India

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 [...]

MILKHA SINGH
Athlete

Milkha Singh is one of the most outstanding athletes of India. He has earned the nickname ‘Flying Sikh’ because of his marvelous running speed on the tracks. He was born in 1935 in the Western Punjab of undivided India.

LEANDER PEAS
Lawn Tennis Player

Leander Paes, India’s Tennis pride, was born in Goa on June 17,1973 and brought up in Kolkata
. Born into a family of sportsmen; His father, Vece was a member of the Indian field hockey team which won a bronze medal in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games and mother, Jennifer a [...]

MAHESH BHUPATHI
Lawn Tennis Player

Top league Doubles Tennis star Mahesh Srinivas Bhupathi, is one of India’s outstanding sporting heroes. He is known for his booming serves and hard-hitting volleys. He was born on 7th June, 1974 in Madras, Tamilnadu. Bhupathi was educated in Dubai, Muscat and in USA. His father Mr. C.G. Krishna Bhupathi coached him [...]

MIHIR SEN
Salt water swimmer
Mihir Sen was the first Asian who have crossed the English Channel. He was born on 16th November 1930 in Purulia (West Bengal). He was a lawyer by profession, a barrister of Kolkatta High court.

KARNAM MALLESWARI
Weightlifter

Indian weightlifter from Andhra Pradesh. She became the First Indian woman ever to win an Olympic medal. She won bronze in 69kg category at Sydney Olympics 2000. She has also won gold in Istanbul World Championship (1994) and Asian Championships (54-kg category) at Pusan, Korea (1995). In World Weightlifting Championship at Guangzhou (China) on [...]

GAMA PEHALWAN
Wrestler
Ahmad Baksh Gama was born in Datiya (MP). He was fond of wrestling since his childhood. By 20, he had defeated all most all the national level wrestlers.

DHYAN CHAND
Hockey Player

Dhyan Chand made great contribution in enhancing prestige of Indian Hockey in the eyes of the world. He was born on 29th August 1906, in Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh). He joined army at the age of sixteen. He started playing hockey in army and was included in the Indian Hockey team [...]