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Writer
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Mahadevi Varma26 March 1907
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Zakir Naik18 October 1965
Physician, Writer, Intellectual, Preacher
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Ashutosh Rana10 November 1967
Actor
Honey Irani25 August 1955
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Chetan Bhagat22 April 1974
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Gollapudi Maruti Rao14 April 1939
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Madhur Jaffrey13 August 1933
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Politician
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Irshad Kamil05 September 1971
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Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar18 July 1919
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Poornachandra Tejaswi08 September 1938
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