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Nicknamed The Wall for his resilient batting in Test cricket, Rahul Dravid was known for his unmatched concentration. He was selected for the Indian cricket squad while pursuing his MBA. Apart from winning the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, he has also been named to the ICC Hall of Fame.
One of the most respected and best-known playback singers in India, Lata Mangeshkar is popularly known as the Nightingale of India. She had a long career of more than 60 years and was honoured with India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna..
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor, producer, and television personality. Best known for his contribution to the Hindi film industry, Salman Khan is regarded as one of the most bankable and highest-paid actors in India. He is also known for his off-screen controversies and legal troubles; in 2018 he was sentenced to five years in prison for killing a blackbuck.
Urdu poet Rahat Indori had an illustrious and versatile career as a painter, a Bollywood lyricist, and a professor. A regular at poetry events such as Kavi Sammelan, he was known for his captivating couplets such as Kisi Ke Baap Ka Hindustan Thodi Hai. He died of COVID-19 in 2020.
Usha Mangeshkar belongs to the iconic Mangeshkar musical family of India and is the second-youngest child of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar. She, and her famous siblings, Lata and Asha, once rocked the Hindi playback scene. Her song Mai Toh Aarti from Jai Santoshi Maa earned her a Filmfare nomination.
At 27, Vidit Gujrathi was ranked second among Indian chess players, just behind legendary player Viswanathan Anand. After earning the tag of an International Master, following his win in the Under-14 World Youth Championships, he went on to become a Grandmaster, too. He is also quite popular on YouTube.
Known as the co-founder of Aaj Tak, journalist Deepak Chaurasia is known for his firebrand journalism. One of the most prominent Hindi-language anchors on TV, he is an IIMC alumnus and was associated with ABP News for a long time before moving to India News and News Nation.
Indian author P. N. Oak is best remembered for his Hindu-centric historical revisionism that stated Christianity and Islam both evolved from Hinduism. He also stated that the Taj Mahal was once a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva. His most-talked-about books include Tajmahal: The True Story and Who Says Akbar Was Great.
Aminuddin Dagar was an Indian singer best remembered as the brother of Senior Dagar Brothers with whom he would often engage in noteworthy jugalbandis, a performance that features a duet of two instrumentalists or vocalists. Over the course of his career, Aminuddin Dagar received many prestigious awards, such as Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan.
