BIO DATA:
Name:Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Father:Karamchand Gandhi
Mother:Putlibai
Born:2 October 1869 Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British India
Died:30 January 1948 (aged 78) New Delhi, Union of India
Cause of death:Assassination
Nationality :Indian
Other names:Mahatma Gandhi
Education :University College London
Known for :Indian Independence Movement
Political party:Indian National Congress
Religious beliefs:Hinduism
Spouse(s):Kasturba Gandhi
Children: Harilal,Manilal,Ramdas,Devdas
CAREER:
In South Africa, Gandhi faced discrimination directed at Indians. He was thrown off a train at Pietermaritzburg after refusing to move from the first class to a third class coach while holding a valid first class ticket. Traveling further on by stagecoach, he was beaten by a driver for refusing to travel on the foot board to make room for a European passenger. He suffered other hardships on the journey as well, including being barred from several hotels. In another incident, the magistrate of a Durban court ordered Gandhi to remove his turban, which he refused to do. These events were a turning point in his life, awakening him to social injustice and influencing his subsequent social activism. It was through witnessing firsthand the racism, prejudice and injustice against Indians in South Africa that Gandhi started to question his people's status within the British Empire, and his own place in society.
In 1915, Gandhi returned from South Africa to live in India. He spoke at the conventions of the Indian National Congress, but was primarily introduced to Indian issues, politics and the Indian people by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a respected leader of the Congress Party at the time.
Gandhi's principles See also: Gandhism Truth Gandhi dedicated his life to the wider purpose of discovering truth, or Satya. He tried to achieve this by learning from his own mistakes and conducting experiments on himself. He called his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth. Gandhi stated that the most important battle to fight was overcoming his own demons, fears, and insecurities. Gandhi summarized his beliefs first when he said "God is Truth". He would later change this statement to "Truth is God". Thus, Satya (Truth) in Gandhi's philosophy is "God". Nonviolence Although Mahatama Gandhi was in no way the originator of the principle of non-violence, he was the first to apply it in the political field on a huge scale.[28] The concept of nonviolence (ahimsa) and nonresistance has a long history in Indian religious thought and has had many revivals in Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, Jewish and Christian contexts. Gandhi explains his philosophy and way of life in his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth
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GANDHI'S biography
KAMAL's BIOGRAPHY
BIO DATA:
Name:Kamal Haasan
Birth Date: November 7, 1954
Father: criminal lawyer named D. Srinivasan
Mother: Rajalakshmi,
In 1978, at the age of twenty-four, Haasan met and married Vani Ganapathy, who was elder to him. Vani became costume designer for Haasan's movies. However, the pair split after ten years together. Subsequently, Haasan and Sarika married in 1988, with the pair having two children: Shruti Haasan (born 1986) and Akshara Haasan (born 1991). Sarika retired from acting roles soon after her marriage with Haasan replacing his ex-wife, Vani Ganapthy, as Haasan's costume designer. The pair filed for divorced in 2002.
Kamal Haasan made his film debut as a 6-year-old child artiste, in the 1960 film Kalathur Kannamma, directed by A. Bhimsingh. He was cast along with the veteran Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan in the film, which won him the National Film Award for Best Child Artist. He acted as a child actor in five other Tamil films in the subsequent few years co-starring with Sivaji Ganesan and M. G. Ramachandran.
