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Tressie Souders Tressie Souders (February 7, 1897 – January 17, 1995) was the first known African American female to direct a feature film, 1922's "A Woman's Error".
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Padmarajan Padmarajan (23 May 1945 – 24 January 1991) (also known as Padmarajan Pillai) was an Indian author, screenwriter, and film director who was known for his landmark works in Malayalam literature and Malayalam cinema. Padmarajan was the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam, along with Bharathan, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed.
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Milinda Peiris Major General (retd.) Milinda Peiris, RWP, RSP, USP, ndc, psc, is the former Chief of Staff (COS) of the Sri Lanka Army.
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Damal Kandalai Srinivasan Damal Kandalai Srinivasan (born 1933) is an Indian social worker, business person, philanthropist and the co-founder of Hindu Mission Hospital, Chennai. He is also the secretary of "Valluvar Gurukulam", an educational institution founded in 1940 for the children of the refugees from Burma, which has since grown to the present-day "Valluvar Gurukulam Higher Secondary School". The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to society.
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C. V. Padmarajan C. V. Padmarajan is an Indian politician and advocate from Paravur, Kollam, Kerala, India. He was a Minister in the Kerala Government, holding various portfolios including Finance, Electricity, Community Development, and Fisheries. He was also the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee President.
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Govindarajan Padmanaban Govindarajan Padmanaban (born 20 March 1938, in Madras) is an Indian biochemist and biotechnologist. He was the former director of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and presently serves as honorary professor in the department of biochemistry at IISc.
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Paras Tomar Paras Tomar is an Indian television show personality, model, former journalist with the Times of India and a radio show presenter for CJRJ
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Mumtaz Sorcar Mumtaz Sorcar (Bengali: মুমতাজ সরকার ), informally (pet name) known as "Pratiti Sorcar", is an Indian film actress. She is the youngest daughter of world-famous magician PC Sorcar Junior and Jayashree Devi.She has participated in the popular reality tv show, Bigg Boss Bangla but eventually got evicted after staying for a month in the house. Mumtaz started her career with a music video for singer Mehreen from Bangladesh. She first appeared in the short film "Bhorai: The Maladies of Dawn" directed by Subhrajit Mitra produced by NIBS.
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Lissy (Malayalam actress) Lissy (also Lakshmi) is a former Indian actress. Though, she was a leading heroine in Malayalam cinema, she had also acted in several Tamil and Telugu films. She was introduced to Tamil films by actor Kamal Haasan as his heroine in his home production, "Vikram" (1986). She quit acting after her marriage with film director Priyadarshan in 1990.
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P. S. Veeraraghavan Parivakkam Subramaniam Veeraraghavan (Tamil: பரிவக்கம் சுப்ரமணியம் வீரராகவன் ; born 24 December 1948) is a well known space scientist and rocket technologist of India. He has served as the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and as the Director of ISRO Inertial Systems Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram. One of the most senior scientists at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Veeraraghavan is known for his contributions to launch vehicle technology, especially in the areas of integration & checkout and Inertial Systems of ISROs launch vehicles. Presently, he is holding the honorary position of Prof. Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor in VSSC, ISRO since January 2013.
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S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam (   ; born 4 June 1946) is an Indian film playback singer, actor, music director, voice actor and film producer. He is mostly referred to as S. P. B. or Balu. He has won the Guinness World Record for recording the highest number of songs. He has garnered six National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer, and twenty five Nandi Awards for his works towards Telugu cinema. In 2012, He received the Andhra Pradesh state NTR National Award for his contributions to Indian cinema.
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Ranjana Gauhar Padmashree Ranjana Gauhar is a Odissi dancer.
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E. Chandrasekharan E. Chandrasekharan (Malayalam: ഇ. ചന്ദ്രശേഖരന്‍ ; born 26 December 1948) is a politician from Kasaragod, and who is the current Revenue Minister of Kerala.
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Mrityunjay Athreya Mrityunjay Athreya is an Indian author, educationist and management advisor, widely regarded as one of the founders and pioneers of Indian Management movement and education. A former professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, the London Business School and the Strathclyde Business School, Scotland, and a known speaker at various international forums, he is the founder of "Sampradaan Indian Centre for Philanthropy", a non-profit non governmental organization, serving as a platform for charity initiatives by high-net-worth individuals. The Government of India honored him, in 2014, by bestowing on him the third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan.
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Varavara Rao Varavara Rao (born 3 November 1940) is a communist, activist, Naxalite sympathiser, renowned poet, journalist, literary critic, and public speaker from Telangana, India. He has been writing poetry since 1957. He is considered as one of the best Marxist critics in Telugu literature and taught Telugu literature to graduate and undergraduate students for about 40 years. He is known as an orator and had addressed thousands of public gatherings. He founded "Srujana" (creation), a forum for modern literature in Telugu, in 1966 as a quarterly and later turned it into a monthly and successfully brought it out till 1992. He was one of the founders of Viplava Rachayitala Sangahm (Revolutionary Writers' Association), popularly known by its acronym Virasam, that supports and propagates Naxalite ideology and practice. He was associated with many a progressive and revolutionary journal in Telugu.
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Pranesh Padmanabhan Pranesh Padmanabhan (born 1987), is an entrepreneur, photographer and founder of Pranesh Photography. He is also the founder of Evolvonomics , which is a three-year-old private company which helps start-ups grow. Pranesh Photography is a brand created under Evolvonomics.
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Triambak Sharma Triambak Sharma (born 5 September 1970) is an Indian cartoonist. He founded in 1996 "Cartoon Watch", India's only monthly cartoon magazine, which connects well known Indian cartoonists like Abid Surti, R.K.Laxman, Sudhir Tailang, Pran and many others.
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Padmapriya Janakiraman Padmapriya Janakiraman, simply credited as Padmapriya, is an Indian film actress and model. A classical bharatanatyam dancer, Padmapriya made her acting debut in the Telugu-language film "Seenu Vasanthi Lakshmi" (2003), following which she appeared in a number of Malayalam and Tamil-language films alongside leading actors. In a span of 5 years, she has appeared in nearly 30 films in Malayalam, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi and has received several major South Indian awards. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed performances in the Malayalam-language films "Kaazhcha", "Karutha Pakshikal", "Pazhassi Raja" and the Tamil-language films "Thavamai Thavamirundhu" and "Mirugam".
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Accamma Cherian Accamma Cherian was an Indian independence activist from the erstwhile Travancore (Kerala), India. She was popularly known as the Jhansi Rani of Travancore.
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Padma Devender Reddy M. Padma Devender Reddy (born 6 January 1969) is an Indian politician and First Deputy Speaker in Telangana Legislative Assembly. She belongs to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi. She is a former MLA from Ramayampet assembly constituency. She won as MLA from Medak assembly constituency. She regularly appears on political debates on Television and is known for good oratory skills.
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Alison Hinds Alison Amanda Hinds (born 1 June 1970) is a British-born Barbadian soca artist based in Barbados. She is one of the most popular soca singers in the world and has been given the nickname the "Queen of Soca".
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Simon Oraon Simon Oraon Minj, popularly known as the Waterman of Jharkhand in the media and Simon Baba among his villagers, is an Indian environmentalist and social worker, who is known to have worked to combat drought in the state of Jharkhand. His efforts have been reported behind the construction of five irrigation reservoirs as well as an environmental project which included mass tree plantation and digging of wells and ponds in the Bero Block near Ranchi, covering 51 villages. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to society.