Famous Great Indians Sports Stars
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAF091 |
Author: | Shyam Dua |
Publisher: | Tiny Tot Publications |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 2008 |
ISBN: | 9788175736764 |
Pages: | 108 (Throughout Color Illustrations) |
Cover: | Paperback |
Other Details | 9.5 inch x 7.0 inch |
Weight | 240 gm |
Book Description
‘Famous Great Indians’ is a collection of books made to recognize the work and achievements of famous Indian personalities from all walks of life. It states the life and history of Indian’s most famous sons and daughters. It also acknowledges historical and cultural significance of the nation. The aim of designing the series is to basically create awareness about India’s famed culture and achievements among the present generation.
‘Famous Great Indians’ is a collection of various volumes recognizing the fame and glory associated with Indian personalities, history and culture. The series briefly describes the accomplishments and famous incidences of India’s famed heroes, their invaluable works and India’s glorious past and present. The sole purpose of the series is to familiarize the young generation with famous Indians from all walks of life, and to create awareness about the festivals and the architectural wonders that have imprinted India’s name in golden letters in the global scenario.
India has been a land of famous and talented personalities who have raised their level to reach the pinnacle in their respective fields. India has produced people of amazing capabilities in form of leaders, poets, writers, scientists, saints, film personalities and sportsmen, who have been highlighted in the series, as it is necessary to acknowledge their contribution time and again.
India is also by and large known as the land of festivals, which are no more confined to the boundaries of our nation but are also being celebrated by the different communities around the world. The pomp and show and the historical relevance is described briefly for the convenience of the readers.
‘Famous Great Indians’, taken as a whole, is a great a great pool of knowledge and information, and a tribute to its great citizens and culture, which swells the heart of every Indian with pride.
India is a nation where the sports personalities are worshipped by common people. Cricket greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar are some of the biggest stars to be born in India. In ‘Famous Great Indian Sports Stars’ we look at their feats of player and their incomparable passion that led to scale such heights. Hockey stars such as Dhyan Chand and Dhanraj Pillai are also cited. ‘famous Great Indian Sports Stars’ sneak a look into the life and history of one hundred and one such great athletes who have raised the level of Indian sport to new heights.
This book showcases the stars of yesteryears such as Ranjit Singhji, Duleep Singhji and Michael Ferreira as well as upcoming talents such as Abhinav Bindra and Virendra Sehwag, who are the rising stars of the young India. Leander Paes and K. Malleswari, who have brought home the invaluable Olympic medal, deserve a special mark of respect.
Overall, ‘Famous Great Indian Sports Stars’ is a perfect collection of information of India’s faithful children in the field of sports, hence making it as a perfect guidebook for all the sports lovers across the country.
1 | Abhinav Bindra | 8 |
2 | Ajit Agarkar | 9 |
3 | Ajitpal Singh | 10 |
4 | Andrew D' Souza | 11 |
5 | Anil Kumble | 12 |
6 | Anjali Vedpathak Bhagwat | 13 |
7 | Anju George | 14 |
8 | Anshuman Dattajiro Gaekwad | 15 |
9 | Aparna Popat | 16 |
10 | Arjun Atwal | 17 |
11 | Arjun Lal | 18 |
12 | Ashish Ballal | 19 |
13 | B.P. Govinda | 20 |
14 | Bachendari Pal | 21 |
15 | Baichung Bhutia | 22 |
16 | Balbir Singh | 23 |
17 | Bhagwat Chandrasekhar | 24 |
18 | Brahmanand Shakhwalkar | 25 |
19 | Chandu Borde | 26 |
20 | Cuttari Kanakaiya Nayudu | 27 |
21 | D.V. Prasad | 28 |
22 | Debashish Mohanty | 29 |
23 | Deepak Thakur | 30 |
24 | Dhanraj Pillai | 31 |
25 | Dhyan Chand | 32 |
26 | Dinesh Mongia | 33 |
27 | Gama Pehalwan | 34 |
28 | Geet Sethi | 35 |
29 | Gundappa Viswnath | 36 |
30 | Harbhajan Singh | 37 |
31 | Iftikhar Ali Khan | 38 |
32 | Isha Lakhani | 39 |
33 | Jaspal Rana | 40 |
34 | Javagal Srinath | 41 |
35 | Jude Menezes | 42 |
36 | Jugraj Singh | 43 |
37 | Jyoti Randhawa | 44 |
38 | K. Malleshwari | 45 |
39 | K. Sasikaran | 46 |
40 | K.S. Duleepsingh ji | 47 |
41 | K.S. Ranjitsingh | 48 |
42 | Kapil Dev Nikhanj | 49 |
43 | Kartar Singh | 50 |
44 | Khashaba Jadhav | 51 |
45 | Kunjarani Devi | 52 |
46 | Kunwar Digvijay Singh Babu | 53 |
47 | Lajarus Barla | 54 |
48 | Lala Amranath | 55 |
49 | Leander Paes | 56 |
50 | Leslie Claudius | 57 |
51 | Mahesh Bhupathi | 58 |
52 | Mamta Kharab | 59 |
53 | Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi | 60 |
54 | Michael Ferreira | 61 |
55 | Mihir Sen | 62 |
56 | Milkha Singh | 63 |
57 | Mohammad Ali Qamar | 64 |
58 | Mohammad Azharuddin | 65 |
59 | Mohammad Kaif | 66 |
60 | Mohammad Riaz Nabi | 67 |
61 | Mohammad Shahid | 68 |
62 | Mohammad Sameer Dad | 69 |
63 | Mukesh Kumar | 70 |
64 | Nafisa Ali | 71 |
65 | Narendra Hirwani | 72 |
66 | Navjot Singh Sidhu | 73 |
67 | Nirupama Vaidyanathan | 74 |
68 | Nisha Millet | 75 |
69 | P. Gopichand | 76 |
70 | P.K. Banerjee | 77 |
71 | P.T. Usha | 78 |
72 | Pargat Singh | 79 |
73 | Paul Ancheri | 80 |
74 | Prakash Padukone | 81 |
75 | Pritam Siwach | 82 |
76 | Rahul Dravid | 83 |
77 | Raj Manchanda | 84 |
78 | Ramandeep Singh Grewal | 85 |
79 | Ramanathan Krishnan | 86 |
80 | Ramesh Krishnan | 87 |
81 | Ravi Shastri | 88 |
82 | Roop Singh | 89 |
83 | Sachin Tendulkar | 90 |
84 | Sourav Ganguly | 91 |
85 | Sriram Singh | 92 |
86 | Sunil Gavaskar | 93 |
87 | Suraj Lata Devi | 94 |
88 | Surjit Singh | 95 |
89 | Tenzing Norgay | 96 |
90 | Udham Singh | 97 |
91 | V.R. Dinesh Nayak | 98 |
92 | V.V.S. Laxman | 99 |
93 | Venkatesh Prasad | 100 |
94 | Vijay Amritraj | 101 |
95 | Vijay Hazare | 102 |
96 | Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman | 103 |
97 | Vinoo Manked | 104 |
98 | Virendra Sehwag | 105 |
99 | Vishwanathan Anand | 106 |
100 | Yuvraj Singh | 107 |
101 | Zaheer Khan | 108 |