#FunFactz:
If you look at @sachin_rt 's profile on Cricinfo, you will notice that he doesn’t have a strike rate in test cricket. The reason is that we do not have info about the number of deliveries he faced in the test against Sri Lanka at Chandigarh. espncricinfo.com/series/16566/s…
Madhav Apte, who played 7 tests for India, is probably the only person to have played with Sachin Tendulkar AND Prof DB Deodhar.
Sachin played the Kanga league against Madhav Apte’s team. Madhav Apte was also the president of CCI, when rules...
.. were modified to allow a then 14 year old Sachin Tendulkar to be made a playing member.
Also, Prof. DB Deodhar, is one of 2 people to have played 1st class cricket before WW1 and after WW2
Back to Dr.Rajkumar.
He acted in only 1 non-Kannada movie, a Telugu film named 'Kalahasti Mahatyam', which in turn was a remake of his own Kannada film 'Bedara Kannapa'. The movies are based on the legend of Kannappa, who plucked his eyes to offer to Shiva. #HBDDrRajKumar
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On June 15, 2001, the world saw the release of a monumental film in scale & vision, with its main plot revolving around a cricket match between India & the British Empire!
A thread 🧵on Lagaan, the film that convinced Aamir Khan to pursue the kind of films he believed in.
After two failed attempts at films, @AshGowariker's confidence was low.
He then conceived a story where a key battle is resolved by a cricket match. He pitched this to Aamir in 4 lines, who told him not to waste time on this.
Lagaan was @AshGowariker’s third foray into direction after his earlier two movies – Pehla Nasha and Baazi.
Baazi is famous for the “Item number” by Aamir Khan. Pehla Nasha had Aamir and SRK in the same movie with some cringe worthy puns
This is freedom fighter Raj Narain, who achieved the greatest electoral upset in India's history.
In the 1977 elections held after the lifting of the Emergency, Raj Narain defeated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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The story begins with the 1971 election.
Originally scheduled for 1972, Indira Gandhi called for early elections, catching opposition by surprise.
The opposition quickly recovered and nominated Raj Narain to contest against Mrs. Gandhi in Rae Bareli.
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Indira Gandhi was probably displeased with the nomination.
At a campaign rally she said, "Mr. Narain had been chosen by the opposition parties to contest from Rae Bareli because he was a well-known Nehru hater and baiter."
This song is very familiar to Indians, but it strikes a chord with people in Pakistan too.
The Pakistani film Bedari (1956) was a remake of the Hindi blockbuster Jagriti (1954).
Bedari lifted the plot, songs, & lead child actor too - Makki ka Makki!
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The lead role in both Jagriti and Bedari is played by Nazir Rizvi (better known by his screen name Rattan Kumar).
Nazir migrated to Pakistan in the 1950s and went on to act in many Lollywood movies thereafter.
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Actor Ratan Kumar was already very famous before the release of Jagriti, thanks to his important roles in classics such as Do Bigha Zameen, and Boot Polish.
The 73rd Amendment to the Constitution of India in 1993 has sparked a governance revolution in India, resulting in over 10,00,000 women representatives (sarpanch, councillor) in local govt today.
This unprecedented change has no parallel anywhere in the world!
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73rd amendment of Constitution of India empowered local governments and introduced women’s reservation in local governments.
The women’s quota has been in place since 1993! But a few states like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh had such measures before the constitutional amendment.
Droupadi Murmuji, a trailblazing politician from Odisha, secured her first major electoral victory in the 1997 Panchayat elections from Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat.
She won from a seat reserved for women (specifically ST women).
In 1999, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was in the midst of balancing the needs of a 19 party coalition. Jayalalitha decided to withdraw support and a vote of confidence was taken.
This man decided to vote and NDA lost the no-confidence motion by 1 vote.
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A little background - the NDA or the National Democratic alliance was formed not in 1998... But back in 1983.
Vajpayee heading a fledgling Bharatiya Janata Party teamed up with Charan Singh of the Lok Dal to form the NDA to fight Indira Gandhi.
It was an uneasy alliance and after the death of Indira Gandhi in October 1984, the Congress swept to power riding on a wave of sympathy. The NDA dissolved.