William Gilbert Grace   England : Cricket Patriarch Birth : 1848                 Death : 1915 William Gilbert Grace occupies a historical place in the world of cricket. As a cricketer he is beyond all comparison. His cricket career spanned, over decades and his achievements are sheerly stupendous. The records he made look impossible, yet, they, are true. W.G. Grace was born on 18th June 1848, in Bristol (England). He was a...

Wilhelm K Roentgen   Germany : Physicist and Discoverer of X-rays Birth :1845        Death : 1923 The name of Roentgen is well-known throughout the world as the discoverer of X-rays. 13tit he is equally famous for another reason also as a recipient of the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901. Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays in 1895 was a matter of chance only. One day he was carrying out experiments...

Prakash Padukone   India : Noted Badminton Player Birth : 1955   Prakash Padukone is the most successful Badminton player of India who has won laurels for his country by his brilliant achievements in international badminton. He was the national badminton champion for 9 consecutive years during 1970-78. When he was only 15, he made a record by winning junior boys and men’s singles’ badminton titles in 1971. Padukone’s achievements in...

Garfield Sobers   West Indies : Best All-rounder (Cricket) Birth :1936 Sir Garfield Sobers holds a position of pre-eminence among all the cricket all-rounders. He has held supremacy in all the departments of the cricket In 1971, Sobers received the honour of leading the World-Eleven. Sobers became captain of the West Indies cricket team in 1963 and grew to become one of the most successful captains in the cricket history. The...

P T Usha   India : Flying Queen Birth :1964 Pilavulakandi Thekkeparambil Usha has emerged as the most outstanding Indian woman athlete of the 1980s. In the recent years she has brought much glory and honour to her country in the field of sports, and in fame she has outdone many other Indian women athletes till date. Usha, in fact, at present is the best runner of Aisa. In the 10th...

Milkha Singh   India : Flying Sikh Birth :1935 Milkha Singh is one of the most outstanding athletes of India. He has earned the nickname of ‘Flying Sikh’ because of his marvellous running speed on the tracks. He dominated the Indian athletic scene in 1950s and 60s and enhanced the prestige of his country by his achievements. Milkha Singh in fact, measured his successes in distance. In 1957, he established a...

Thomas Alva Edison U.S.A.: Greatest Inventor Birth: 1847         Death: 1931 Thomas Alva Edison is generally considered the greatest inventor of all times. He was also a scientist of a very high calibre and is called the king among the scientists of the world. The most noteworthy inventions of Edison which have proved of lasting service to mankind are the gramophone or phonograph (1876) that filled the world’s atmosphere with music, the...

Sunil Gavaskar   India : Greatest Batsman Birth :1949   Sunil Manohar Gavaskar is the pride of the cricket world. He is widely held as the world’s top batsman in view of his many brilliant records on the cricket ground. He has hit 34 centuries and thereby broken the previous record of Don Bradman’s 29 centuries, he has also scored more than 10,000 runs, highest by any batsman. Sunil Gavaskar is...