Manchu Manoj Kumar was born on 20-May-1983 to popular film actor Manchu Mohan Babu and Manchu Nirmala Devi in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Manoj is an Indian actor. Manoj is familiar to Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child artist in his own banner movies when his father Mohan Babu is shown as a kid in flash back. He got many appreciations for the role he did in the movie Punya Bhoomi Naa Deshm starred by his father.

-Manchu Manoj Kumar Early Life:

He has an elder sister Lakshmi Prasanna Manchu and an elder brother Manchu Vishnu who is also an actor in Tollywood. He did his bachelors degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Manchu Manoj Kumar produced many movies under the banner of Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures.

-Manchu Manoj Kumar as Child Artist:

He played many roles as a child artist in his own banner movies when his father Mohan Babu is shown as a kid in flash back. He got many appreciations for the role he did in the movie Punya Bhoomi Naa Deshm starred by his father.

-Manchu Manoj Kumar Film career:

Manchu Manoj started his career as a hero in 2004 with a movie called Donga Dongadi. Raju Bhai in 2007. both Became flop.

Manoj movie Nenu Meeku Telusa...? is copied from an American movie Clean Slate. In 2009 his first movie Prayanam did moderately well. His first movie in 2010, Bindaas turned out to be the biggest hit of his career. his next film was Vedam which was a critical and commercial success. He gained accolades for his role in Vedam and he received a Nandi award from state government.His forthcoming ventures include Mr.Nokia and ukup under Lakshmi prasanna productions

-Person Data:

Name              :Manchu Manoj Kumar
Born                :20-May-1983.
Place Of birth  :Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Occupation      :Actor.
Spouse           :Yet to be Married.                      
Parents           :Manchu Mohan Babu and Manchu Nirmala Devi   
Awards           :Nandi award from state government.

Mohan Babu was born on 19-March-1952 at Modhugulapalem village near the banks of the river Swarnamukhi, and sandwiched between two famous pilgrim centers, Tirupati (abode of Lord Venkateshwara) and Srikalahasti (abode of Lord Vayulingeswara) in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh to Manchu Narayanaswamy Naidu and Lakshmamma.

Mohan babu has three younger brothers – Ranganath Chowdary, Ramachandra Chowdary and Krishna – and a sister Vijaya. mohan babu had his schooling at Yerpedu village and Tirupati. mohan babu took his degree in Physical Education in Chennai (erstwhile Madras).

Film Career:

Mohan babu worked as a physical education instructor for a brief while, before making his debut as an actor in the Telugu film industry. Mohan Babu also worked in the film direction department for about half a decade in the early 1970s. mohan babu became a close friend of superstar Rajinikanth while the latter was a student at the Film Institute, Chennai. Mohan Babu marriaed Nirmala Devi.

Mohan Babu is also called Collection King, Dialogue King, Nataprapoorna.

Mohan Babu made his debut as an actor through the film Swargam Narakam in (1975). mohan babu debuted in the Tamil film industry through Annan Oru Kovil in 1977 alongside the legendary Sivaji Ganesan. mohan babu became a popular villain in the Tamil and Telugu. mohan babu went on to appear in some 20 odd films in Tamil mostly as villain.

Mohan Babu is noted for acting in critically acclaimed negative roles in Telugu film industry. mohan babu is noted for his clarity in Dialogue and Telugu language Diction. mohan babu has acted in 510 films, including 216 films in Lead Actor roles. mohan babu has two sons Vishnu Manchu and Manoj Manchu are also film actors. Daughter, Lakshmi Manchu is a Television star.

His Political career:

Known for his long association with N T Rama Rao, Mohan Babu joined the Telugu Desam party soon after.A Rajya Sabha nomination from the state did not put an end to his acting career, which he now pursued more vigorously even as he flitted from one controversy to the other.

The war of words between the two Chittoor politicians was in the open with the Tirupati episode which saw Mohan Babu assaulting a TDP worker, allegedly over a land dispute.

As his campaign against Naidu picked up tempo, Mohan Babu's Collector Garu came in handy. Naidu was seething with rage when the film was released last month it was a scathing attack on the chief minister. Mohan Babu was thrown out of the TDP.