CAREER:
National Film Awards
* 1960 — Best Child Artist for Kalathur Kannamma
* 1982 — Best Actor Award for Moondram Pirai
* 1987 — Best Actor Award for Nayagan
* 1996 — Best Actor Award for Indian
* 1986 — Best Actor Award for Saagar
* 1998 — Best Story Award for Virasat
* 1988 — Best Actor Award for Pushpak Malayalam
* 1974 — Best Actor Award for Kanyakumari
* 1978 — Best Actor Award for Yaetta
Tamil
* 1975 — Best Actor Award for Apoorva Raagangal
* 1976 — Best Actor Award for Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu
* 1977 — Best Actor Award for 16 Vayadhinile
* 1978 — Best Actor Award for Sigappu Rojakal
* 1981 — Best Actor Award for Raja Paarvai
* 1991 — Best Actor Award for Guna
* 1992 — Best Actor Award for Thevar Magan
* 1995 — Best Actor Award for Kuruthipunal
* 1996 — Best Actor Award for Indian
* 2000 — Best Actor Award for Hey Ram
Telugu
* 1981 — Best Actor Award for Aakali Rajyam
* 1983 — Best Actor Award for Sagara Sangamam
* 1989 — Best Actor Award for Indrudu Chandrudu
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
* 1996 — Best Actor Award for Indian
* 2006 — Best Actor Award for Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Nandi Awards
* 1983 — Best Actor Award for Saagara Sangamam
* 1986 — Best Actor Award for Swathi Muthyam
* 1989 — Best Actor Award for Indrudu Chandrudu
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival
* 2004 — Best Film Award for Virumaandi
Special honours
* 1990 — Padma Shri
* 2005 — Honorary Doctorate
* 2007 — FICCI Living Legend
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GEORGE W. BUSH biography
BIO DATA:
Born: July 6, 1946 (1946-07-06) (age 62) New Haven, Connecticut
Birth name :George Walker Bush
Nationality :American
Political party :Republican
Spouse :Laura Bush
Children:Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Welch Hager
Residence :Dallas, Texas
Crawford, Texas
Alma mater :Yale University Harvard Business School
Occupation :Businessman(oil, baseball)
Religion:United Methodist
Education
As a child, Bush attended public schools in Midland, Texas until the family moved to Houston after he completed seventh grade. He then went to The Kinkaid School, a prep school in Houston, for two years. Bush finished his high school years at Phillips Academy, a boarding school (then all-male) in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and during his senior year was the head cheerleader.Bush attended Yale University from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in history.During this time, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon, being elected the fraternity's president during his senior year.Bush also became a member of the secretive Skull and Bones society as a college senior. He characterized himself as an average student. Beginning in the fall of 1973, Bush attended the Harvard Business School, where he earned an MBA. He is the only US President to have earned an MBA.
CAREER:
In 1978, Bush ran for the House of Representatives from Texas's 19th congressional district. His opponent, Kent Hance, portrayed him as being out of touch with rural Texans; Bush lost the election by 6,000 votes (6%) of the 103,000 votes cast.He returned to the oil industry and began a series of small, independent oil exploration companies.He created Arbusto Energy, and later changed the name to Bush Exploration. In 1984, his company merged with the larger Spectrum 7, and Bush became chairman.The company was hurt by a decline in oil prices, and as a result, it folded into Harken Energy.Bush served on the board of directors for Harken.Questions of possible insider trading involving Harken arose, but the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) investigation concluded that the information Bush had at the time of his stock sale was not sufficient to constitute insider trading.
Bush moved his family to Washington, D.C. in 1988 to work on his father's campaign for the U.S. presidency. He worked as a campaign adviser and served as liaison to the media;he assisted his father by campaigning across the country.Returning to Texas after the successful campaign, he purchased a share in the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in April 1989, where he served as managing general partner for five years.He actively led the team's projects and regularly attended its games, often choosing to sit in the open stands with fans.The sale of Bush's shares in the Rangers in 1998 brought him over $15 million from his initial $800,000 investment.
In December 1991, Bush was one of seven people named by his father to run his father's 1992 Presidential re-election campaign as "campaign advisor".The prior month, Bush had been asked by his father to tell White House chief of staff John H. Sununu that he should resign.
Governor of Texas in the year of 1994
President of America in the year of 2000
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Gates' biography
BIO-DATA:
Name:William H. Gates
Father:J. W. Maxwell
Schooling at :Lakeside School.
College:Gates graduated from Lakeside School in 1973. He scored 1590 out of 1600 on the SAT and subsequently enrolled at Harvard College in the fall of 1973.
Wife:Melinda French
Children: Jennifer Katharine (1996), Rory John (1999) and Phoebe Adele (2002).
Gates is also known as an avid reader, and the ceiling of his large home library is engraved with a quotation from The Great Gatsby. He also enjoys playing bridge, tennis, and golf.
Gates was number one on the "Forbes 400" list from 1993 through to 2007 and number one on Forbes list of "The World's Richest People" from 1995 to 2007 and 2009. In 1999, Gates's wealth briefly surpassed $101 billion, causing the media to call him a "centibillionaire". Since 2000, the nominal value of his Microsoft holdings has declined due to a fall in Microsoft's stock price after the dot-com bubble burst and the multi-billion dollar donations he has made to his charitable foundations. In a May 2006 interview, Gates commented that he wished that he were not the richest man in the world because he disliked the attention it brought.
