by Team Spectrum Books | Jan 10, 2022 | Persons in the News
The icon of South African anti-apartheid movement, Desmond Mpilo Tutu, who was born on October 7, 1931, in Klerksdorp, South Africa died on December 26, 2021, in Cape Town, at 90. He was fighting prostate cancer since 1997. He used his stage and spirited oratory...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 18, 2021 | Persons in the News
Rahibai Soma Popere, popularly known as the ‘Seed Mother’, was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award of the country, by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, in November 2021, at the age of 57. She received the Padma Shri Award in the field of...
by Team Spectrum Books | Dec 11, 2021 | Persons in the News
The Karnataka-based environmentalist, Tulsi Gowda, was awarded the Padma Shri, the country’s fourth highest civilian award, by President Ram Nath Kovind on November 8, 2021 for her social work. She was one among 61 persons who were awarded the Padma Shri Awards 2020....
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 20, 2021 | Persons in the News
Maki Kaji, popularly known as the godfather of modern form of Sudoku, died from bile duct cancer on August 10, 2021. This Japanese puzzle wizard was born in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo in 1951. The Keio University dropout, Kaji used to work in a publishing...
by Team Spectrum Books | Sep 12, 2021 | Persons in the News
Dhyan Chand was born on August 29, 1905, in Allahabad. He was an Indian field hockey player, often referred to as a ‘magician’ on the hockey field. He is considered to be the all-time greatest player of the game of hockey. He was the chief protagonist behind India’s...
by Team Spectrum Books | Aug 14, 2021 | Persons in the News
In June 2021, making of a biopic on Sir Chettur Sankaran Nair was announced which will depict the legendary courtroom battle that Nair fought against the British. Chettur Sankaran Nair was born in 1857 to an aristocratic family in Mankara village of Malabar’s Palakkad...