His family details:

Mohan Babu established the Sree Vidyanikethan Educational Trust in 1992. It has the International School, Degree College, Engineering College, Pharmacy College and College for Nursing . The educational institutions leaped into a typical educational township.

Vishnu Manchu (born November 23, 1981), the elder son of Mohan Babu & nirmala Devi, is an actor, producer and CEO of MBC (Mohan Babu Corporation). His film, Dhee, was one of the most successful Telugu films in 2007. Vishnu is married to Veronica Reddy recently she gave birth to twin girls,the niece of Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. The actor sponsors the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) team, Telugu Warriors.

His younger son Manoj is familiar to Telugu audience right from his childhood. He played many roles as a child artist in his own banner movies when his father Mohan Babu is shown as a kid in flash back. He got many appreciations for the role he did in the movie Punya Bhoomi Naa Deshm starred by his father.

Lakshmi Prasanna Manchu is an Indian film actress, producer and a television host. She is the only daughter of actor Mohan Babu and his first wife late Vidya Devi. She graduated with a Bachelors in Theater Oklahoma City University. She has acted in the American Television series Las Vegas and Desperate Housewives. She has also appeared in commercials for Toyota, AARP and Chevrolet.Film making has always been her passion and made many films.

PERSON DATA:

Name              :Manchu Bakthavatsalam Naidu(MOHAN BABU)
Born                :March 19, 1952 (1952-03-19)
Place Of birth  :Modhugulapalem Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh
Other names   :Collection King, Dialogue King, Nataprapoorna
Occupation      :Actor
Years active     :1975 to present
Spouse            :Nirmala Devi Manchu
Children           :SONS-Vishnu Manchu, Manoj Manchu
                         DAUGHTER-LAKSHMI MANCHU
Parents            :Manchu Narayanaswamy Naidu, Lakshmamma
Awards            :Padma Shri.

Meka Srikanth was born in Vijayawada to a Telugu family on 23-March-1968. He did his Bachelors in commerce from Karnatak University, Dharwad. He holds an acting diploma from the Pune Film Institute. Srikanth's family hails from Karnataka. He is an Indian film actor in Tollywood.

-Srikanth Personal Life:

Srikanth is married to actress Ooha (Uma Maheswari) is a malayali, and acted in various telugu films and has three kids Roshan, Medha and Rohan. He is very close to Chiranjeevi, RaviTeja, Krishna Vamsi, Sivaji Raja, and Brahmaji are his close friends. He is known as "Ajatha Satruvu" for his positive attitude.

-Srikanth Film Career:

Srikanth essayed minor roles as a villain and supporting artiste early in his career. His first hit film as a hero was Taj Mahal which was produced by famous producer
Dr. D. Ramanaidu.

Srikanth and S.V. Krishna Reddy collaborated to give hits like Vinodam, Egire Pavurama and Aahvaanam. Some of his hits include Shankar Dada M.B.B.S, Shankar Dada Zindabad, in which he acted with Chiranjeevi. His other hits were Khadgam, Pellam Orelithe,Emandoi Srivaru, Kshemanga Velli Labhanga Randi, Oo Chinadana, Operation Duryodhana and Mahatma.

-Awards:

    * Filmfare Best supporting actor award for Shankar Dada MBBS.
    * Nandi award for Mahatma.
    * Special Jury Award for completing 100 movies.
    * Nominated, Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu) - Operation Duryodhana.

-Person Data:

Name                :Meka Srikanth
Born                 :23-3-1968  (age 43)
Place Of Birth   :VIJAYAWADA,A.P
Resident Of      :GANGAVATHY,KARNATAKA
Occupation       :Actor
Years active     :1991 - present
Height              :5 ft 10 in
Spouse            :OOHA (Uma Maheswari)
CHILDREN       :ROSHAN
                         MEDHA
                         ROHAN
Lives At           :HYDERABAD.

Mahatma Gandhi 'Father of the Nation' for a country with a billion people.on the eve of his birth anniversary, a grateful nation pays homage to him man who had the vision and courage to take on the mighty power of the British Empire.

