Name: LATA MANGESHKAR Known As: “Nightingale of India” Father: Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar Mother: Shevanti / Shudhamati Date of Birth: 28th September 1929 Awards: Padma Bhushan – 1969 Padma Vibhushan – 1999 Dada Saheb Phalke Award – 1989 Bharat Ratna –…

Name: T.S.RANGARAJAN Name in Cinema Field/Known As: VAALI Father’s Name: Srinivasa Iyengar Mother’s Name: Ponnammal Date of Birth: 29 October 1931 Place of Birth/Native Place: Thirupparaithurai- near Kulithalai /Trichy/ Srirangam Date of Death: 18th July 2013 – (At the age…

Name: A.L.MUTHAIAH Pen-Name/Known As: ‘Kaviyarasar’- KANNADASANOther ‘Pen’Names: Karaimuthu Pulavar, Vanangamudi, Kamakappriya, Parvathi Nathan, Arokkiya Saamy Date of Birth: 24th June 1927 Place of Birth: Sirukoodalpatti, Tamilnadu Date of Death: 17th October 1981 Place of Death: Chicago, USA Occupation: Tamil Poet,…

Name: SHAKUNTHALA DEVI Popularly Known As: “Human Computer”-Shakunthala Devi Date of Birth : 4th November 1929 at Bangalore, Karnataka, India Date of Death:21st April 2013 (At the Age of 83 years) at Bangalore, Karnataka, India Father: Mr.Bishaw Mitra Mani Mother:…

Name: Prabodh Chandra Dey Known As: Manna Dey Occupation: Indian Cinema Play-back Singer Father: Purna Chandra Dey Mother: Mahamaya Dey Date of Birth: 01st May 1919 at Kolkata Manna Dey being born and brought up in Kolkata (West Bengal) came…

Name: VILUPPURAM CHINNAIHAN PILLAI GANESAN/V.C.GANESAN Known  As:NADIGAR THILAGAM, CHEVALIER, SIVAJI GANESAN Date of Birth: 01st October 1928 Place of Birth:: Soorakkottai Village, Thanjavur District, Tamilnadu Date of Death: 21st July 2001 (at Chennai at the age of 72 years) Father:…

Name: Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi /M.S.Subbulakshmi/ Kunjamma (Family Pet Name) Known As : M.S.Born: On 16th September 1916 at Madurai, TamilnaduFather: Subramania IyerMother: Shanmukavadiver Ammal-Veena PlayerGrand Mother: Akkammal-ViolonistSpouse: “Kalki’-SadasivamOccupation: Carnatic Vocalist/ActressDemised : On  11th December 2004 at Chennai at  the age…

Name: Kocheril Raman Naryanan Father: Kocheril Raman Vaidyar, A Traditional Indian Siddha and Ayurvedic Physician Mother: Punnaththuraveettil Paappiyamma Community: A Dalit Community of Kerala Date of Birth: 27th October 1920 at Perumthanam /Uzhavoor Village in Kottayam, Kerala Date of Death:…