Mihir Sen, born on 16th November, 1930 in Purulia in West Bengal is one of the feted swimmers of India who attained world-wide fame for swimming the English Channel. In fact he was the first Indian and also the first Asian to cross the English Channel in 14 hours and 45 minutes on 27th September, 1958. The English Channel is a part of the Atlantic Ocean that divides the island of Great Britain from the [...]
Michael Ferreira is the Indian billiards player or known by name ” Bombay Tiger”, has four World Billiards Championship titles to his credit. Michael Ferreira was born on October 1, 1938. He participated in the National Billiards Championship in 1960 for the first time in 1964 he represented India in the World Amateur Billiards Championship held in New Zealand . In 1977 he won his first World Amateur Billiards Championship title at Christchurch, New Zealand. [...]
About Rajesh Khanna was a famous Indian Hindi films actor, film producer and a politician. He acted in 163 feature films and 17 short films. He won three Filmfare Best Actor Awards and was nominated 14 times for the same; he also received four BFJA Awards for Best Actor and was nominated 25 times. In 2005, he was honored with the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award. Rajesh Khanna is referred as “Hindi filmdom’s original superstar”. Personal [...]
The 24th of October, 2013, will be remembered as the day when India lost one of its finest playback singers. Manna Dey, over the course of his long and inimitable career, recorded an astounding 4,000 songs. He was the recipient of several major awards, including Padma Shri (1971), the fourth-highest civilian award in India. Birth and Education Prabodh Chandra Dey, better known as “Manna Dey”, was born to Mahamaya Dey and Purna Chandra on May [...]
