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Birthday Today, December 31: Stalwart of Classical Singing Pandit Mallikarjun Mansur

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Mallikarjun Mansur Pandit Mallikarjun Bheemaraayappa Mansur, a famous Hindustani Classical Singer was born on 31st December, 1910 in Mansur (Present day Dharwad District, Karnataka). Identifying his interest his father Bheemaraayappa got him engaged with Yakshagana, a Kannada theatre group. Mallikarjun started singing during drama performances there. His one such performance attracted Appaya Swamy, who started … Read more

Remembering Rajesh Khanna on his birthday, December, 29

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Rajesh Khanna, the first superstar of Indian Cinema was born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December, 1942 in Amritsar, Punjab, in 1942. His performances still echo in the hearts of audiences. His career spanned four decades in which he acted in about 150 movies. In the childhood, Rajesh Khanna was adopted by Chunnilal Khanna and … Read more

Personalities born on December, 28

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Ratan Tata Early Life Ratan Naval Tata was born on 28th December, 1937 in Mumbai. His parents separated in his childhood and due to which he was raised by his grandmother, Navajbai Tata. He did his early schooling from Mumbai and later achieved a degree in architecture and structural engineering from Cornell University in the … Read more

Personalities Born on December, 27

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Salman Khan Salman Khan, a popular actor of Indian cinema, was born on 27 December 1965 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. His father is famous screenwriter Salim Khan and his mother is Salim Khan’s first wife Sushila Charak (Salma Khan). Salman has two brothers Arbaaz and Sohail, and two sisters Alvira and Arpita. Salman started his … Read more

Today: 26 December

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Important Persons born today Udham Singh (1899-1940) Udham Singh was a great hero of India’s freedom struggle. He was born on 26 December 1899 in Sunam village of Sangrur district of Punjab. His childhood was spent in a lot of troubles and due to the early death of his parents, he and his brother had … Read more

Today: December 25

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Important Persons born today Madan Mohan Malaviya (1861-1946) Madan Mohan Malaviya was a freedom fighter, educationist, and politician. He was born on December 25, 1861, in Allahabad, British India. He founded the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in Varanasi. BHU is one of Asia’s largest residential universities. He was instrumental in India’s fight for freedom. He … Read more

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