CAREER:
BASIC
MITS Altair 8800 Computer with 8-inch (200 mm) floppy disk system After reading the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics that demonstrated the Altair 8800, Gates contacted Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), the creators of the new microcomputer, to inform them that he and others were working on a BASIC interpreter for the platform.In reality, Gates and Allen did not have an Altair and had not written code for it; they merely wanted to gauge MITS's interest. MITS president Ed Roberts agreed to meet them for a demo, and over the course of a few weeks they developed an Altair emulator that ran on a minicomputer, and then the BASIC interpreter. The demonstration, held at MITS's offices in Albuquerque, was a success and resulted in a deal with MITS to distribute the interpreter as Altair BASIC.
Gates oversaw Microsoft's company restructuring on June 25, 1981, which re-incorporated the company in Washington and made Gates President of Microsoft and the Chairman of the Board.Microsoft launched its first retail version of Microsoft Windows on November 20, 1985, and in August, the company struck a deal with IBM to develop a separate operating system called OS/2. Although the two companies successfully developed the first version of the new system, mounting creative differences undermined the partnership. Gates distributed an internal memo on May 16, 1991 announcing that the OS/2 partnership was over and Microsoft would shift its efforts to the Windows NT kernel development.
Recognition
Time magazine named Gates one of the 100 people who most influenced the 20th century, as well as one of the 100 most influential people of 2004, 2005, and 2006. Time also collectively named Gates, his wife Melinda and alternative rock band U2's lead singer Bono as the 2005 Persons of the Year for their humanitarian efforts.In 2006, he was voted eighth in the list of "Heroes of our time".Gates was listed in the Sunday Times power list in 1999, named CEO of the year by Chief Executive Officers magazine in 1994, ranked number one in the "Top 50 Cyber Elite" by Time in 1998, ranked number two in the Upside Elite 100 in 1999 and was included in The Guardian as one of the "Top 100 influential people in media" in 2001.
Gates has authored two books:
* The Road Ahead (1995)
* Business @ the Speed of Thought (1999)
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A P J Abdul Kalam 'S biography..
BIO-DATA:
Name:Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
Born:October 15, 1931 (1931-10-15) (age 77),Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Religion:Islam.
Kalam's father was a devout Muslim, who owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen and was a good friend of Hindu religious leaders and the school teachers at Rameshwaram. APJ Abdul Kalam mentions in his biography that to support his studies, he started his career as a newspaper vendor. This was also told in the book, A Boy and His Dream: Three Stories from the Childhood of Abdul Kalam by Vinita Krishna. The house Kalam was born in can still be found on the Mosque street in Rameshwaram, and his brother's curio shop abuts it. This has become a point-of-call for tourists who seek out the place. Kalam grew up in an intimate relationship with nature, and he says in Wings of Fire that he never could imagine that water could be so powerful a destroying force as that he witnessed when he was thirty three. That was in 1964 when a cyclonic storm swept away the Pamban bridge and a trainload of passengers with it and also Kalam's native village, Dhanushkodi. Kalam is a scholar of Thirukkural; in most of his speeches, he quotes at least one kural. Kalam has written several inspirational books, most notably his autobiography Wings of Fire, aimed at motivating Indian youth. Another of his books, Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life reveals his spiritual side. He has written poems in Tamil as well. It has been reported that there is considerable demand in South Korea for translated versions of books authored by him. Kalam has also patronised grassroots innovations. He is closely associated with the Honey Bee Network and The National innovation Foundation. The NIF is a body of Government of India and operates from Ahmadabad, Gujrat.
CAREER:
Kalam as an engineer
Abdul Kalam graduated from Madras Institute of Technology majoring in Aeronautical Engineering. As the Project Director, He was heavily involved in the development of India's first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-III). As Chief Executive of Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), he also played a major part in developing many missiles of India including Agni and Prithvi. Although the entire project has been criticized for being overrun and mismanaged.[8]. He was the Chief Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Department of Defence Research & Development from July 1992 to December 1999. Pokhran-II nuclear tests were conducted during this period, led by him.
