Leila Seth
- Born: 20th October, 1930, Lucknow, India.
- Leila Seth joined the Bar in 1959.
- She was the first woman to top the London Bar exams in 1958.
- She was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court 1978 and the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court, Himachal Pradesh in 1991.
- She served on the Law Commission of India
till 2000 and was responsible for the amendments to the Hindu
Succession Act which gave equal rights to daughters in joint family
property.
V. R. Krishna Iyer
- Mr. Justice Vaidyanathapura Rama Krishna Iyer was born on 1, November, 1915 at Palakad, Kerala, India.
- In 1952, he was elected as Member of Madras Legislative Assembly.
- He became the Minister for Law, Home, Irrigation & Power, Kerala State (1957-59) in the first Communist government in Kerala.
- He became the Judge of Kerala High Court (1968-71); Member of Law Commission (1971-73);
- In 1973, he was appointed as Judge of the Supreme Court of India (July 17 to Nov
14, 1980).
- He was the founder Director of Kerala Law Academy.
- The Report of the Expert Committee on Legal Aid commissioned by the Indian Government under his Chairmanship is the foundation of all legal aid developments in the country.
- In
1987, he contested in the Presidential election against
R Venkataraman.
- He was conferred with Padma Vibhushan in 1999.
- His autobiography is 'Wandering in Many Worlds'.
- As per Malayalam calendar, he will be turning 100 on Thursday, November 13, 2014.
Salim Ali
- Salim Moizuddin Abdul Ali was born on November 12, 1896, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
- He is one of the greatest ornithologists and naturalists of all
time, known as the “birdman of India”.
- He is also credited with the creation and
recognition of biodiversity hubs, the Keoladeo National park in
Rajasthan and the Silent Valley
National park in Kerala.
- In 1930, he published a research paper discussing the nature and activities of
the weaver bird.
- In 1941, he published “The Book of Indian Birds in 1941″ in which he discussed
the kinds and habits of Indian birds.
- In 1948, his book ‘Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan’ (10 Volume Set) along with S. Dillon Ripley, a
world-famous ornithologist, describes the birds of the subcontinent, their
appearance, habitat, breeding habits, migration.
- He received the Padma Shri in 1958 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1976.
- He was also nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 1985.
- In his autobiography ‘The Fall of a sparrow’ in 1985, Dr. Salim Ali wrote that his interest was in the "living bird in its natural environment."
- He died on June 20, 1987.
- In 1990, the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History (SACON) was established at Coimbatore by the Government of India.
- One of the world's rarest bats (Latidens salimalii), the subspecies of the Rock Bush Quail (Perdicula argoondah salimalii) and the eastern population of Finn's Weaver (Ploceus megarhynchus salimalii) was named after him. A subspecies of the Black-rumped Flameback Woodpecker (Dinopium benghalense tehminae) was named after his wife, Tehmina.
- November 12th is celebrated as National Bird Watching Day in India.
- www.sacon.in
- www.salimalifoundation.org
Bhimsen Joshi
- Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition.
- He was born in Gadag, Karnataka, India. As a child, he was deeply moved by a recording of Abdul Karim Khan, the founder father of the ' Kirana gharana'.
- He was considered as the leading light of the Kirana gharana. He is renowned for his unique style and mastery over ragas, khayal
form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional
music (bhajans and abhangs).
- He is the recipient of Padma Shri (1972), Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1976), Padma Bhushan (1985), Padma Vibhushan (1999).
- In 1998, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama.
- He received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2008.
