LOCATION

Population:
11,680,000 (2000)

NEWSPAPERS

Newspaper
The Economic Times

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Jawaharlal Nehru University	1969
University of Delhi	1922

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Saif Ali Khan	Actor	16-Aug-1970		Dil Chahta Hai
Paddy Ashdown	Politician	27-Feb-1941		Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1988-99
Bipasha Basu	Actor	7-Jan-1979		Apaharan
Michael Bennet	Politician	28-Nov-1964		US Senator from Colorado
Deepak Chopra	Author	22-Oct-1946		Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Sunny Deol	Actor	19-Oct-1956		Gadar: Ek Prem Katha
Naveen Jain	Business	1959		Founder of InfoSpace
Shahrukh Khan	Actor	2-Nov-1965		Hindi megastar
Om Malik	Journalist	29-Sep-1966		GigaOM
Sanjeev K. Mehra	Business	c. 1960		Partner, Goldman Sachs
Siddhartha Mukherjee	Doctor	1970		The Emperor of All Maladies
Bif Naked	Musician	15-Jun-1971		Canadian punk rocker
Andrew Rosenthal	Journalist	25-Feb-1956		Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Indira Gandhi	Head of State	19-Nov-1917	31-Oct-1984	First Female Prime Minister of India
Nathuram Vinayak Godse	Assassin	19-May-1910	15-Nov-1949	Assassinated Gandhi
Zakir Hussain	Head of State	8-Feb-1897	3-May-1969	President of India, 1967-69
Raj Kapoor	Actor	14-Dec-1924	2-Jun-1988	Top 20th Century Hindi megastar
K. R. Narayanan	Head of State	4-Feb-1921	9-Nov-2005	President of India, 1997-2002
Jawaharlal Nehru	Head of State	14-Nov-1889	27-May-1964	First Prime Minister of India
Narasimha Rao	Head of State	28-Jun-1921	23-Dec-2004	Prime Minister of India, 1991-96
Zohra Sehgal	Actor	27-Apr-1912	10-Jul-2014	The Jewel in the Crown
Chandra Shekhar	Head of State	1-Jul-1927	8-Jul-2007	Prime Minister of India, 1990-91

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