Honours
Kalam has received honorary doctorates from as many as thirty universities, including the Carnegie Mellon University and the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore.[9] The Government of India has honoured him with the nation's highest civilian honours: the Padma Bhushan in 1981; Padma Vibhushan in 1990; and the Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his work with ISRO and DRDO and his role as a scientific advisor to the Indian government.. Kalam is the Third President of India to have been honoured with a Bharat Ratna before being elected to the highest office, the other two being Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and Zakir Hussain. He is also the first scientist and first bachelor to occupy Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Books and documentaries Kalam's writings
* Wings of Fire: An Autobiography of APJ Abdul Kalam by A.P.J Abdul Kalam,
* Scientist to President by Abdul A.P.J. Kalam;
* Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam;
* India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
* India-my-dream by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam;
* Envisioning an Empowered Nation: Technology for Societal Transformation by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam; .
* Guiding Souls: Dialogues on the Purpose of Life by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, .
* Children Ask Kalam by A.P.J Abdul Kalam;
Biographies
* Eternal Quest: Life and Times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam
* President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam by R. K. Pruthi;
* A. P. J. Abdul Kalam: The Visionary of India.
* A little Dream' (documentary film)
* The Kalam Effect: My Years with the President .
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Mukesh Ambani's Biography
BIO-DATA:
Name:Mukesh Ambani.
Born :April 19, 1957 (1957-04-19) (age 52) Colony of Aden, Yemen Residence,Mumbai, India
Father:Dhirubhai Ambani.
Nationality :Indian
Occupation:Chairman, Managing Director of Reliance Industries
Spouse(s): Nita Ambani
Children :Isha, Anant and Akash.
Education
Mukesh Ambani was educated at Abaay Morischa School in Mumbai and completed his graduation with a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the UDCT. Mukesh later enrolled for an MBA from Stanford University but completed only one year of the two year program.
He likes to visit Kruger National Park in South Africa.Along with buissness he also likes sports.He owns Mumbai Indains.
He is also a member of Council on Foreign Relations Mukesh Ambani is now the co-chairman of Reliance Industries Limited.
CAREER:
Mukesh Ambani joined Reliance in 1981 and initiated Reliance's backward integration from textiles into polyester fibres and further into petrochemicals. In this process, he directed the creation of 60 new, world-class manufacturing facilities involving diverse technologies that have raised Reliance's manufacturing capacities from less than a million tonnes to twelve million tonnes per year.
He directed and led the creation of the world's largest grassroots petroleum refinery at Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, with a present capacity of 660,000 barrels per day (105,000 m³/d) (33 million tonnes per year) integrated with petrochemicals, power generation, port and related infrastructure, at an investment of Rs 100000 crore (nearly $26 billion USD).He will soon inaugrte his second refinary in motikhavdi, jamnagar
Mukesh Ambani set up one of the largest telecommunications companies in India in the form of Reliance Communications (formerly Reliance Infocom) Limited. However, Reliance Infocom now is under Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group post the brothers' split. Had the two brothers not split, and Mukesh being the president , his net worth would have been around $45 billion, behind Walton family. Under Ambani's leadership, Reliance has entered retail business through its wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Retail.
