Personality or Event of the day SARAT CHANDRA CHATTERJI

January 16 - Death Anniversary A Great Bengali Noveslist & Short Story Writer His works have been made into some fifty films in many Indian languages His works have been made into some fifty films in many Indian languages (particularly his novel Devdas was made into eight versions) Click the following to see more on this topic: PROFILE          CROSSWORD          QUIZ          VIDEOS

Personality or Event of the day KABIR BEDI

January 16 - Happy Birthday A Bollywood Actor with presence and popularity in 3 continents Noted for his role as Emperor Shah Jahan in Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story Click the following to see more on this topic: PROFILE          CROSSWORD          QUIZ          VIDEOS

Personality or Event of the day KALPANA CHAWLA

January 16, 2003 On this day the ill-fated Space Shuttle Columbia left-off for its last mission She was the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space.  She was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on Feb 01, 2003 Click the following to see more on this topic: PROFILE          CROSSWORD          QUIZ          VIDEOS