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PARANAB MUKHARKJEE
Pranab Mukherjee .jpg)
13th President of India Incumbent Assumed office
25 July 2012Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari Preceded by Pratibha Patil Minister of Finance In office
24 January 2009 – 26 June 2012Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Preceded by Manmohan Singh Succeeded by Manmohan Singh In office
15 January 1982 – 31 December 1984Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Rajiv GandhiPreceded by R. Venkataraman Succeeded by V. P. Singh Minister of External Affairs In office
24 October 2006 – 23 May 2009Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Preceded by Manmohan Singh Succeeded by S. M. Krishna In office
10 February 1995 – 16 May 1996Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao Preceded by Dinesh Singh Succeeded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Minister of Defence In office
22 May 2004 – 26 October 2006Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Preceded by George Fernandes Succeeded by A. K. Antony Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission In office
24 June 1991 – 15 May 1996Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao Preceded by Mohan Dharia Succeeded by Madhu Dandavate Personal details Born Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
11 December 1935
Mirati, Bengal Presidency,British India (now West Bengal)Political party Indian National Congress(1969–1986; 1989–2012)
Rashtriya Samajwadi Congress (1986–1989)Other political
affiliationsUnited Front (1996–2004)
United Progressive Alliance(2004–present)Spouse(s) Suvra Mukherjee (1957–present) Children Sharmistha, Abhijit, Indrajit Alma mater University of Calcutta Religion Hinduism Awards Padma Vibhushan (2008) Website Official Website
VISWANATHAN ANAND
Viswanathan Anand 
Full name Viswanathan Anand Country India Born 11 December 1969
Mayiladuthurai,[1] Tamil Nadu, IndiaTitle Grandmaster (1988) World Champion 2000–02 (FIDE)
2007–present (undisputed)FIDE rating 2772 (January 2013) Peak rating 2817 (March 2011) Ranking No. 7 (January 2013) Peak ranking No. 1 (July 2008)
DHIRUBHAI AMBANI
Dhirubhi ambani Born December 28, 1932
Chorwad, Gujarat, British IndiaDied Mumbai, India Cause of death Stroke Nationality Indian Ethnicity Gujarati Occupation Founder of Reliance Industries
Founder of Reliance Power
Founder of Reliance CapitalReligion Hinduism Spouse(s) Kokilaben Ambani 1955-2002 (His death) Children Mukesh Ambani
Anil Ambani
Nina Kothari
Deepti Salgaonkar
VIKRAM SARABHAI
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai 
Dr. Vikram SarabhaiBorn 12 August 1919[1][2]
Ahmedabad, IndiaDied 30 December 1971 (aged 52)
Halcyon Castle, Kovalam inThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, IndiaResidence India Nationality Indian Fields Physics Institutions Indian Space Research Organisation
Physical Research LaboratoryAlma mater University of Cambridge Doctoral advisor Sir C. V. Raman Known for Indian space program
Indian Institute of Management AhmedabadNotable awards Padma Bhushan (1966)
Padma Vibhushan (posthumously) (1972)Spouse Mrinalini Sarabhai
HOMI J. BHABHA
Homi J. Bhabha 
Homi Bhabha (1909-1966)Born 30 October 1909
Bombay, British India(present-day India)Died 24 January 1966(aged 56)
Mont Blanc, FranceResidence New Delhi, India Citizenship India Nationality Indian Fields Nuclear Physics Institutions Atomic Energy Commission of India
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Cavendish Laboratory
Indian Institute of Science
Trombay Atomic Energy EstablishmentAlma mater Elphinstone College
Royal Institute of Science
University of CambridgeDoctoral advisor Ralph H. Fowler Other academic advisors Paul Dirac Known for Indian nuclear programme
Cosmic Rays
point particlesNotable awards Padma Bhushan (1954) Signature 
SATYAJIT RAY
Satyajit Ray 
A portrait of Satyajit RayBorn 2 May 1921
Calcutta, Bengal, British IndiaDied 23 April 1992 (aged 70)
CalcuttaOccupation Film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, music director, lyricist Years active 1950–1992 Influenced by Rabindranath Tagore
Jean Renoir
Vittorio De Sica
John Ford [1]Influenced Shyam Benegal
Martin Scorsese [2]
Bertrand Tavernier [3]
Alexander Payne [4]
Wes Anderson
Ismail Merchant [5]
Mira Nair [5]
Aparna Sen
Semih Kaplanoglu [6]
Tizza Covi [7]
Rainer Frimmel [7]
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury [8]
Raghubir SingSpouse(s) Bijoya Das (m. 1949 – 1992) Signature 
K.R NARAYANAN
Kocheril Raman Narayanan 
10th President of India In office
25 July 1997 – 25 July 2002Prime Minister I. K. Gujral
Atal Bihari VajpayeeVice President Krishan Kant Preceded by Shankar Dayal Sharma Succeeded by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Vice President of India In office
21 August 1992 – 24 July 1997President Shankar Dayal Sharma Preceded by Shankar Dayal Sharma Succeeded by Krishan Kant Personal details Born 27 October 1920
Perumthanam, Travancore,British India
(now in Kerala, India)Died 9 November 2005 (aged 85)
New DelhiPolitical party Indian National Congress Alma mater University of Kerala (B.A., M.A.)
London School of Economics(B.Sc)Religion Hinduism Signature 