Achievements
* Chosen the businessman of the year 2007 by a public poll in India conducted by NDTV * Conferred the United States-India Business Council (USIBC) leadership award for "Global Vision" 2007 in Washington. * Ranked 42nd among the World's Most Respected Business Leaders and second among the four Indian CEOs featured in a survey conducted by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and published in Financial Times, London, November 2004. * Conferred the World Communication Award for the Most Influential Person in Telecommunications in 2004 by Total Telecom, October, 2004. * Chosen Telecom Man of the Year 2004 by Voice and Data magazine, September 2004. * Ranked 13th in Asia's Power 25 list of The Most Powerful People in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004. * Conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington D.C., USA, May 2004. * Ranked No.1 for the second consecutive year, in The Power List 2004 published by India Today, March 2004. * Recorded as the first Trillionaire in India, June 2007. * Awarded the "Chitralekha Person of the Year Award -- 2007" by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. * Chairman of IIMB
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Nehru's Biography
BIO-DATA:
Name:Jawaharlal Nehru
Parents:Swarup Rani and Motilal Nehru
Born:14 November 1889(1889-11-14),Allahabad, United Provinces, India
Died :27 May 1964 (aged 74),New Delhi, India
Nationality :Indian
Spouse: Kamala Nehru
Children: Indira Gandhi
Profession :Barrister
Religion :Hindu
Nehru and his colleagues had been released as the British Cabinet Mission arrived to propose plans for transfer of power. Once elected, Nehru headed an interim government, which was impaired by outbreaks of communal violence and political disorder, and the opposition of the Muslim League led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who were demanding a separate Muslim state of Pakistan. After failed bids to form coalitions, Nehru reluctantly supported the partition of India as per a plan released by the British on 3 June 1947. He would take office as the Prime Minister of India on 15 August, and delivered his inaugural address titled "A Tryst With Destiny":
CAREER:
Economic policies
Nehru presided over the introduction of a modified, "Indian" version of state planning and control over the economy. Creating the Planning commission of India, Nehru drew up the first Five-Year Plan in 1951, which charted the government's investments in industries and agriculture. Increasing business and income taxes, Nehru envisaged a mixed economy in which the government would manage strategic industries such as mining, electricity and heavy industries, serving public interest and a check to private enterprise. Nehru pursued land redistribution and launched programmes to build irrigation canals, dams and spread the use of fertilizers to increase agricultural production. He also pioneered a series of community development programs aimed at spreading diverse cottage industries and increasing efficiency into rural India. While encouraging the construction of large dams (which Nehru called the 'new temples of India'), irrigation works and the generation of hydroelectricity, Nehru also launched India's programme to harness nuclear energy.
Education and social reform
Jawaharlal Nehru was a passionate advocate of education for India's children and youth, believing it essential for India's future progress. His government oversaw the establishment of many institutions of higher learning, including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institutes of Management. Nehru also outlined a commitment in his five-year plans to guarantee free and compulsory primary education to all of India's children. For this purpose, Nehru oversaw the creation of mass village enrollment programmes and the construction of thousands of schools. Nehru also launched initiatives such as the provision of free milk and meals to children in order to fight malnutrition. Adult education centres, vocational and technical schools were also organised for adults, especially in the rural areas.
National security and foreign policy
Although having promised in 1948 to hold a plebiscite in Kashmir under the auspices of the U.N., Nehru grew increasingly wary of the U.N. and declined to hold a plebiscite in 1953. He ordered the arrest of the Kashmiri politician Sheikh Abdullah, whom he had previously supported but now suspected of harbouring separatist ambitions; Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad replaced him. On the international scene, Nehru was a champion of pacifism and a strong supporter of the United Nations. He pioneered the policy of non-alignment and co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement of nations professing neutrality between the rival blocs of nations led by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Recognising the People's Republic of China soon after its founding (while most of the Western bloc continued relations with the Republic of China), Nehru sought to establish warm and friendly relations with it despite the invasion of Tibet in 1950, and hoped to act as an intermediary to bridge the gulf and tensions between the communist states and the Western bloc. nt size>
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Barack Obama's BIOGRAPHY
BIO-DATA:
Name:Barack Obama
Born :August 4, 1961 (1961-08-04) (age 47),Honolulu, Hawaii.
Birth name:Barack Hussein Obama II.
Nationality :American
Political party: Democratic
Spouse:Michelle Obama (m. 1992)
Children:Malia Ann (b.1998)
Natasha (Sasha) (b.2001)
Residence :Chicago, IL (private),White House, Washington, D.C. (official)
Alma mater:Occidental College, Columbia University (B.A.), Harvard Law School (J.D.)
Occupation:Community organizer,Lawyer,Constitutional law professor,Author
Religion:Christian, former member of United Church of Christ.