Early Life:

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was the spiritual and non – Violent Political Leader.  He was born to Karamchand Gandhi and Putlibai at Gujarath. In May 1883, the 13-year-old Mohandas was married to 14-year-old Kasturbai Makhanji in an arranged child marriage, according to the custom of the region.

At the age of 19 years he went to London to study law and returned to India in 1891 to practice law. He couldn't find work that would give better life for him and his family, later he travelled to South Africa for his practice.

Gandhi moved South Africa in 1893, at the time the British ruled South Africa. There he was thrown off a train after disapproving to move from the First class compartment to a third class even though he bought the first – class ticket.  

Freedom Struggle:

When he accomplished to claim his rights as a British subject Gandhi was harmed.  He observed that all Indian people suffered badly by british Government. All these incidents were a turning point in his life; he put his attention to social injustice and influencing his consequential social activism. With the Help of natal Indian congress he moulded the Indian community of South Africa into a uniform political force.

He started Satyagraha -devotion to the truth. Satyagraha established with the principles of truth, nonviolence and courage. Gandhi was arrested so many times by the British for his activities in India and South Africa.  In 1915, Gandhi returned to India .

Salt Satyagraha:

12th March 1930, Gandhiji in his boldest act of civil disobedience against British rule, began a long march to the sea in protest of the British salt tax. Gandhi and his followers eventually reached the Arabian Sea, where they made their own salt by evaporating sea water. The march, which resulted in the arrest of Gandhi and 60,000 others, earned new international respect and support for the leader and his movement. Gandhi's nonviolent methods, including dramatic hunger strikes, eventually did bring great results to his goal of Indian independence in 1947.

End:

On 30 January 1948, Gandhi was shot while he was walking to a platform from which he was to address a prayer meeting. The assassin, Nathuram Godse, was a Hindu nationalist with links to the extremist Hindu Mahasabha, who held Gandhi responsible for weakening India by insisting upon a payment to Pakistan. Godse and his co-conspirator Narayan Apte were later tried and convicted; they were executed on 15 November 1949.

Tribute to Mahatma:

At the Samadhi of Gandhiji at Raj Ghat, words in Hindi and English are inscribed :

I would like to see India Free and strong so that she may offer herself as a willing and pure sacrifice for the betterment of the world. I want Khudai Raj, the Kingdom of God on earth.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the nation on Gandhiji’s Assasination

‘The Light has gone out of our lives and there is darkness everywhere. Our beloved leader, Bapu, as we called him, the Father of the Nation is no more.. And yet I am wrong for the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. A thousand years later, that light will still be seen.

At last in 19 47 Gandhi brought the independence for India from Britain. Gandhi also known as mahatma, bapu, father of nation, and his birthday on 2nd October is celebrates as  Gandhi Jayanti, a notional holiday and worldwide as the International Day of Non-Violence.

Books written by him:

Gandhi was a prolific writer. He had written a few books including his autobiography, An Autobiography of My Experiments with Truth, Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule ,Satyagraha in South Africa about his struggle there,  a political pamphlet, and a paraphrase in Gujarati of John Ruskin's Unto This Last. This last essay can be considered his program on economics. Gandhi had also written greatly on diet and health, vegetarianism, social reforms, religion etc.  He usually used to write in Gujarati, though he also revised the English and Hindi translations of his books.

Person data:

Born               :2 October 1869
                        Porbandar
Died                :30 January 1948
                         New Delhi, Dominion of India
Resting place  :Rajghat, New Delhi, India
Other names   :Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu
Spouse            :Kasturba Gandhi
Children           :Harilal
                         Manilal
                         Ramdas
                         Devdas
Parents           :Putlibai Gandhi
                        Karamchand Gandhi

Mahesh Babu was born on 9-August-1974 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, to Telugu Film Actor Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna and Smt. Indira Devi. He has four siblings Ramesh Babu, Padmavathi, Manjula and a younger sister, Priyadarshini. He is an Indian film actor. He has worked in a number of critically and commercially successful films and has established himself as one of the lead actors in contemporary Telugu Cinema Industry.

