Joshi was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school)‚ he is renowned for the khayal form of singing‚ as well as devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). He was the most recent recipient of the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honour‚ awarded in 2008.[1] Sawai Gandharva In 1936‚ Rambhau Kundgolkar (alias Sawai Gandharva)‚ a native of Dharwad‚ agreed to be his guru. Bhimsen Joshi stayed at his house in the traditional guru-shishya (teacher-student)
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Professor and chancellor of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology‚ who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.[1] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[2][3] He was awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honour. Before his term as India’s president‚ he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space rocket
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APJ ABDUL KALAM Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam born October 15‚ 1931‚ at Rameswaram‚ in Tamil Nadu ‚ Abdul Kalam was born in a middle-class family ‚ His mother tongue is Tamil. His father‚ a devout Muslim‚ owned boats which he rented out to local fishermen. His father‚ Jainulabdeen‚ possessed neither much formal education nor much wealth; despite these disadvantages‚ he possessed great innate wisdom and a true generosity of spirit. He had an ideal helpmate‚ his mother Ashiamma & three
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of Angels by Pope Paul VI.[11] | 3 | Zakir Hussain (1897–1969) | | 13 May 1967 | 3 May 1969 | Varahagiri Venkata Giri | 1967 election page Hussain was vice chancellor of theAligarh Muslim University and a recipient of Padma Vibhushan andBharat Ratna.[12] He died before his term of office was ended. | | Varahagiri Venkata Giri * (1894–1980) | | 3 May 1969 | 20 July 1969 | | Giri was appointed as acting president following the death of Hussain.[13] He resigned in a few months to take part
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Abdul Kalam From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about images on Wikipedia • Jump to: navigation‚ search |Abdul Kalam | |[pic] | |[pic] | |12th President of India | |In office
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over the country and has met children all over the country and has encouraged them with his learned talks. Dr. Kalam has received a host of awards both in India and abroad. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1981‚ Padma Vibhushan 1990 and the Bharat Ratna in 1997. He is of the view that we should work wholeheartedly to make India a developed nation by 2020.Besides being a bachelor‚ Kalam is a strict disciplarinian‚ a complete vegetarian and teetotaler. Among the many firsts to his credit‚ he became
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the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram (IIST)‚ who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.[1] During his term as President‚ he was popularly known as the People’s President.[2][3] He was awarded the Bharat Ratna‚ India’s highest civilian honor in 1997. Before his term as India’s president‚ he worked as an aeronautical engineer with DRDO and ISRO. He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his work on development of ballistic missile and space
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Abdul Kalam graduated in physics from St. Joseph ’s College‚ Tiruchirapalli. After which he went to graduate with a diploma in Aeronautical Engineering in the mid-1950s from the Madras Institute of Technology.[7] As the Project Director‚ he was heavily involved in the development of India ’s first indigenous Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV-II). [edit] CareerAfter graduation from Madras Institute of Technology (MIT - Chennai) he was the Project Director‚ he was heavily involved in the development
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He was fondly referred to as “The People’s President” during his term. He has honorary doctorates from over thirty universities and is the recipient of the country’s three highest civilian awards – the Padma Bhushan‚ the Padma Vibhushan and the Bharat Ratna. My thoughts on the book: Inspiration comes in various ways. To read a book and be inspired by it is really a wonderful feeling. Over the last few days‚ I have had the pleasure of being inspired by few such books. Two of them were written by
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------------------------------------------------- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Abdul kalam) This article is about the former President of India. For the freedom fighter‚ see Abul Kalam Azad. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam BR | | 11th President of India | In office 25 July 2002 – 24 July 2007 | Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Manmohan Singh | Vice President | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Preceded by | K. R. Narayanan | Succeeded by | Pratibha Patil
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