CAREER:
State legislator: 1997–2004
Obama was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1996, succeeding State Senator Alice Palmer as Senator from Illinois's 13th District, which then spanned Chicago South Side neighborhoods from Hyde Park-Kenwood south to South Shore and west to Chicago Lawn. Once elected, Obama gained bipartisan support for legislation reforming ethics and health care laws. He sponsored a law increasing tax credits for low-income workers, negotiated welfare reform, and promoted increased subsidies for childcare.[49] In 2001, as co-chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Obama supported Republican Governor Ryan's payday loan regulations and predatory mortgage lending regulations aimed at averting home foreclosures. 2004 U.S. Senate campaign
In May 2002, Obama commissioned a poll to assess his prospects in a 2004 U.S. Senate race; he created a campaign committee, began raising funds and lined up political media consultant David Axelrod by August 2002, and formally announced his candidacy in January 2003.Decisions by Republican incumbent Peter Fitzgerald and his Democratic predecessor Carol Moseley Braun not to contest the race launched wide-open Democratic and Republican primary contests involving fifteen candidates.Obama's candidacy was boosted by Axelrod's advertising campaign featuring images of the late Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and an endorsement by the daughter of the late Paul Simon, former U.S. Senator for Illinois. In the March 2004 primary election, Obama won an unexpected landslide victory with 53% of the vote in a seven-candidate field, 29% ahead of his nearest Democratic rival, which overnight made him a rising star in the national Democratic Party and started speculation about a presidential future.
2008 presidential campaign
Obama stands on stage with his wife and two daughters just before announcing his presidential candidacy in Springfield, Illinois, Feb. 10, 2007. On February 10, 2007, Obama announced his candidacy for President of the United States in front of the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois.The choice of the announcement site was symbolic because it was also where Abraham Lincoln delivered his historic "House Divided" speech in 1858.Throughout the campaign, Obama emphasized the issues of rapidly ending the Iraq War, increasing energy independence and providing universal health care.
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RAJINI KANTH'S biography
BIO-DATA:
Name: Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (Rajinikanth)
D.O.B : 12th December, 1950
Category: Actor
Country: India, Tamilnadu
Family: Father - Ramoji Rao,
Mother - Rambhai,
Wife - Latha Rajinikanth,
Daughter - Aishwarya & Sowandarya.
Rajnikanth studied at the Acharya Paathshala and Vivekananda Balaka Sangha in Bangalore. He worked as a bus conductor for the Bangalore Transport Service to earn a living. His love for acting was evident even then as he used to participate in stage plays and practice stunts at the Rama Hanuman Temple. In 1973, he joined the Madras Film Institute with a colleague to study acting and was mentored by A.Prabhakaran, his vice principal. He married actor Y.G.Mahendran’s sister Latha Parthasarthy in 1981 in Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh. She runs a school called The Ashram. They have two daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya. While Aishwarya is married to actor Dhanush, Soundarya is a director, producer and graphic designer. Rajnikanth was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 for his contribution to cinema.
CAREER:
1975 Apoorva Raagangal
1976 Moondru Mudichu
1977 16 Vayathinile
1978 Mullum Malarum
1979 Ninaithale Inikkum
1100% Billa
Murattu Kalai
1981 Thee
Thillu Mullu
1982 Moondru Mugam
1984 Nallavanuku Nallavan
1985 Sri Raghavendra
1991 Thalapathi
1992 Annamalai
1995 Baasha
Muthu
Ejamaan
1999 Padayappa
2005 Chandramukhi
2007 Sivaji: The Boss
2010 Endhiran
Rajinikanth was named as one of the influential persons in South Asia by Asiaweek.He has won a Filmfare Best Tamil Actor Award for the film Nallavanuku Nallavan in 1984.Rajinikanth, despite these awards, has not yet received a National Film Award. Between 1977 and 2005, Rajinikanth received several awards from Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Filmfare Awards, Cinema Express and Filmfans Association for his on-screen performances and off-screen contributions in writing and producing. He has received awards in the Best Actor category for his performance in the films Sivaji, Chandramukhi, Padayappa, Peddarayudu, Baasha, Muthu, Annamalai, Thalapathy, Velaikaran, Sri Raghavendra, Nallavanuku Nallavan, Moondru Mugam, Enkeyo Ketta Kural, Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai, Mullum Malarum and 16 Vayathinile. He received an award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Bhuvana Oru Kelvi Kuri. He has also received awards in Best Story Writer and Best Producer categories for Valli. He has also received other honours such as the Raj Kapoor Award in 2007 from the Government of Maharashtra. He was named and honoured with the Padma Bhushan award, India's third highest civilian honour, in 2000 from the Government of India.In September 2005, Rajinikanth won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Chandramukhi. Recently, he was selected as the Indian Entertainer of the Year for 2007 by NDTV, competing against the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Shilpa Shetty.
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SHARUK'S Biography
BIO-DATA:
Name:Shahrukh Khan
Father:Taj Mohammed Khan, was an Indian freedom fighter from Peshawar, British India.
