INTRODUCTION FIRST ASIAN to RECEIVE NOBEL PRIZE. HE WAS AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE IN 1913. RABINDRANATH TAGORE was a Bengal poet, song composer, short story writer and a painter who introduced new forms in literature. He is considered as the outstanding artist of early 20th century. The national anthem of INDIA “JANA GANA …
YURI GAGARIN was an AIR FORCE PILOT and COSMONAUT. He is the -FIRST HUMAN TO TRAVEL OUTERSPACE His fight “VOSTOK”1 completed one orbit of EARTH on 12th April,1961 “A GLIMPSE OF HIS LIFE” He was born in the village of Klushino, RUSSIA. His father was a carpenter and his mother worked as a Dairy …
NEIL ARMSTRONG –THE FIRST PERSON TO WALK ON THE MOON He was an AMERICAN ASTRONAUT and AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER. On July 20,1969 NEIL ARMSTRONG stepped from APOLLO 11 vehicle to moon’s dusty surface with the words : “That’s one small step for man ,one giant leap for mankind” “A WALK THROUGH HIS LIFE” He …
“FATHER OF INDIAN SPACE PROGRAM” VIKRAM SARABHAI was an Indian physicist and Astronomer He established the VIKRAM SARABHAI SPACE CENTER THUMBA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, AHMADABAD is also established by him. “HIS LIFE CONTRIBUTIONS” VIKRAM SARABHAI was born on 12th August, 1919 in Ahmadabad, INDIA. He shifted to UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND” for his studies where he …
SUNITHA WILLIAMS is an American Astronaut and United States Navy officer . She formerly held the Record for “total Spacewalk by a women (seven)”. Now, that Record is holded by In 2007, she was awarded the “SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL VISHWA PRATIBHA AWARD” by WORLD GUJARAT SOCIETY. she was the last person who was not an Indian Citizen …
FATHER OF COMPUTER CHARLES BABBAGE was the first person in this world to design a Mechanical computer. His design served as the Base or Blue print for other computer machines developed later. He also invented an “OPTHALMOSCOPE” which is used in Eye Examinations. A JOURNEY THROUGH HIS LIFE CHARLES BABBAGE was born on 1791 …
INTRODUCTION ABRAHAM LINCOLN was the sixteenth president of UNITED STATES. He is famous for leading the country during the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR . He always worked for the freedom of all slaves through out the Nation . He is known as the united states” martyr hero” and is ranked as the “GREATEST U.S PRESIDENT …
RASIPURAM KRISHNASWAMI IYER NARYANASWAMI was an INDIAN writer . Most of his stories revolve around a fictional town, MALGUDI, created by him. R.K NARAYAN is one of the most prestigious Indian novelists writing in the English language. Narayan’s mentor and friend ‘GRAHAM GREENE’ was involved in getting publishers for Narayan’s first four book including the …
MICHAEL COLLINS is an “AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS”. He was a test pilot and major general in the U.S Air Force reserves. He was chosen by NASA to be part of the third group of Astronauts. His fist space flight was the ‘GEMINI-10’mission, where he performed a space walk. Second was Apollo 11-the first lunar landing in …