most accomplished men of their times) at the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya. Kalidasa’s works include plays, epics and lyrics....
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George Stephenson England : Inventor of the Railway Birth : 1781 Death : 1848 George Stephenson will always be remembered as the inventor of railway which is the major means of transport in the world. The idea of inventing a railway engine came to him as a solution to the problem of hauling trucks of coal from coal mines to the distribution points which were then pulled...
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Aristotle Greece: Famous Philosopher Birth: 1781 Death : 1848 Aristotle is one of the three greatest philosophers of ancient Greece. The other two are Aristotle’s teacher Plato, and Plato’s teacher Socrates. Aristotle was a profound scholar and the range of his studies was extraordinarily wide; he studied and made original contributions in zoology, botany, physics, metaphysics, political science, economics, psychology, ethics, poetics and many more other disciplines. He, in...
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Lewis Carrol England : Author of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Birth : 1832 Death : 1898 Lewis Carroll is one of the greatest names in children’s literature in English. Alice in Wonderland (1865) is his most precious gift to the children all over the world. It takes children into a strange world which is quite amusing and entertaining for them. Carroll wrote one more book What Alice Found There based...
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John F. Kennedy U.S.A.: Popular Resident Birth : 1917 Death : 1963 John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of the most popular Presidents of U.S.A. He was also the first Roman Catholic and the youngest American to be elected to the office of the President of U.S.A. He was particularly very popular with the younger people and he represented their hopes and aspirations. In the 1960 Presidential elections he was...
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Agatha Christie Britain : Popular Writer of Detective Fiction Birth : 1891 Death : 1976 Dame Agatha Christie is the most popular detective fiction writer of our times. Her detective stories have become tremendously popular all over the world. They are full of suspense and thrill. For over half a century she reigned over the world of detective fiction as a queen. Her popularity can be known from the...
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Lata Mangeshkar India : Top Playback Singer Birth : 1928 Lata Mangeshkar has ruled over the hearts of millions of her listeners throughout the world for the last forty years by the magic of her voice. Her voice is especially noted for its remarkable freshness and sonority. She has sung songs based on classical Indian music and ragas, bhajans or devotional songs, comic songs, romantic songs and melancholic songs. Lata’s...
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Vasco de Gama Portugal : European Travellor Birth : 1469 Death : 1524 Vasco de Gama was the first European travellor to reach India through searoute. He holds the distinction of being the first person in discovering convenient sea-route for carrying out trade with India. Such an attempt had also been made by a Portuguese earlier, but he could not return to his country alive. Vasco de gama was keen...
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