He did his schooling at St Bede's School in Chennai and obtained an Honours Degree in Commerce from Loyola College, Chennai.

Mahesh dated his co-star in the movie Vamsi, Bollywood actress and former Miss India (Miss Universe India) Namrata Shirodkar for two years. They got married on 10-February-2005, and have a son named Gautham Krishna.

-Mahesh Babu Film Career:

Mahesh Babu acted in seven of his father's films as a child actor. His first child acting role was in the film Needa.

Mahesh Babu debuted in 1999 with the K. Raghavendra Rao film Raja Kumarudu opposite Preity Zinta, opened well at the box office and is commercially successful whilst earning Mahesh the Nandi Award for Best Male Debut.

In 2000, Mahesh Babu appeared in Y.V.S Chowdary's Yuvaraju, and in Vamsi.

In 2001, he starred with Sonali Bendre in Krishna Vamsi's Murari. His performance earned him the Nandi Special Jury Award. His next movie Takkari Donga and earned him the Nandi Special Jury Award.

Later that year, he starred with Arthi Agarwal in Bobby, directed by Sobhan.

His next film Okkadu (2003) opposite Bhoomika Chawla, produced by M.S. Raju and directed by Gunasekhar was critically acclaimed and a biggest box-office success of that year whilst earning his first Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu). In the same year, he appeared in Teja's film Nijam. In 2004, he paired up with Amisha Patel in S. J. Suryaah's Naani. This was the Telugu version of the Tamil film, New. Later that year, he again appeared in Gunasekhar movie Arjun.

His 2005 film with Trisha Krishnan, titled Athadu directed by Trivikram Srinivas was declared sensational hit in India as well as in USA and became one of the highest
grossers of the year in Tollywood, and his performance earned him second Nandi Award for Best Actor. He next appeared opposite Ileana D'Cruz in the action flick Pokiri (2006) directed and produced by Puri Jagannadh is a critically acclaimed and all time Telugu film Industry record hit. The film was a huge financial success, emerging the highest grossing Telugu film of all time with Indian Rupee symbol.svg 69.5 Crores. The film completed 100 days in as many as 200 centres in the andhra pradesh and neighbouring States, including 17 centers in Hyderabad alone and silver jubilee in a record 63 centres. In the same year, he again starred with Trisha in Gunasekhar's film Sainikudu opened well in India, ending up as an average grosser.

In October 2007, he appeared with Amrita Rao in Surender Reddy's Athidhi which was a commercial Hit. The film opened with a gross collection of Indian Rupee symbol.svg 12.5 crores in the first week of its release.

He next signed a film with Trivikram Srinivas titled Khaleja opposite Anushka Shetty. Mahesh Babu had planned to take a gap of six months after Athidhi. Due to unexpected circumstances, the film was postponed several times and took two years to be completed. Khaleja was released on 7 October 2010. The film received mixed reviews.

In 2011 film "Dookudu" by Sreenu Vaitla, is released in August 2011, and acclaimed all time Telugu film Industry record hit. His current film is tentatively titled "The Business Man". The next venture of Puri Jagannath which is scheduled to release in 2012.

-Person Data:

NAME                        Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu.
BORN                        9 August 1974 (1974-08-09) (age 36)
                                 Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
Occupation                Actor.
Years active              1979 - 1991
                                 1999-present.
Spouse                      Namrata Shirodkar.
Alternative names     PRINCE MAHESH.
PARENTS                   Ghattamaneni Siva Rama Krishna
                                  Smt. Indira Devi.
SON                          GOUTHAM KRISHNA.
Residence                 Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad.

Born to Pan Singh and Devki Devi in 1981, Mahendra Singh Dhoni or 'Mahi' was the youngest of three children. His father, a MECON employee, moved to Ranchi from Almora, and Mahi's brother Narendra and sister Jayanti have also made their homes in Ranchi.

Dhoni married Sakshi on 4 July 2010. Sakshi Dhoni, a native of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. At the time of their marriage, she was studying Hotel Management and was working as a trainee at the Taj Bengal, Kolkata. After the retirement of Sakshi’s father from tea gardens, their family shifted to their native place, Dehradun.

