Saturday, January 14, 2017

10 Jan...

Birth anniversary of
A. Noted lawyer and distinguished Constitutional expert Fali S Norman (b. 1929). He is a former Additional Solicitor General of India. His son Robinson Nariman is a sitting judge of Supreme Court and has been the Solicitor General of India.
B. Noted Carnatic musician and playback singer K J Yesudas (b. 1940). He has been the recipient of one National award and 5 filmfare awards.
C. Hrithik Roshan (b. 1974)
D. The first Railway minister of India John Mathai (b. 1886, d. 1959) who also presented 2 budgets as Finance Minister. Basically an economist, he was HOD, Dept. of Economics, University of Madras. He was the first Chairman of SBI when it started in 1955. Besides being Vice Chancellor of Mumbai University, he was also the first Vice Chancellor of University of Kerala.
His son Ravi Mathai was the first Director of IIM A (at the age of 38) and is credited to have laid the foundation of what it is today. His nephew is the legendary Dr. Varghese Kurien.
E. One of my two demigods on earth and my idol, my own father.

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