Jana Gana Mana is written by the great Rabindranath Tagore, and was originally composed by Ram singh Thakur in 1911 and was first sung at the Indian National congress on 27th Dec, 1911.

Jana Gana Mana was officially announced as the Indian National Anthem on January 24th, 1950 by the Constituent assembly, just two days before the Indian Republic day.

Here's the official English Translation of the Indian National, Jana Gana Mana

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started his career from mid of 1970. Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is the richest Indian in the world, with an estimated wealth of $25 billion. He is known as steel giant in the world.

2. Ratan Tata.
Ratan Naval Tata, a bachelor, is the chairman of the Tata Group, India's most respected conglomerate. He was born into a Parsi family in Mumbai (then called Bombay).

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Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Veteran film maker Shyam Benegal was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Filmfare Awards: Rang De Basanti won the Award for Best Film at the 52nd Filmfare Awards ceremony held in Mumbai, Maharashtra on February 24, 2007. The list of winners included:
Best Film: Rang De Basanti
Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti)
Best Actor: Hrithik Roshan (Dhooml)
Best Actress: Kajol (Fanaa)
Critic’s Award for Best Film: Lage.Jlaho Munnabhai
Critic's Award for Best Actor: Aamir Khan (Rang De Basanti)

Annual Academy Awards 2007: At the 79th Annual Academy Awards (popularly known as the Oscars) ceremony held in Los Angeles (USA) on February 25, 2007, The Departed won the award for Best Motion Picture. Following is the list of major winners:
Best Motion Picture of the Year : The Departed
Best Director : Martin Scorsese (The Departed)
Best Actor in a Leading Role : Forest Whitaker {The Last King Of Scotland)
Best Actress in a Leading Role : Helen Mirren (The Queen)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role : Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine)

The names for the prestigious Padma Awards 2007 were announced in New Delhi on January 25, 2007. These include Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. No one has been chosen for Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honour of the nation, for the sixth consecutive year.
Padma Vibhushan:
Proffessor (Dr.) Balu Sankaran (Medicine)
Fali Sam Nariman (Public Affairs)
Khushwant Singh (Literature and Education)
N.N. Vohra (Civil Service)
Naresh Chandra (Civil Service)
Justice (Retd.) P.N. Bhagwati (Public Affairs)
Raja Rao (posthumous) (Literature and Education)

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On the basis of appearence,the clouds can be identified as
1) Cirrus Clouds :Cirrus clouds are high ,white and thin .They are composed of ice crystals.They form delicate patches and gives a fibrous and featherty appearance.
II) Cumulous clouds : have a flat base abd have the appearance of rising domes. hese clouds are often described as having cauliflower structure
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