Though he lists Sachin Tendulkar among his childhood idols, young Mahi was actually the goalkeeper for the football team in his school (DAV School, Ranchi), and he was likewise excellent at badminton. In fact, he was selected for the district and club level in both these sports. But all that changed when his football instructor Mr K.R. Banerjee sent him to play cricket for a local club.

There's fire in that belly, and the world can't get enough of it! Like his role models Adam Gilchrist and Tendulkar, Mahi himself has become an inspiration for millions of young Indians. His message for them: "Never give up."

His career:

For Mahi, as for many other cricket legends, the start to his ODI career was slightly shaky, as he was run out for a duck on debut. But excellence was soon to follow, as Mahi was picked for the Pakistan ODI series. The rest is history.

In the second match of the series at Visakhapatnam, and in his fifth one-day international, Mahi scored 148 off only 123 deliveries. It was the highest score by an Indian wicketkeeper, but Mahi would re-write the record before the end of the year

In the third game of the bilateral ODI series (Oct-Nov 2005) at Jaipur, Sri Lanka set India a target of 299, with keeper Kumar Sangakkara getting a century. Mahi was promoted to number three to accelerate the scoring, and did justice to his promotion in incredible fashion. He ended the game with 183* off 145 balls, playing like a 'man possessed' according to Cricinfo, and ended the series with the highest run aggregate (346) to be declared Player of the Series.

Against Pakistan in 2006, Mahi took up where he had left off. In the first match, India scored 328 in 50 overs with Mahi contributing 68. However the team lost due to the Duckworth-Lewis method. In the third game, with India in a precarious situation, Mahi rattled up 72 off just 46 balls to help India to a 2-1 series lead. The final match saw a repeat performance as he scored 77 off 56 balls to win the series for India 4-1. Shortly thereafter, Mahi overtook Australia skipper Ricky Ponting as number one in the ICC ODI rankings for batsmen on April 20, 2006.

The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was a disappointment, however, as India lost to the West Indies and Australia, though Mahi scored a half-century against the former. In the ODI series in South Africa, the script was unchanged for both Mahi and India as he scored 139 runs in four matches and India lost the series  4-0.

Leading up to the 2007 World Cup, India posted 3-1 series wins over both West Indies and Sri Lanka and Dhoni averaged over 100 in both series. However, the World Cup campaign proved disastrous, with India crashing out after losses to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, and with Mahi out for a duck in both these matches.

He got over the disappointment to score 91* against Bangladesh, and had a great Afro-Asia Cup, totalling 174 runs in three matches at an average of 87.00, with a blistering 139* off 97 balls in the third game.

The biggest accomplishment of his career came in 2011 when he powered Team India to a remarkable World Cup victory with his extraordinary leadership skills that proved his worth as a successful captain. It was after a long gap that India won the Cup, thanks to a bunch of hardworking and enthusiastic cricketers led by a young and exceptionally astute skipper. He played a captain’s innings in the final against Sri Lanka, where his brilliant knock of 91 runs sealed the most memorable victory for his team and his country. He may have won the Man of the Match award in that ultimate encounter, but for a cricket-crazy nation, MS Dhoni will forever be the man who led from the front and fulfilled a billion dreams of seeing the Cup return after 28 long years.

ODI Records:

1.On October 31, 2005 Mahi scored 183* off just 145 balls against Sri Lanka at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur. The following is the list of records he set during the innings:

*The score of 183 is the highest in ODI cricket in the second innings (previous record: 153 by Lara). During the epic Aus-SA 2006 match, Herschelle Gibbs came close to the record by scoring 175.

*The innings featured 10 sixes, the most by an Indian in an Innings, and the second highest in ODI cricket (the highest is 11 by Sanath Jayasuriya and Shahid Afridi).

*Mahi broke Adam Gilchrist's record of 172 for the highest score by a wicketkeeper.

*The innings set the record for the most number of runs scored in boundaries (120 - 15x4, 10x6) breaking Saeed Anwar's record. However, Herschelle Gibbs broke the record in 2006 by scoring 126 runs in boundaries (21x4, 7x6) against Australia.

