Padma Bhushan (2001)
A former Indian Hindi cinema actor, director and producer of great repute
One of the great playback singers of Bollywood with unique voice
A singer, composer and producer.
He sang in Hindi films under the name Hemant Kumar.
Indian economist who served as the 14th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014
The first Sikh Prime Minister of India
On Sep 26, 1910 he was arrested and exiled from Travancore in 1910
Author of Vrithantha Pathra Pravarthanam (1912)
(the first book on journalism in the Malayalam language)
He also wrote the biography of Karl Marx (1912) in Malayalam
(which was the first Marx biography in any Indian language).
(Bharat Ratna)
On Sep 26, 1998, he scored the 18th ODI Century
Overall he made 100 centuries in international cricket (test matches and ODIs)
