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1 May 11 Sun
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National Pension Scheme (NPS) was launched in
2009.
May Day
is synonymous with International Workers' Day, or
Labour
Day, which celebrates
the social and economic achievements
of the labour movement.
Maharashtra Day and
Gujarat
Day are celebrated in
Maharashtra and Gujarat
respectively, on May 1. Maharashtra and Gujarat
attained
statehood on 1st of May, 1960 when the then state
Bombay
was divided into two states, Maharashtra and
Gujarat on
the basis of different languages, Marathi and
Gujarati,
under the Bombay re-organization act.
Happy
Birthday : 1944 - Suresh
Kalmadi - Politician
and Senior Sports Administrator. Formerly a member of
the Indian National Congress, he was arrested by CBI on
25 Apr 11. |
Mannaday
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2 May
11 Mon
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Birth anniversary : 1921
Satyajit Ray. Ray was a
Bengali filmmaker and regarded as one of the
greatest
amateur of 20th century cinema [d. 23 Apr '92]
Death Anniversary : 2011 -
Osama bin Laden, the worlds most wanted terrorist, founder of al-Qaeda, the
organization responsible for the 11 Sep attacks on the
United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks
against civilian and military targets (b. 10 Mar 1957). |
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3
May
11 Tue
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight
Riders : Hyderabad : 8PM
World Press
Freedom Day, recognized by
the UN
World Asthma Day
is an
annual event organized by the Global Initiative
for Asthma
(GINA) to improve asthma awareness and care around
the
world [observed on 1st Tuesday of May].
The
United Nations Convention
on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities came into force
on 3rd May 2008. The purpose of the Convention is
to
promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal
enjoyment
of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by
all
persons with disabilities, and to promote respect
for
their inherent dignity.
[ Nodal Ministry: Ministry of Social Justice &
Empowerment
]
1939
The
All India Forward
Bloc
was formed by Netaji
Subhash Chandra Bose.
Death anniversary : 1969
Zakir Hussain,
3rd President of India, (b. 1897).
Death anniversary : 2006
Pramod Mahajan, Politician (b. 1949). |
New Moon |
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4 May 11 Wed
International
Firefighters' Day (IFFD) |
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan
Royals : Chennai : 4PM
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Pune Warriors vs Mumbai
Indians : Navi Mumbai : 8PM
International Firefighters'
Day (IFFD)
is observed on May 4. It was instituted after
proposal
emailed out across the world on January 4, 1999
due to the
deaths of five firefighters in tragic
circumstances in a
wildfire in Australia.
Birth : 1767
Tyagaraja,
Composer of classical Carnatic music (d.
1847).
Death
: 1799
Tipu Sultan,
Indian military leader (b. 1750). |
[World Asthma Day] |
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5
May 11 Thu |
Birth Anniversary : 1916
Zail
Singh, President of
India (d. 1994).
Death Anniversary : 2006
Naushad
Ali, Composer
(b. 1919). |
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6 May 11 Fri
[ Motilal Nehru ]
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Cricket
: IPL 2011 : Royal
Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab
: Bangalore : 8PM
Akshay Tritiya
:
or the third day in Shukla Paksha during Vaisakh month.
Parasuram Jayanti
: He is the fifth incarnation of Lord Vishnu. and this
festival is observed on Akshay Tritiya.
Birth
anniversary
: 1861
Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom
fighter and leader of the Indian National
Congress. He was
the founder patriarch of India's most powerful
political
family, the Nehru-Gandhi family (d. 1931).
1857 The British East India Company
disbands
the 34th Regiment of Bengal Native Infantry whose
Sepoy Mangal Pandey had earlier
revolted against the British and is considered to
be the
First Martyr in the War of India's Independence.
