India

PRIYANKA CHOPRA
Model, Miss World, Actress

Miss World 2000 Priyanka Chopra, the fifth Indian to win the coveted crown was born on 18th July 1982 in Mumbai to Capt. Dr. Ashok Chopra and Dr. Madhu Chopra.
Her upbringing in a family belonging to the army made her travel widely all over the country and exposed her [...]

SUSHMITA SEN
Model, Miss Universe, Actress

Sushmita Sen, the first Indian to win the Miss Universe pageant held at Manila, Philippines 1994 was born on November 19, 1975 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Daughter of an Air Force Commander her family of Bengali origin was posted in Nagpur, then Jorhat, and finally in Delhi. She did her schooling [...]

YUKTA MOOKHEY
Model, Miss World, Actress

Yukta Mookhey, the 5 feet 11 inches tall Miss World 1999, belongs to a middle class family in Mumbai. The twenty year old lady won the title from among 94 talented contestants in a keenly competitive pageant.
Born in 1979 to parents Inder Lal and Aruna, Yukta’s earlier education was in the [...]

VISWANATHAN ANAND
Chess Player

Viswanathan Anand, popularly known as ‘Vishy, the Tiger from Madras’ is the first Asian to win the World Chess Championship title. He was born on December 11, 1969 in Chennai to Krishnamurthy Viswanathan and Susheela. His father is a retired general manager, Southern Railways.
Anand completed his schooling from Don Bosco school and [...]

TENZING NORGAY
Adventurist, First Indian to scale Mount Everest

Tenzing was the first Indian to scale the highest peak of the world, the Mount Everest (height 8,848 metres) on 29, March 1953. He achieved this mountaineering feat together with Sir Edmund Hillary the well known adventurist of New Zealand.
Tenzing was born in Nepal in a poor family. [...]

Sania Mirza
Lawn Tennis Player

The young Indian women tennis sensation Sania Mirza, was born in Mumbai on November 15, 1986. Presently the highest ranked Indian, Sania started playing Tennis at the tender age of six at the Nizam club in Hyderabad
Born to parents, father Imran Mirza a sports journalist and mother Nasima, it was [...]

P. T. USHA
Athlete

The first Indian woman (and the fifth Indian) to reach the final of an Olympic event by winning her 400 m hurdles Semi-final. She was born in Kerala in 1964. When she was just 12, she joined a Sports school at Cannanore where she received guidance and training from O.P. Nambiar, the noted [...]

P.GOPICHAND
Badminton Player

Pullela Gopi Chand is the brightest star to emerge on the Indian badminton scene in a long time, after Prakash Padukone He was born on November 16th 1973, in Nagandla in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India to parents Pullela Subhash Chandra Bose and Subbaravamma who were both interested in sports. Gopichand is [...]

PRAKASH PADUKONE
Badminton Player

Prakash Padukone is one of the noted Badminton player of India. He was born on 10th June 1955, in Bangalore. At the age of 14, he became the National Junior Badminton Champion and at 15, the National Champion.
He was the National Badminton Champion for nine consecutive years during 1970-78. When he was [...]

NARAIN KARTHIKEYAN
Formula One Driver

Hailed as the fastest Indian in the world by the British Motoring Press, Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan is the Ist Formula One driver from India.
Interview with Narain Karthikeyan
Born on January 14th 1977 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, as the son of G. R. Karthikeyan, a former Indian National Rally Champion, Narain got [...]