Friday, March 25, 2022

Vivek Agnihotri

 Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri is an Indian film director, screenwriter, author who works in Hindi cinema. As of 2019, he is a member of the board of India's Central Board of Film Certification and a cultural representative of Indian Cinema at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. 

Born: 21 December 1973 (age 48 years), Gwalior

Spouse: Pallavi Joshi (m. 1997)

Children: 2

Education: Indian Institute of Mass Communication.

Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (born 10 November)[1] From Tilhar [[Uttar Pradesh]] is an Indian film director, screenwriter, author who works in Hindi cinema. As of 2019, he is a member of the board of India's Central Board of Film Certification and a cultural representative of Indian Cinema at the Indian Council for Cultural Relations.[2] He won the National Film Award for Best Screenplay - Dialogues for The Tashkent Files (2019). Agnihotri started his career with advertorial agencies and moved to producing and directing tele-serials. He debuted in Bollywood with the crime thriller Chocolate (2005) and has directed multiple films since.

Agnihotri started his career with the advertising agencies Ogilvy and McCann, and served as creative director for campaigns of Gillette and Coca-Cola.[5][6] In 1994, he became involved with the directing and production of several television serials; his work was positively received.[5][6][10][11][12] In 2018, Agnihotri claimed that had received threats for using the name Mohammad in his short film Mohammad and Urvashi.

Please see his movie kashmiri files.



Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Syed kirmani

 Syed Mujtaba Hussain Kirmani is an Indian cricketer who played cricket for India and Karnataka as a wicket-keeper. In 2016, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for Cricket in India. 

Born: 29 December 1949 (age 72 years), Chennai

Spouse: Habiba Kirmani

Children: Sadiq Hassan Kirmani, Nishad Fatima

Education: St. Germain’s Academy, St.Joseph's Indian Composite Pre-University College

Awards: Arjuna Award for Cricket.

He started off as an understudy to Farokh Engineer in the tours of England in 1971 and 1974 and to the 1975 World Cup. Kirmani made his debut against New Zealand and in his second Test, equalled the world record of six victims in an innings.[1]


When New Zealand toured India the next year, he topped the batting averages with 65.33, and scored 305 runs in the tour of Australia. He did not have a very good time behind the stumps against Pakistan and West Indies in 1978–7


He was dropped in favour of Bharath Reddy for the 1979 Cricket World Cup and the subsequent series against England. Sunil Gavaskar was also sacked as the captain. Though Kirmani was dropped ostensibly for performance, there was a rumour that the real reason was that both he and Gavaskar had been approached by the organisers of the Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket.

Monday, March 21, 2022

Kapil Dev

 Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj is an Indian former cricketer. He was a fast-medium bowler and a hard-hitting middle-order batsman, and was named by Wisden as the Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. 

Born: 6 January 1959 (age 63 years), Chandigarh

Spouse: Romi Bhatia (m. 1980

Education: D.A.V. School, Chandigar

Children: Amiya De

Awards: Arjuna Award for Cricket vh)hicket.

Kapil Dev, in full Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, (born January 6, 1959, Chandigarh, India), Indian cricketer and the greatest pace bowler in his country's history. He is the only cricketer to have scored over 5,000 runs and taken more than 400 wickets in Test (international match) cricket.

Related Topics: Twenty20 cricket Ashes Cricket World Cup hit wicket pull

Key People: Kapil Dev Sachin Tendulkar Shane Warne Merv Hughes Wasim Akram

Born: January 6, 1959 (age 63) Chandigarh India.

Sunday, March 20, 2022

Sunil gavaskar

 Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, is an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer representing India and Bombay from 1971 to 1987. Gavaskar is acknowledged as one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time. 

Born: 10 July 1949 (age 72 years), Mumbai

Spouse: Marshneil Gavaskar (m. 1974)

Children: Rohan Gavaskar

Awards: Arjuna Award for Cricket

Education: St. Xavier's College, St. Xavier's High School.

Sunil Gavaskar, in full Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, bynames Sunny and the Little Master, (born July 10, 1949, Bombay [now Mumbai], India), Indian cricket player who is considered one of the sport's greatest opening batsmen of all time.

Related Topics: Twenty20 cricket Ashes Cricket World Cup hit wicket pull

Born: July 10, 1949 (age 72) Mumbai India

Key People: Kapil Dev Sachin Tendulkar Shane Warne Merv Hughes Wasim Akram.

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Nirmal saini

 Nirmal Kaur Saini was an Indian volleyball player and captain of the India women's national volleyball team. She was the wife of athlete Milkha Singh and the mother of Jeev Milkha Singh. 

Born: 8 October 1938, India

Died: 13 June 2021, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar

Spouse: Milkha Singh (m. 1963–2021)

Education: Panjab University (1958)

Children: Jeev Milkha Singh.

It was in 1956 when Milkha first met Nirmal in Sri Lanka, erstwhile Ceylon. He was there to participate in a competition, and she was leading the Indian women's volleyball team against the Lankans. They met in a marketplace, and two Indians in an alien land formed a bond of friendship.

Milkha Singh

 Milkha Singh, also known as The Flying Sikh, was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold at 400 metres at the Asian Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. 

Born: 20 November 1929, Govindpura, Pakistan

Died: 18 June 2021, Chandigarh

Spouse: Nirmal Saini (m. 1963–2021)

Books: The Race of My Life

Children: Jeev Milkha Singh, Sonia Sanwalka.

Avtar Singh Sandhu

The 131-page autobiography written in Punjabi has examples of such prose throughout the book and it had emerged years later that Punjabi poet Pash whose real name was Avtar Singh Sandhu had written this autobiography at the insistence of Milkha Singh.


The then Pakistan President Ayub Khan organised an Indo-Pak Meet in 1960 at Lahore where the 200m event virtually became a two-horse race with two legendary athletes -- Milkha and Khaliq - competing.

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Abdul Hamid

 Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid, PVC (1 July 1933 – 10 September 1965), was an Indian Army soldier who posthumously received India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Born: 1 July 1933; Dhamupur, Ghazipur district, United Provinces, British India

Died: 10 September 1965 (aged 32); Chima, Khem Karan, Tarn Taran district, Punjab, ...

Battles/wars: Sino-Indian War; Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Battle of Asal Uttar

Service/branch: Indian Army.

Hamid joined the army in December 1954, and was posted to the 4th Battalion of the Grenadiers regiment. During the Sino-Indian War, his battalion participated in the battle of Namka Chu against the People's Liberation Army. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the 4 Grenadiers battalion was entrusted with a vital position before the village of Chima on the Khem Karan–Bhikhiwind line. At the Battle of Asal Uttar on 9–10 September 1965, Hamid destroyed eight Pakistani tanks and was martyred destroying the ninth tank.

Sanjay Kumar

 Subedar Major Sanjay Kumar Dogra, PVC (born 3 March 1976) is a Junior Commissioned Officer in the Indian Army, and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest military award.

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Sanjay Kumar (soldier)

It is a matter of great pride and privilege for the NDA to have Subedar Major Sanjay Kumar of 13th Battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles who was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest gallantry award, for his selfless commitment and sacrifice in the face of an enemy, to be posted as instructor and a role.

Smriti irani

 Smriti Zubin Irani is an Indian politician and former actress, fashion model and television producer. She has been Minister of Women and Ch...