Since Personality related question comes for one or two Marks .... so its easy to score with less words to write.
I would urge everyone to update this thread with only 5 important personalities that they are expecting this year ( with max 2 lines of explanation which will make it easy for others).
My list:
Ravuri Bharadwaja : He was Telugu writer who has over 130 published works to his credit including more than 37 volumes of short stories and 17 novels. He got Jnanpith Award for year 2012.
Syed Haider Raza : is an Indian artist who has lived and worked in France . His works are replete with icons from Indian cosmology as well as its philosophy. He was awarded the Padma Shri and Fellowship of the Lalit Kala Akademi in 1981, Padma Bhushan in 2007, and Padma Vibhushan in 2013.
Razia Sultana: A young girl from Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, who has been tackling the problem of child labour has been conferred with the first United Nations Malala Award for spreading education among child labourers. She was felicitated as United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education’s Youth Courage Award for Education.
Ranjan Singh Sodhi: s an Indian trap shooter. He won two silver medals at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and a gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games. In 2011, he became first Indian to successfully defend a World Cup title. He is recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2013.
Sebastian Vettel : is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Austrian racing team Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
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Arundhati bhattacharya
Deepak sandhu
Leela samson
Ranjan mathai
Indian. became Judge of International court of Justice
Gopi Chand Narang
associated with Urdu litt. Got Pakistani award Sitara-i-Imtiaz. The highest civilian award in Pakistan is Nishan-i-Imtiaz, earlier Morariji Desai and Dilip Kumar got it
Perilla Bhandari Swatz
Only Indian woman captian in US Marines. She is from Sikkim
Narendra Dabholkar(dead)
Anti superstition activist. murdered for his campaigning. Recently Maharastra govt passed a anti superstition bill for what Dabolkar was campaigning for.
Sakar khan(dead)
Kamicha maestro of rajasthan.Belong to manganiyar folk musician community of rajasthan . Born in jaislmer. Padma shree, tulsi samman by MP govt., Sangeet natak akadmi award.
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