Born:2 November 1965 (1965-11-02) (age 43),New Delhi, India.
Schooling and College:Khan attended St. Columba's School .Hansraj College (1985-1988) and earned his Economics (honors). Though he pursued a Masters Degree in Mass Communications at Jamia Millia Islamia, he later opted out to make his career in Bollywood.
Other name(s): Shah Rukh Khan, King Khan, SRK
Occupation:Actor, Producer, Television presenter
Years active:1988–present
Spouse(s):Gauri Khan (1991-present )
After the death of his parents, Khan moved to Mumbai in 1991. In that same year, before any of his films were released, he married Gauri Chibber (who is a Hindu) in a traditional Hindu wedding ceremony on 25 October 1991.They have two children, son Aryan Khan (b. 1997) and daughter Suhana (b. 2000). According to Khan, while he strongly believes in Allah, he also values his wife's religion. At home, his children follow both religions, with the Qur'an being situated next to the Hindu gods. In 2005, Nasreen Munni Kabir produced a two-part documentary on Khan, titled The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan. Featuring his 2004 Temptations concert tour, the film contrasted Khan's inner world of family and daily life with the outer world of his work. The book Still Reading Khan, which details his family life, was released in 2006. Another book by Anupama Chopra, "King of Bollywood: Shahrukh Khan and the seductive world of Indian cinema", was released in 2007. This book described the world of Bollywood through Khan's life.
CAREER AND AWARDS:
Background Khan studied acting under celebrated Theatre Director Barry John at Delhi's Theatre Action Group (TAG). In 2007, John commented thus on his former pupil that, "The credit for the phenomenally successful development and management of Shahrukh's career goes to the superstar himself." Khan made his acting debut in 1988 when he appeared in the television series, Fauji, playing the role of Commando Abhimanyu Rai.He went on to appear in several other television serials, most notably in the 1989 serial, Aziz Mirza's Circus, which depicted the life of circus performers.The same year, Khan also had a minor role in the made-for-television English-language film, In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, which was based on life at Delhi University and was written by Arundhati Roy.
Producer
Khan turned producer when he set up a production company called Dreamz Unlimited with Juhi Chawla and director Aziz Mirza in 1999. The first two of the films he produced and starred in: Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani (2000) and Asoka (2001) were box office failures.However, his third film as a producer and star, Chalte Chalte (2003), proved a box office hit. In 2004, Khan set up another production company, Red Chillies Entertainment, and produced and starred in Main Hoon Na, another hit. The following year, he produced and starred in the fantasy film Paheli, which did poorly. It was, however, India's official entry to the Academy Awards for consideration for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not pass the final selection. Also in 2005, Khan co-produced the supernatural horror film Kaal with Karan Johar, and performed an item number for the film with Malaika Arora Khan. Kaal was moderately successful at the box office. His company has gone on to produce Om Shanti Om (2007), in which he starred, and Billu (2009), in which he played a supporting role as a Bollywood superstar.
Awards
Shahrukh Khan got 22 Filmfare Awards for different Categories of acting.
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SACHIN TENDULKAR'S Biography.
BIO-DATA:
Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
Father: Ramesh Tendulkar, a Marathi novelist,
Born :24 April 1973 (1973-04-24) (age 35),Mumbai, India
Wife and Children:Anjali (born November 10, 1967), a paediatrician ,Sara (born October 12, 1997), and Arjun (born September 24, 1999).
Nickname:Little Master, Master Blaster, The Master,The Little Champion
Height :5 ft 5 in (1.7 m)
Batting style :Right-handed
Bowling style: Right-arm leg break/off break/medium
Role :Batsman
Tendulkar attended Sharadashram Vidyamandir (High School), where he began his cricketing career under the guidance of his coach and mentor, Ramakant Achrekar. During his school days he attended the MRF Pace Foundation to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that Tendulkar focus on his batting instead. When he was young, Tendulkar would practice for hours on end in the nets. If he became exhausted, Achrekar would put a one-Rupee-coin on the top of the stumps, and the bowler who dismissed Tendulkar would get the coin. If Tendulkar passed the whole session without getting dismissed, the coach would give him the coin. Tendulkar now considers the 13 coins he won then as some of his most prized possessions. While at school, he developed a reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common conversation point in Mumbai circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. His season in 1988 was extraordinary, with Tendulkar scoring a century in every innings he played. He was involved in an unbroken 664-run partnership in a Lord Harris Shield inter-school game in 1988 with friend and team mate Vinod Kambli, who would also go on to represent India. The destructive pair reduced one bowler to tears and made the rest of the opposition unwilling to continue the game. Tendulkar scored 326* in this innings and scored over a thousand runs in the tournament.
