That is the Duke of Connaught, and that is the Royal Crescent in BATH, which was the inspiration for Connaught Place.
NOOR INAYAT KHAN
3) The son of a carpet seller in Jaipur, he initially worked as a voice artist at the All India Radio there. On the advice of Hrishikesh Mukherjee, he joined the FTII in Pune, and passed out in 1967. Initially appearing in a couple of Gujarati movies, his first Hindi movie was Umang. Along with Harish Patel, Dinesh Hingoo he also formed a small Gujarati film production company and also sang his own songs in movie Alaap. Name him.
ASRANI
That is the Crawford Market in Mumbai, now renamed as Jyotibha Phule Market.
5) A follower of the Sufi saint Hazrat Mian Mir, he always looked to find a common ground between Hinduism and Islam. He translated the Upanishads from Sanskrit to Persian, and his most famous work titled the "Confluence of 2 seas" explored similarities between the Vedantic and Sufi philosophy. Also a well known artist, he had an album, which was a collection of his calligraphy and paintings. He was captured and executed by his brother, in 1659. Who?
DARA SHIKOH
6) The longest every serving Viceory in the British Raj, he was a Colonel during WW1, and also an OBE. He bought in the local self government plans during his tenure, which was also the time, the Congress captured power in around 5 provinces. The Quit India movement and the notorious 1943 Bengal famine marked his tenure. Who?
LORD LINLITHGOW
7) His father wanted him to become a lawyer, while he dreamt of a career in music. He also acted as a leading hero in the movie Sakuntala opposite M.S.Subbalaxmi. The first concert musician, who explored the concept of raga alapana in a step by step approach, he advocated the concept of Indian music being a single entity instead of Hindustani or Carnatic. One of his innovations was the shruthi bedam, an approach by which the last note of a raga would be the starting note for the next raga, and achieving the shifting from one raaga to another. Name him.
G.N.BALASUBRAMANIAM
8) Musco Lighting is an Iowa based company that provides lighting to major sports events like the Super Bowl and Olympics. It was the official light provider for the Los Angeles, Atlanta and Sydney Olympics, as well as the illumination at Ground Zero after 2001. It also has a partnership with an Indian firm, that has provided lighting at cricket stadiums like Mohali, Barabati in Cuttack, Motera in Ahmedabad. Who owns the Indian firm?
KAPIL DEV
DUPLEIX in PONDICHERRY
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My appeal to you is this, that long after the controversy will be hushed in silence, long after this turmoil, the agitation will have ceased, long after he is dead and gone, he will be looked upon as the poet of patriotism, as the prophet of nationalism and the lover of humanity. Long after he is dead and gone, his words will be echoed and re-echoed, not only in India but across distant seas and lands. Therefore, I say that the man in his position is not only standing before the bar of this Court, but before the bar of the High Court of History.Who was speaking about whom here, and what was the context?
C.R.DAS defending AUROBINDO GHOSH in the Alipore Bomb Case trial.
