Bollywood & Cinema
Actor who played Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg
Salman Khan
Founder of the Satavahana dynasty
Simuka
First female Governor of an Indian state (Kerala)
Jothi Venkatachalam
Author of the Tamil epic Silappatikaram
Ilango Adigal
First Indian woman to win a gold at the Asian Games in shooting
Harsimrat Kaur
Director of Lagaan (2001), which was nominated for an Oscar
Ashutosh Gowariker
Year of the Battle of Plassey
1757
He is known as the "Iron Man of India" for his role in shaping the Indian steel industry and strong governance style.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Kannada poet known for “Pampa Bharata”
Adikavi Pampa
Traditional Indian wrestling style practiced in villages
Kushti / Pehlwani
First Indian film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes
Neecha Nagar
Mughal emperor known for administrative reforms called Ain-i-Akbari
Akbar
Indian statesman who coined the term “non-alignment” in the global context
V. K. Krishna Menon
Author of The Guide, awarded the Sahitya Akademi Prize
R. K. Narayan
Indian city where the first modern Olympic Committee of India was formed
Calcutta (Kolkata)
Aamir Khan directed and starred in a film about dyslexia in children
Taare Zameen Par
Founder of the Chola naval supremacy in South India
Rajaraja Chola I
Year the Indian Constitution came into effect
1950
Poet-philosopher who wrote Vachanas in 12th century Karnataka
Basavanna
First Indian chess grandmaster
Viswanathan Anand
Composer famous for fusion scores and the film Pather Panchali
Ravi Shankar
Document that officially ended the princely states’ sovereignty in India post-independence
Instrument of Accession
Political thinker and reformer behind the “Bhoodan Movement”
Vinoba Bhave
Work by Amitav Ghosh exploring the opium trade in India
Sea of Poppies
Indian athlete who set the 1983 World Athletics record in javelin
T. C. Yohannan