CAREER:
Domestic career
On December 11, 1988, aged just 15 years and 232 days, Tendulkar scored 100 not-out in his debut first-class match for Mumbai against Gujarat, making him the youngest cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut. His first double century was for Mumbai while playing against the visiting Australian team at the Brabourne Stadium in 1998. Tendulkar is the only player to score a century in all three of his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debuts. In 1992, at the age of 19, Tendulkar became the first overseas born player to represent Yorkshire (Craig White, although born in Yorkshire was the first player to be signed as an overseas player by Yorkshire. He had to be listed as an overseas player as he had already played for Victoria in Australia). Tendulkar played 16 first-class matches for the county and scored 1070 runs at an average of 46.52.
Indian Premier League Tendulkar was made the icon player and captain for his home side, the Mumbai Indians in the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition in 2008.As an icon player, he was signed for a sum of US$1,121,250, 15% more than the second-highest paid player in the team, Sanath Jayasuriya.
Captaincy
Tendulkar's two tenures as captain of the Indian cricket team were not very successful. When Tendulkar took over as Captain in 1996, it was with huge hopes and expectations. However, by 1997 the team was performing poorly. Azharuddin was credited with saying "Nahin jeetega! Chote ki naseeb main jeet nahin hai!",[28] which translates into: "He won't win! It's not in the small one's destiny". Tendulkar, succeeding Azharuddin as captain for his second term, then led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by the newly-crowned world champions.[29] Tendulkar, however, was at his usual best and won the player of the tournament award as well as player of the match in one of the games. After another Test series defeat, this time by a 0-2 margin at home against South Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000.
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SplashData reveals 2011's 25 worst passwords
Reaffirming a smaller study released earlier this year, SplashData has published a list of this year's 25 worst passwords. We've seen countless security breaches this year and in many of those cases, the hackers released the stolen data online. SplashData has used that information to compile its list. Although some of the swiped passwords were shamelessly stored in plaintext, most were encrypted. In other words, for the following passwords to even make it on the top 25 list, they must have been cracked. That just further illustrates how worthless they are:
1. password 6. monkey 11. baseball 16. ashley 21. 654321
2. 123456 7. 1234567 12. 111111 17. bailey 22. superman
3. 12345678 8. letmein 13. iloveyou 18. passw0rd 23. qazwsx
4. qwerty 9. trustno1 14. master 19. shadow 24. michael
5. abc123 10. dragon 15. sunshine 20. 123123 25. football
Naturally, if you're using any of those passwords, you should change them immediately. SplashData offers other tips on securing your Web accounts. For starters, you'll want to use passwords of at eight characters or more with mixed alphanumerics. Without the help of a service such as LastPass or RoboForm it can be difficult to remember long, randomly generated strings of text. SplashData suggests using memorable short words separated by spaces or other characters such as "eat cake at 8!" or "car_park_city?". Programs such as KeePass can safely store your passwords locally.
"Hackers can easily break into many accounts just by repeatedly trying common passwords. Even though people are encouraged to select secure, strong passwords, many people continue to choose weak, easy-to-guess ones, placing themselves at risk from fraud and identity theft," said SplashData CEO Morgan Slain. "What you don't want is a password that is easily guessable. If you have a password that is short or common or a word in the dictionary, it's like leaving your door open for identity thieves." With attackers on the prowl this holiday season, it's a great time to secure your accounts.
In a completely anecdotal side note, I feel compelled to mention that it seems some people are lured into a false sense of invincibility online. Perhaps it's because of the Web's relative anonymity, their general misunderstanding of the technology, or both. Many of the same individuals would cling to symbols of real world security -- be that an easily bypassed $10 door lock or forfeiting civil liberties to travel. Point being: it's odd that many people don't take advantage of free and easy security measures online, but they'll go to great lengths for lackluster security measures in the real world.
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