• August 31, 2011:   On this day, he made the T20I match debut; against England.
• September 03, 2011:   On this day, he made his ODI match debut; against England.
• October 20, 2011 - Declared Man of the Match in ODI against England.
• March 22, 2013 - He made his debut in Test cricket on this day against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi.
• February 15, 2014:   He made his first Test century at Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand on 15 February 2014 against New Zealand.
• June 15, 2014 - Declared Man of the Match in ODI against Bangladesh.
• September 02, 2014 - Declared Man of the Match in ODI against England.
• November 02, 2014 - Declared Man of the Match in ODI against Sri Lanka. 
• August 14, 2015 - He created a world record by becoming the first non-keeper cricketer to take eight catches in a Test match on this day (against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle when he caught Rangana Herath at first slip off the bowling of Amit Mishra).

• Test Matches - Records
  • 5th Indian Batsman to score centuries in each innings of a Test
  • Most number of catches in a Test(8)
  • Only Indian player to make at least one score of 90 or more in 8 Consecutive Test series, starting from the 2013-14 tour of South Africa till 2016-17 West Indies Tour.
• T20 Matches - Records
  • First batsman to hit six fours in an over in IPL. (Against S Arvind, RCB)
  • Joint-Record with 5 other players for most no. of catches in a T20 match.

• CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year: 2014-15
•  M A Chidambaram Trophy for best Under-19 cricketer: 2006-07

• Hailed from the erstwhile royal family of Jashpur.
• Former Minister of State for Environment and Forests in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government.

A Parsi model and actress from Mumbai, India.

• She started her acting career with Hindi television.
• She has modelled for Lakme, Fanta, Close-up and Cadbury, among others.
• She then did smaller roles in Hindi films.
•  She appeared in lead role in the 2005 Kannada movie Jogi whichestablished herself as a leading contemporary actress of Kannada cinema.
• In 2009 she made her Bollywood debut as a lead heroine in Mudh Mudh Ke Na Dekkh Mudh Mudh Ke, opposite Himesh Reshammiya.

• One of the most noted comedians in Hindi cinema.
• He began his career in 1984, and has acted in more than 300 Bollywood films.
• In 1998, Lever was convicted and sentenced to seven days imprisonment for disrespecting the Indian National Anthem, constitution and the flag at a private function hosted by Anees Ibrahim Kaskar, brother of global terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. However, he was relieved of all charges subsequently.

• He noted for his long career as a left-wing political commentator.
• He was also nominated as a Member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament in 1997.
• Nayar's autobiography is entitled "Beyond the Lines." The book was released in July 2012.

• 2003 Astor Award for Press Freedom
•  2007 Shaheed Niyogi Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement

• He represented the Indian cricket team between 1991 and 1994. •
• He played 11 Test matches scoring one century and three half-centuries at an average of 42.50.
• He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against South Africa at Kolkata in November 1991, scoring a half-century.
• His Test debut came exactly one year later against the same team at Durban, scoring a century. He became the 9th Indian player to achieve this feat.
• His score of 246 for Rest of India against Bengal remains the highest score by any batsman in the Irani Trophy.

• He is considered as one of the most entertaining lead actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced.
• Mohammed Rafi remained his major playback singer in his career.

• Filmfare Best Actor Award (1968)
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award (1982)
• Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (1995)
• Phalke Legend Actor Award by the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy (2009)

• She made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film Shastra (1996).
• During the year, she won the first singing reality show titled Meri Awaz Suno.
• She rose to prominence after recording "Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi" from Mast (1999), ultimately winning the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent and was nominated for the Best Female Playback Singer.

• Two Filmfare Awards
• Two International Indian Film Academy Awards
• Two Screen Awards
• One Zee Cine Award
• One Mirchi Music Award
• One Global Indian Music Academy Award.

• He founded over 300 yoga centres around the world and wrote over 100 books in Tamil and English many of which became academic textbooks.
• Born in a very poor weaver's family, he established a textile concern that grew to employ over 2,000 workers on a profit-sharing basis.
• He wrote over 3000 poems on philosophical subjects. His philosophy corresponds to pure advaita.
• His lifetime works are called Vethathiriyam, which literally translates as a roadmap to the mountain of knowledge.
• 1958 - He founded the World Community Service Center (WCSC) in 1958 in Chennai, and was its trustee.
• 1984 - He founded the "Vethathiri Maharishi Yoga and Kaya Kalpa Research Foundation" based in Aliyar, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu in the name of Arutperunjothi Nagar.This
• 1998 - the Brain Trust was established to bring together intellectuals of various fields to discuss the issues facing mankind and work towards solutions for bringing about peace and harmony to the individual and to the world at large.
• February 02, 2016 - The WCSC President met the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, at Coimbatore and submitted an applicationproposal for the setting up of a new university - Vethathiri Institute of Yoga and Spiritual Education.

• Many of his books are being translated into Hindi and other Indian languages.
• He was declared the 19th Siddha by the Dravidian University. A Siddha refers to a being who has achieved a high degree of physical as well as spiritual perfection or enlightenment.
• At the age of fifty, he closed all his commercial activities and devoted himself solely to spiritual service.
• At the age of 72, he adopted an American national, Ms. Keith Fitzcharles, later renamed as Arulnidhi Uma Vethathiri, as his legal heir.
• He had always been engaged in finding answers for the following questions:
  • What is God?
  • What is life?
  • Why is poverty in the world?
• According to him, a deep understanding of nature is essential for good and balanced living.
• He claimed to synthesize a complete science of living for the betterment of humanity through:
  • Simplified Kundalini Yoga meditation,
  • Physical Exercises,
  • Kaya Kalpa Yoga and
  • Introspections.

• He was a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, India representing Maharashtra.
• He was two-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008.
• He was a member of the Indian National Congress and originally belonged to Latur district in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

• It was a Global warfare involving Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Pacific Islands, China and off the coast of South and North AmericaBut centred in Europe.
•  A small conflict became a big warfare and soon Germany, Russia, Great Britain, and France were all dragged into the war.
• Despite the death of millions of soldiers in brutal conditions, neither side had gained any advantage.
• Angered by attacks upon its ships in the Atlantic, USA also declared war on Germany in April, 1017.
• In November, 1917, Russia pulled out of the war because of the Bolshevik Revolution at home.
• A deadly outbreak of influenza, in 1918, took heavy tolls on soldiers of both sides.
• Eventually, the governments of both Germany and Austria-Hungary began to lose control.
• The fighting ended in the late fall of 1918, after the member countries of the Central Powers signed armistice agreements one by one. But the final end of the war was achieved only after signing of the treaty of Versailles.
•  Germany, under the Treaty of Versailles, was severely punished with strict sanctions.
• Some historians believe that the excessive punishment of Germany had actually actually planted the seeds of World War II, rather than foster peace.
• India Gate in New Delhi was built as a War Memorial to commemorate the death of 90,000 Indian soldiers, who were killed in the North West Province during the First World War and the Afghan Fiasco of 1919.