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    Introduction and Background Raghunath Anant Mashelkar‚ is a former Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research‚ a chain of 38 publicly funded industrial research and development institutions in India. He has very humble beginnings in a village called Mashel in Goa. His mother migrated to Bombay in search of a job after the demise of his father. He trained as a Chemical Engineer in Mumbai’s UDCT. He has made some path-breaking contributions in transport phenomena. In the

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    The President of India has approved 393 Gallantry and other Defence awards for the personnel serving the country in either of the three forces- Army‚ Navy and Air Forcerespectively. They are - Common to all the Three Forces Param Vir Chakra It is the highest award for showing conspicuous bravery or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice‚ in front of the enemy either on land‚ at sea‚ or in the air. It is second only to Bharat Ratna given by Government of India. The decoration was instituted

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    Ela Bhatt Ela Ramesh Bhatt born on 7 September 1933 in the city of Ahmadabad in India. She is the founder of India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (or SEWA). A lawyer by training‚ Dr. Bhatt is a respected leader of the international labour‚ cooperative‚ women‚ and micro-finance movements who has won several national and international awards. Ela Bhatt’s childhood was spent in the city of Surat. Her father‚ Sumant Bhatt‚ had a successful law practice. Her mother‚ Vanalila Vyas‚ was active

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    Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar was born on 24 April 1973 in Bombay to Ramesh and Rajni Tendulkar. His father gave him the name Sachin on his favorite music director‚ Sachin Dev Burman. Sachin has three siblings Ajit‚ Nitin and Savita. Being the elder brother Ajit gave him the initial encouragement to play cricket. Sachin completed his high school from Sharadasharam Vidyamandir‚ and it was here where he met his mentor‚ coach and creator‚ Ramakant Achrekar. Very few know that the greatest batsman of the world

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    Vishwanathan Anand

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    November 1‚ 2010‚ after having defeated the reigning world #1 Magnus Carlsen in the Bilbao Masters. Anand became India’s first grandmaster in 1987.[1] He was also the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 1991–92‚ India’s highest sporting honor. In 2007‚ he was awarded India’s second highest civilian award‚ the Padma Vibhushan‚ making him the first sportsperson to receive the award in Indian history. Today he remains one of elite chess players in the world.[2] Anand has been described

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    SACHIN TENDULKAR

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    one-day-international (ODI) batsman of all time‚ behind Viv Richards.[3] Tendulkar was a part of the 2011 Cricket World Cup winning Indian team in the later part of his career‚ his first such win in six World Cup appearances for India.[4] He was also the recipient of "Player of the Tournament" award of the 2003 Cricket World Cup held in South Africa. Tendulkar won the 2010 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for cricketer of the year at the ICC awards.[5] He has been recommended for the receipt of the Bharat Ratna award

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    and a top novelist. In 1992 he received the Sahitya Akademi award for English writing‚ for his short stories collection‚ "Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra"‚ by the Sahitya Akademi‚ India’s National Academy of Letters [2] in India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children’s literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie. Contents[hide] * 1 Early life * 2 Literary style * 3 Filmography * 4 Notable works * 5 References * 6 External links

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    in Kasauli Distt Solan‚ is an Indian author of British descent. In 1992‚ he received the Sahitya Akademi award for his short story collection‚ Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra‚ given by the Sahitya Academy‚ India’s National Academy of Literature. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 for contributions to children’s literature. He now lives with his adopted family in Landour near Mussoorie. LIFE AND CAREER Bond was born in a military hospital in Kasauli‚ brother to Ellen and William‚ the children of Edith Clerke

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    Life and career Ruskin Bond was born in a military hospital in [Kasauli] to Edith Clerke and Aubrey Bond. His siblings were Ellen and William. Ruskin’s father was with the Royal Air Force. When Bond was four years old‚ his mother was separated from his father and married a Punjabi-Hindu‚ Mr. Hari‚ who himself had been married once. Bond spent his early childhood in Jamnagar and Shimla. At the age of ten Ruskin went to live at his grandmother’s house in Dehradun after his father’s sudden death in

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