FAMOUS BIRTHDAY PART-1 1848-04-16 - Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919) 1849-09-21 - Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) 1850-09-09 - Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1853-12-06 - Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931) 1856-04-01 - Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933) 1856-04-11 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India 1856-07-23 - Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader 1858-10-21 - Ramabai Dongre Medhavi, India, social reformer 1858-11-07 - Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian freedom fighter, (d. 1932) 1858-11-30 - Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937) 1860-08-10 - Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936) 1860-09-15 - Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962) 1861-05-06 - Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1861-12-25 - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946) 1865-01-28 - Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928) 1865-01-31 - Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951) 1866-05-09 - Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915) 1867-12-16 - Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951) 1868-08-12 - Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) 1869-10-02 - Mahatma Gandhi [Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi], Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader, (d. 1948) 1872-04-14 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953) 1873-11-22 - Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India) 1875-10-31 - Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950) 1876-09-15 - Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938) 1877-11-24 - Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941) 1878-02-21 - The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973) 1878-11-27 - Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948). 1878-12-10 - Rajaji, Indias freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) 1879-02-13 - Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949) 1879-09-17 - Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social Reformer (d. 1973) 1880-07-31 - Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936) 1880-10-08 - Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) 1882-07-05 - Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927). 1882-12-11 - Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921) 1883-05-28 - Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966) 1884-12-03 - Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963) 1885-02-14 - Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949) 1886-05-25 - Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945) 1886-11-02 - Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble) 1887-02-26 - Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) 1887-06-07 - William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily) 1887-12-22 - Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920) 1888-09-05 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher 1888-11-07 - Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930) 1888-11-11 - Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1889-11-14 - Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) 1891-04-14 - B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956) 1893-01-05 - Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952) 1894-01-01 - Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) 1894-02-25 - Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969) 1894-04-10 - Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983) 1894-05-20 - Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994) 1894-06-23 - Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936) 1894-08-10 - Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980) 1895-05-12 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22] 1895-05-22 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [OS=May 12] 1895-06-03 - Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance) 1895-09-01 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974) 1896-02-29 - Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79) 1896-09-01 - A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977) 1896-11-12 - Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987) 1897-01-23 - Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician 1897-04-19 - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970) 1897-05-03 - V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense 1897-11-23 - Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999) 1898-12-02 - Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918) 1898-12-05 - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982) 1900-08-18 - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Allahabad Oudh, Indian diplomat and politician 1902-06-04 - Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928) 1902-10-11 - Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979) 1903-06-25 - George Orwell, [Eric A Blair], Bihar, British India, British writer (Animal Farm, 1984), (d. 1950) 1903-07-15 - Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975) 1904-02-29 - Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986) 1904-03-04 - Chief Tahachee, American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (d. 1978) 1904-07-29 - J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993) 1904-10-01 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977) 1904-10-02 - Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66) 1905-09-09 - Hussain Sha - Indian Saint, Philosopher, Pithapuram 1906-05-05 - Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon) 1906-05-29 - Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones) 1906-05-29 - T.H. White, Bombay India, English author (King Arthur) 1906-07-23 - Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. 