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Born March 17, 1990 (age 36) • Hisar • India
Awards And Honors Commonwealth Games (2010)

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Saina Nehwal of India smiles while holding her bronze medal and a bouquet of flowers after winning the women's singles badminton bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Saina Nehwal lunges forward on a badminton court, reaching with her racquet during a women's singles match at the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 in Manila.
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P. V. Sindhu of India smiles and holds up her silver medal while wearing a blue India team jacket during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games medal ceremony.
P.V. Sindhu
Indian badminton player
Pullela Gopichand of India lunges forward with his racket to hit a shuttlecock during a badminton match, wearing a colorful shirt on an indoor court.
Pullela Gopichand
Indian badminton player
Padukone, Prakash
Prakash Padukone
Indian badminton player
Indian actor and producer Mohanlal in a brown suit with a white shirt, looking toward the camera at an event with a blurred colorful background.
Mohanlal
Indian actor
The sound of the sarod
Amjad Ali Khan
Indian musician and composer
Actor Mammootty poses for a portrait, standing against a wooden background, wearing a white short-sleeve shirt and holding eyeglasses in his hand.
Mammootty
Indian actor and producer
Viswanathan Anand wearing glasses, a blue suit jacket, and a checkered shirt, standing in front of a black-and-white chessboard pattern background.
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
A.R. Rahman smiles while performing on stage, wearing a black jacket and seated at a keyboard with a microphone, under blue stage lighting.
A.R. Rahman
Indian composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer
Director Shekhar Kapur smiling in a portrait, wearing glasses and a yellow patterned jacket over a green shirt, against a dark background.
Shekhar Kapur
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Ruskin Bond
Ruskin Bond
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Monsoon Wedding
Naseeruddin Shah
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Milkha Singh
Milkha Singh
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passionately sings on stage, seated behind a microphone with a tanpura in the background during a classical Indian concert performance.
Bhimsen Joshi
Indian vocalist
Girish Karnad
Girish Karnad
Indian author, actor, and film director
Tribute to father
Zakir Hussain
Indian tabla player and composer
Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev
Indian cricketer
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Indian director
Abhinav Bindra of India smiles and holds up his gold medal while wearing a white India team jacket after winning the men's 10m air rifle at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Abhinav Bindra
Indian marksman
Indian tennis champion Leander Paes
Leander Paes
Indian tennis player
B.K.S. Iyengar
B.K.S. Iyengar
Indian teacher