Happy Birthday : 1983 - Gagan Narang an ace Indian shooter, especially in Air rifle shooting,
supported by the Olympic Gold Quest. He is the first
Indian to qualify for the London Olympics. He is to be
conferred Khel Ratna on 29 Aug 2011. |
[ Mangal Pandey ]
Bffs:
1.Haunted
- 3d
2.Luv
Ka The End |
7 May 11 Sat
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Kolkata Knight Riders vs
Chennai Super Kings :
Kolkata : 4PM. Mumbai
Indians vs Delhi Daredevils
: Mumbai : 8PM
Astronomy Day
is an
annual event
intended to provide a means of interaction between
the
general public and various astronomy enthusiasts,
groups
and professionals.
Birth
: 1861 -
Rabindranath
Tagore, also known as
`Gurudev' was a Bengali poet,
visual artist, playwright, novelist, and composer
whose
works reshaped Bengali literature and music in the
late
19th and early 20th centuries. He became Asia's
first
Nobel laureate when he won the 1913 Nobel Prize in
Literature.
Happy
Birthday :
Sidhartha Mallya
: 1987 - son of Industrialist Vijay Mallya. He was born in
United States and raised in London. There has been a
constant speculation that Sidhartha is in a relationship
with Bollywood actress
Deepika Padukone
for many days. |
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8 May 11 Sun
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Cricket
: IPL 2011 : Royal
Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala
: Bangalore : 4PM. Kings
XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors
: Mohali : 8PM
Mother's Day is a
day
honoring mothers, celebrated on various days in
many
places around the world. In India it is observed
on Second
Sunday in May. It complements
Father's Day which is observed on 3rd Sunday of
June.
Adi Guru Shankaracharya Jayanti 2011
Birth : 1916 H H
Swami Chinmayananda, Indian
spiritualist. |
[ Send a Greeting Card ] |
9 May 11 Mon
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings : Jaipur : 8PM
Birth Anniversary : 1866
Gopal
Krishna Gokhale,
Leader
of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915). |
Shridhar |
10 May
11 Tue
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors
: Hyderabad : 4PM
Kings XI Punjab vs
Mumbai Indians : Mohali
: 8PM
Birthday : 1963 -
A. Raja, politician
from DMK party. On being re-elected in 2009 he was again
appointed cabinet minister for communication and
information technology until being tainted in the 2G
spectrum scam and resigning in 2010.
1857
Indian Mutiny: In
India, the
first war of Independence begins.
Happy Birthday : 1927
Nayantara Sahgal, Indian
author. |
Ravi Bahl |
11 May 11 Wed
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Rajasthan Royals vs Royal
Challengers Bangalore :
Jaipur : 8PM
National
Technology Day : May 11
is annually observed as National Technology Day all over
India to commemorate technological breakthroughs like
Mastering of nuclear weapons
technology (Pokharan II)
through a series of controlled tests at Pokharan,
Test firing of the
indigenously developed Trishul missile
and Test flight of the
indigenous aircraft Hansa-3.
These achievements indicated the resurgence of Indian
Technology.
1998 India conducted three
underground nuclear tests in Pokhran,
including a thermonuclear device.
Happy Birthday :
1970 - Pooja Bedi is
a former Bollywood actress and currently a
television talk
show host.
1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857 : Indian rebels
seize Delhi from the British. |
Sadashiv Amrapurkar
Satish Bhatnagar
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12 May 11 Thu
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi
Daredevils : Chennai :
8PM
Cannes Film Festival
: 11 to 22 May 2011 |
Bff:
Ragini MMS
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13 May 11 Fri
[Bomb Blasts] |
On 13th May
2008 Bomb blasts
at eight different sites in Jaipur simultaneously,
including a crowded shopping site and a Hanuman temple;
a self-styled Indian Mujahideen, (a collaboration of LeT
& SIMI) had claimed responsibility.
Friday the 13th
occurs when the thirteenth day of
a month falls on Friday, which superstition holds to be
a day of bad luck.