*In the same match, Kumar Sangakkara scored 138*, making it the first ODI in which both wicketkeepers scored a century.

*The score of 183 equalled the highest score against Sri Lanka in ODI cricket by Sourav Ganguly during the Cricket World Cup 1999.

2.Among Indian batsmen who have played more than 50 matches, Mahi has the second highest average (43.64) behind Sachin Tendulkar (44.21). His average is also the highest amongst wicketkeepers in ODIs.

3.In June 2007, Mahi (139*) and Mahela Jayawardene (107) set a new world record of 218 runs for the sixth wicket against Africa XI during the Afro-Asia Cup.

4.Mahi erased Shaun Pollock's record for the highest individual score by a number seven batsman during his unbeaten innings of 139. Incidentally, Pollock's record stood for just three days as his score of 130 came in the first match of the Afro-Asia Cup and Mahi's knock came in the third and final match of the series.

5.Mahi also holds the records of the most dismissals by an Indian wicketkeeper and (jointly with Adam Gilchrist) the international record of six dismissals in an innings (five catches and one stumping against England at Headingley, September 2, 2007).

6.He led India to victory in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007 and ICC Cricket World Cup in 2011.

Test Record:

Mahi's maiden century against Pakistan at Faisalabad is the fastest century scored by an Indian wicketkeeper. Internationally, only three centuries by two keepers - one by Kamran Akmal and two by Adam Gilchrist -- were faster than Mahi's 93-ball century.

His hobbies and interests include:

 Hearing music, ghazals and songs by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
 Loves to ride bikes
 Enjoys playing computer games and badminton

Honorary doctorate:

Dhoni was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by De Montfort University in August 2011.

Honorary Military Rank:

The Territorial Army conferred the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel to Dhoni on 1 November 2011. He is the second Indian cricketer after Kapil Dev to have received this honor.

Person data:

Full name           :Mahendra Singh Dhoni
D.O.B                :7th July, 1981
Place of Birth     :Ranchi, Bihar
Nickname           :Mahi
Married to          :Sakshi
Role                   :Captain of the Indian Cricket team
Batting style      :Right hand batsman
Bowling style     :Right arm medium
Field position     :Wicketkeeper
Clubs played     :Jharkhand

Manmohan Singh was born on 26-September-1932, to Gurmukh Singh and Amrit Kaur in Gah, Punjab, (now in Chakwal District, Pakistan), British India, into a Sikh Khatri family. He is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he was the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian National Congress party.

He lost his mother when he was very young and was raised by his paternal. Grandmother, to whom he was very close after the Partition of India, his family migrated to Amritsar, India, where he studied at Hindu College. He attended Punjab University, Chandigarh, studying Economics and got his bachelor's and master's degrees in 1952 and 1954, respectively, standing first throughout his academic career. He went on to read for the Economics Tripos at Cambridge as a member of St John's College. He won the Wright's Prize for distinguished performance in 1955 and 1957. He was also one of the few recipients of the Wrenbury scholarship. In 1962, Singh completed his studies from the University of Oxford where he was a member of Nuffield College. The title of his doctoral thesis was "India’s export performance, 1951–1960, export prospects and policy implications" and his thesis supervisor was Dr. I.M.D. Little. This thesis later grew into the book "India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth".

Singh married Gursharan Kaur in 1958, had three daughters, Upinder Singh, Daman Singh and Amrit Singh.

In 1997, the University of Alberta awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Law degree. The University of Oxford awarded him an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree in July 2005, and in October 2006, the University of Cambridge followed with the same honour. St. John's College further honoured him by naming a Ph.D Scholarship after him, the Dr. Manmohan Singh Scholarship. In 2008, he was awarded honorary Doctor of Letters degree by Benaras Hindu University and later that year he was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by University of Madras. In 2010, he was awarded honorary doctorate degree by King Saud University.

After completing his Ph.D., Singh worked for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) from 1966–1969. During the 1970s, he taught at the University of Delhi and worked for the Ministry of Foreign Trade with the former Cabinet Minister for Foreign Trade, Lalit Narayan Mishra. As the Minister of Foreign Trade, Lalit Narayan Mishra was one of the first to recognize Singh's talent as an economist and appointed him his advisor at the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Singh and Mishra first met, coincidentally, on a flight from India to Chile. Mishra was on his way to Santiago, Chile to attend an UNCTAD meeting.