1931) 1906-10-10 - R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001) 1907-05-15 - Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1907-09-27 - Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1907-09-28 - Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931) 1908-04-05 - Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986) 1908-06-24 - Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987) 1908-07-25 - Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (d. 2003) 1908-10-22 - John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly) 1909-03-17 - Patrick Reilly, Ootacamund, India, British diplomat 1909-10-30 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966) 1909-12-20 - Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000) 1910-01-30 - C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000) 1910-07-03 - Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant 1910-10-19 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983) 1910-12-04 - Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92) 1911-02-19 - Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) 1911-09-20 - Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991) 1911-10-13 - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001) 1912-01-27 - Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling, Indian/British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet) 1912-02-27 - Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999) 1913-05-13 - Sanjiva Reddy, president (India) 1913-05-19 - Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India 1914-01-01 - Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944) 1914-07-08 - Jyoti Basu, Indian politician 1916-01-22 - Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a State of India) (d. 1994) 1916-05-05 - Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994) 1916-05-08 - Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993) 1916-08-03 - Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970) 1916-09-15 - Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress (Lady Vanishes) 1916-09-16 - M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004) 1917-01-12 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008) 1917-01-17 - Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician 1917-02-11 - T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976) 1917-03-12 - Googie Withers, Karachi India, actress (1 of Our Aircraft is Missing) 1917-11-05 - Banarsi Das Gupta, Indian former Chief Minister of Haryana (d. 2007) 1917-11-19 - Indira Gandhi, Allahabad India, Indian PM (1966-77, 1980-84) 1918-04-16 - Spike Milligan, India, actor/comedian (Digby, 3 Musketeers) 1918-12-14 - B.K.S. Iyengar, Indian yoga advocate 1918-12-23 - Kumar Pallana, Indian-born American actor 1919-01-19 - Dharam Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964) 1919-08-12 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971) 1919-08-31 - Amrita Preetam, Indian poet and author (d. 2005) 1919-11-08 - P. L. Deshpande, Indian author (d. 2000) 1919-12-25 - Naushad Ali, Indian music director (d. 2006) 1920-02-12 - Pran, Indian actor 1920-03-15 - Ranganandhan Francis, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 1920-04-05 - Rafique Zakaria, Indian author (d. 2005) 1920-04-07 - Ravi Shankar, Varanasi, British India, musician (the Pandit), (d. 2012) 1920-10-19 - Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian philosopher (d. 2003) 1920-10-27 - K. R. Narayanan, 10th President of India 1920-10-29 - Catholicos Baselios Mar Thoma Didymos I, Indian Catholic 1920-12-04 - Michael Bates, Jhansi India, actor (Clockwork Orange, Patton) 1921-01-20 - Telmo Zarraonaindía, Spanish footballer (d. 2006) 1921-02-15 - Radha Krishna Choudhary, Indian historian and writer (d. 1985) 1921-05-02 - Satyajit Ray, Calcutta India, director (Goddess, Adversary) 1921-06-28 - P V Narasimha Rao, premier of India (1991- ) 1921-08-08 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001) 1921-11-26 - Verghese Kurien, Calicut, British India, engineer (billion-litre idea), (d.2012) 1921-12-07 - Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader 1922-01-09 - Har G Khorana, India/Canada bio-chemist (Nobel 1968) 1922-02-04 - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, Indian Classical Singer 1922-12-11 - Dilip Kumar, Indian actor 1923-04-17 - Lindsay Anderson, Bangalore India, director (Thursdays Children) 1923-05-15 - Johnny Walker, Indian actor (d. 2003) 1923-05-28 - Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, India, film star (Patala Bhairavi) 1923-07-10 - G. A. Kulkarni, Indian (Marathi) writer (d. 1987) 1923-07-22 - Mukesh, Indian singer (d. 1976) 1923-09-26 - Dev Anand, Indian actor and film producer 1924-01-04 - Sebastian Kappen, Indian theologian (d. 1993) 1924-01-27 - Sabu, [Dastagir], India, actor (Elephant Boy, Drum) 1924-12-14 - Raj Kapoor, Indian actor (d. 1988) 1925-08-07 - M. S. Swaminathan, Indian scientist 1925-09-24 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004) 1925-12-24 - Mohd. Rafi, Indian actor and playback singer (d. 1980) 1926-01-08 - Kelucharan Mohapatra, Indian Odissi dancer (d. 2004) 1926-05-19 - Swami Kriyananda, Indian teacher and author 1926-11-23 - Sathya Sai Baba, Indian guru and philosopher 1927-01-18 - Sundaram Balachander, Indian veena player (d. 1990) 1927-01-27 - Michael Craig, Poona India, actor (Escape 2000, Vault of Horror) 1927-03-25 - Leslie Claudius, India, field hockey (Olympic-gold-1948, 52, 56) 1927-05-10 - Nayantara Sahgal, Indian author 1927-07-27 - Sat Mahajan, Indian politician 1927-08-26 - B. V. Doshi, Indian architect 1928-08-04 - Udham Singh, India, field hockey player (Olympic-gold-1952, 56, 64) 1929-01-08 - Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor
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