Happy
Birthday : 1956 - Sri
Sri Ravi Shankar,
Spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living
Foundation (founded 1982), which aims at relieving both
individual stress and societal problems and violence,
and which is an NGO with UNESCO consultative status.
Sunny Leone
[born Karen Malhotra] : 1981 - an Indo-Canadian
pornographic actress, Actress, Businesswoman and Model.
2002 :
Jaunpur [UP]
deliberate
Derailment
(crash/terror attack) of
train :
Deaths : 12; Injured 80.
1952 The
Rajya Sabha, the upper house
of the Parliament of India, held its first
sitting.
1967
Dr. Zakir Hussain became the
third President of India. He was the first Muslim
President of Indian Union.
1998
India carried out
two nuclear tests at Pokhran,
in addition to the three conducted on May 11. The
United
States and Japan imposed economic sanctions on
India.
Death
Anniversary
: 2001
R.K. Narayan, Novelist
(b. 1906). |
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14 May 11 Sat
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Cricket
: IPL 2011 :
Royal
Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders
: Bangalore : 4PM Mumbai
Indians vs Deccan Chargers
: Mumbai : 8PM
On the second Saturday of
May, World Fair Trade Day
is
celebrated.
World
Naked Gardening Day
(WNGD)!
http://www.wngd.org/
Happy Birthday : 1923 Mrinal Sen,
Film Director. He was given the Dadasaheb Phalke
Award in
2005.
Happy Birthday :
1936
Waheeda Rehman,
Actress.
Happy Birthday : 1988 -
Zarine Khan, Actress and Model. She started her acting career in 2010 with
the film Veer, starring Salman Khan. She has been noted
for looks very similar to actress Katrina Kaif. |
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15 May 11 Sun
Madhuri Dixit |
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils : Dharmasala : 4PM
Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals : Indore : 8PM
Happy Birthday : 1967
-
Madhuri Dixit, one of the
most respected and prominent female actors in
Bollywood.
In 2008, she was awarded the Padma Shri.
Birth Anniversary : 1923
Johnny Walker, Indian actor
(d. 2003). |
Shiney Ahuja
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16 May 11 Mon |
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers
: Navi Mumbai : 8PM
Sensational twin murders
of Arushi, daughter of Dr
Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, and Hemraj the family's
manservant that shook the nation on May 16, 2008.
1975 India
annexed
Sikkim after the mountain
state held a referendum in which the popular vote
was in favour of merging with India.
Birth : 1931
Natwar Singh, Indian
politician. |
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17 May 11 Tue
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Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers
Bangalore : Dharmasala : 8PM
Buddha Poornima
[2011] the holy day
for the Buddhists is observed on the Poornima Day
of
Vaishaakha, the second month of the lunar calendar
[GH]
International
Day Against
Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO)
is celebrated May 17.
Happy Birthday : 1951 -
Pankaj
Udhas,
the Ghazal Singer. |
Full Moon
11:09
Saturn Direct
07:37
Preeti Ganguli |
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17 May - 5 Jun |
French Open
from Roland Garros will be held between 17 May and 05
Jun 2011. |
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18 May 11 Wed |
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers
Kerala : Chennai : 8PM
2007 : The old city area in
Hyderabad
experienced a Bomb
Blast
: Deaths 16 : Injured 100.
1498
Vasco da Gama
reaches the
port of Calicut, India.
Birth Anniversary : 1913
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Fifth
President of India (d. 1996). |
Ajitabh Bachchan
Farida Jalal
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19 May 11 Thu
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Cricket
: IPL 2011 : Pune
Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders
: Navi Mumbai : 8PM
Birth
Anniversary : 1926
Swami Kriyananda, Teacher and
Author.
Happy Birthday : 1934
Ruskin Bond, Author. |
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20 May 11 Fri |
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan
Royals : Mumbai : 8PM
Birth : 1894
Chandrashekarendra
Saraswati,
Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994).
Happy Birthday : 1983
Jr. NTR,
Film Actor.