In 1982, he was appointed the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and held the post until 1985. He went on to become the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission of India from 1985 to 1987. Following his tenure at the Planning Commission, he was Secretary General of the South Commission, an independent economic policy think tank headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland from 1987 to 1990.

In 1991, India's Prime Minister at the time, P.V. Narasimha Rao, chose Singh to be his Finance Minister. At this time, India's fiscal deficit was close to 8.5 per cent of the gross domestic product, the balance of payments deficit was huge and the current account deficit was close to 3.5 percent of India's GDP. India's foreign reserves barely amounted to USD$1 billion, enough to pay for a few weeks of imports, in comparison to USD$283 billion today.

Evidently, India was facing an economic crisis. At this point, the government of India sought relief from the supranational International Monetary Fund, which, while assisting India financially, imposed several conditions regarding India's economic policy. In effect, IMF-dictated policy meant that the ubiquitous Licence Raj had to be dismantled, and India's attempt at a state-controlled economy had to end. Accordingly, Singh, who had thus far been one of the most influential architects of India's socialist economy, slowly opened the Indian economy to foreign investment and business competition.

In 1993, Singh offered his resignation from the post of Finance Minister after a parliamentary investigation report criticised his ministry for not being able to anticipate a USD$1.8 billion securities scandal. Prime Minister Rao refused Singh's resignation, instead promising to punish the individuals directly accused in the report.

Singh was first elected to the upper house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, in 1991 and was re-elected in 2001 and 2007. From 1998 to 2004, while the Bharatiya Janata Party was in power, Singh was the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha. In 1999, he contested for the Lok Sabha from South Delhi but was unable to win the seat.

A renowned economist, Singh is also regarded as one of the "greatest statesmen in Asian history". Shown here with Indian delegation at the 33rd G8 summit in Heiligendamm.

After the 2004 general elections, the Indian National Congress stunned the incumbent National Democratic Alliance (NDA) by becoming the political party with the single largest number of seats in the Lok Sabha. In a surprise move, United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi declared Manmohan Singh, a technocrat, as the UPA candidate for the Prime Ministership. Despite the fact that Singh had never won a Lok Sabha seat, he "has enjoyed massive popular support, not least because he was seen by many as a clean politician untouched by the taint of corruption that has run through many Indian administrations. He took the oath as the Prime Minister of India on 22 May 2004.

Following the advice of IMF, in 1991, Singh as Finance Minister, officially freed India from the Licence Raj, source of slow economic growth and corruption in the Indian economy for decades. He liberalized the Indian economy, allowing it to speed up development dramatically. During his term as Prime Minister, Singh continued to encourage growth in the Indian market, enjoying widespread success in these matters. Singh, along with the former Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, have presided over a period where the Indian economy has grown with an 8–9% economic growth rate. In 2007, India achieved its highest GDP growth rate of 9% and became the second fastest growing major economy in the world.

Singh is now a strong supporter of globalization, seeing India's immense labor capacity as a path to delivering Indian goods in a worldwide market and eventually relieving large-scale poverty.

General Elections in India held to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. The results of the election were announced on 16 May 2009. Strong showing in Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh helped the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) form the new government under the incumbent Singh, who became the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 to win re-election after completing a full five-year term. The Congress and its allies were able to put together a comfortable majority with support from 322 members out of 543 members of the House. These included those of the UPA and the external support from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other minor parties.

On 22 May 2009, Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minister during a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The 2009 Indian general election was the largest democratic election in the world held to date, with an eligible electorate of 714 million.

