Haryana

Haryana

Om Puri

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Om Puri

Winner of India’s fourth highest civilian award ,Padamshree Award, Om Puri was born on October 18 , 1950 in Ambala ,Haryana . He graduated from The Film and Television Institute of India and is an alumnus of the 1973 Class of Nation School of Drama where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student . Om Puri has worked in not only in the Hindi and Punjabi film industries but in British and American films as well. Prior…

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Kalpana Chawla

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Kalpana Chawla

The first Indian woman in space , Kalpna Chawla was born on July 1 1961 to parents Banarasi Lal Chawla and Sanjyothi Chawla . She was the youngest of the four children . Kalpna means idea or imagination . Her interest in flight was inspired by J.R.D Tata , India’s first pilot . Chawla was a strict vegetarian . She completed her basic education at Tagore public school in Karnal ,Haryana . In 1982 ,…

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