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Bffs:
-
404
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Kashmakash
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Pyaar Ka Punchnama |
21 May 11 Sat
[Rajiv Gandhi] |
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers
: Dharmasala : 4PM Delhi
Daredevils vs Pune Warriors
: Delhi : 8PM
Anti Terrorism Day
Death Anniversary : 1991 Former
Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi
was assassinated by a female suicide bomber near Chennai.
Nation to pay homage.
Anti Terrorism Day
is
observed
throughout the country. Employees in Govt.
offices, Public
Sector Undertakings and other public institutions
in the
country take a pledge in connection with the A-T
Day.
Happy Birthday : 1971 -
Aditya Chopra, Film
Director,
Writer and Producer.
Happy Birthday : 1960
Mohanlal, Actor. |
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22 May 11 Sun
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Pulse
Polio Sunday
: Nationwide Polio Immunization Drive.
Cricket : IPL 2011 :
Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings : Bangalore : 4PM
Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians : Kolkata : 8PM
UPA II
to celebrate Third anniversary;
Manmohan Singh was re-appointed as the Prime Minister of
India on May 22, 2009. |
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23 May 11 Mon
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24 May 11 Tue
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Happy Birthday : 1955 -
Rajesh Roshan
: Hindi Cinema Music Composer.
Death Anniversary : 2000 :
Majrooh Sultanpuri,
Poet and Lyricist (b. 1919).
May 24 was
Arushi Talwars
birthday |
[
Rajesh Roshan ] |
25 May 11 Wed
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Birth Anniversary : 1886
Rash Behari Bose, Leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945)
Happy Birthday : 1972 -
Karan Johar is a Film Director, Producer and TV Celebrity. He is one of
the most successful filmmakers in Bollywood.
Happy Birthday : 1983
Kunal Khemu, Actor -
He will be seen in the film
Shanghai along with Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi.
Death anniversary : 2005
Sunil Dutt, Actor and
Politician (b. 1929). |
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26 May 11 Thu
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Birthday
of Kazi Nazrul Islam
is celebrated throughout West Bengal.
Happy
Birthday : 1961
Tarsem Singh,
Film
Director. |
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27 May 11 Fri
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Death Anniversary : 1964
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
was a major political leader and pivotal figure in
the
Congress Party, and the first and longest-serving
Prime
Minister of independent India, serving from 1947
to 1964.
As one of the founders of the Non-aligned
Movement, he was
an important figure in the international politics
of the
post-war era (b.1889)
Happy Birthday :
1957 -
Nitin Gadkari,
an Industrialist, Agriculturist, Sr. Politician
and all
India Party President of Bhartiya Janta Party.
Birth Anniversary : 1923
N T Rama Rao,
Actor and Politician (d. 1998) |
Bffs:
-
Kucch Luv Jaisaa
[
Harish Patel ]
[N T Rama Rao] |
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28 May 11 Sat |
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29 May 11 Sun |
Nation
pays homage to the 7th Prime Minister of India
Chaudhary Charan
Singh on his
death anniversary. The main function is at Kisan
Ghat in the National Capital, the samadhi of the
late
Prime Minister.
Happy
Birthday : 1950 Pankaj
Kapur, a Theatre, TV
and Film
Actor from Ludhiana, Punjab. He has became a
household name
through his TV series Office Office, a comic
satire on
prevalent corruption. |
Pankaj Kapoor |
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30 May 11 Mon |
Happy Birthday : 1950
Paresh Rawal,
Actor.
Happy Birthday :
1970
Ness Wadia, Industrialist.
Trinidad and Tobago
Indian Arrival Day (National Holiday in T&T). |
Paresh Rawal |
31 May 11 Tue
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World No Tobacco Day
: On May 31 every year, the world observes World No
Tobacco Day (WNTD) that is promoted by the World Health
Organization (WHO). The objective of observing World No
Tobacco Day is to reduce tobacco consumption which can
lead to deadly diseases like cancer and early death.
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