Person Data:

Name                         :MANMOHAN SINGH
Born                           :26-September-1932 (1932-09-26) (age 78)
                                    Gah, British Raj (now Pakistan)
Political party             :Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)                  :Gursharan Kaur (1958–present)
Children                     :3 daughters-Upinder singh,
                                   Daman Singh,
                                   Amrit singh
Residence                  :Panchavati (Official)
                                  :Guwahati (Private)
Alma mater                :Panjab University, Chandigarh
                                   St John's College, Cambridge
                                   Nuffield College, Oxford
Profession                 :Economist
                                   Civil servant
                                   Social worker
                                   Professor
Religion                     :Sikhism
Present Address        :7, Race Course Road, New Delhi

Medha Patkar is a well known social activist of India. She was born  born on December 1 1954 in Bombay to social activist parents. Her father Vasant Khanolkar is a well known freedom fighter and trade unionist while her mother Indu Khanolkar runs a women's organization called Swadhar. Coming from such a family background, she grew up to be highly individualistic, exceptionally brave and unafraid to speak out.

Patkar completed her BSc from Ruia College did her MA in Social Work from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). .She left Ph. D. in the midst and got actively involved in the agitations conducted by tribals and peasants of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. This paved way for the formation of the organization named Narmada Bachao Andolan.

Hunger strike On 28th March, 2006, Medha went on a hunger strike, in protest of the decision taken by the authorities, to increase the height of the Narmada dam. The strike continued for a long period of 20 days and finally came to an end on April 17, 2006. The Supreme Court rejected the plea of Narmada Bachao Andolan to stop the construction of the dam.


On December 2, 2006, Medha was arrested by the police at Singur in West Bengal, for her active involvement in the protest against getting the hold of farmland. She was detained, because the police officers thought that, she might provoke people, thus leading to law and order problem.


The Madhya Pradesh Government alleged the Narmada Bachao Andolan of receiving foreign funds and using them for unclear purposes. They claimed that, the money that was obtained was being used by the organization to hamper the rehabilitation process.

Awards and Honors:

She was a recipient of Right Livelihood Award (1991)
M.A.Thomas National Human Rights Award (1999)
Deena Nath Mangeshkar Award
Mahatma Phule Award
Goldman Environment Prize
Green Ribbon Award
Human Rights Defender's Award

Marri Channa Reddy  was an Indian politician active in several states. He was the governor of Uttar Pradesh (1974–1977), governor of Punjab (1982–1983), governor of Rajasthan from February 1992 to May 1993, and governor of Tamil Nadu from 1993 until his death.

Born to Marri Lakshma Reddy, was born on January 13, 1919 In siripuram village in marpally mandal in Rangareddy district. He took his MBBS degree in 1941. He was the founder of Andhra Yuvajana Samiti and Students Congress. He was associated with several student, youth, social, educational, literary and cultural organisations, He edited a weekly for about two years and contributed articles to loading dailies and Journals.

In 1950, Dr. Reddy was nominated to the Provisional Parliament and was appointed Whip of Congress Parliamentary Party. He was elected member of the Hyderabad Legislative Assembly in the first General Elections and from 1952-1956 was Minister for Agriculture and Food, Planning and Rehabilitation in Hyderabad State.

He was elected to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly again from Vikarabad constituency. During 1957-62, he was a member of the Public Accounts Committee, twice Chairman of the Estimates Committee and Chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Regional (Telangana) Development Committee in State Legislative Assemably. In 1962 he was again elected, now from Tandur Constituency, and was Minister for Planning and Panchayat Raj and later for Finance, Commercial Taxes and Industries. In 1967, he was again returned to the Legislative Assembly and was Minister for Finance, Education and Commercial Taxes. He resigned the State Ministry on his appointment as Minister for Steel, Mines and Metals in the Union Cabinet (1967-63). Subsequently in April 1967, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha.


Reddys son:

Dr. Reddy was married to Srimati M. Savitri Devi and had two sons and a daughter. His younger son, Marri Shashidhar Reddy is active in politics. He has been elected four times to Andhra Pradesh Legislative assembly and is presently an MLA. He is also a member of the National Disaster Management Authority and is the only politician in the country to hold a MoS (Minister of state) rank in Government of India and also a MLA. This unique distinction was bestowed upon in the year 2006. Dr.Reddy's eldest grandson Marri Aditya Reddy is an e-Governance expert and is a grass root level worker of the congress party in Andhra Pradesh state and looks after his father Sasidhar Reddy's constituency in the city.