How smartly September comes in, like a racing gig, all style, no confusion.
Creator of modern architecture in post-modern India
Urdu/Hindi playwright and theatre director
Guinness World Record - National champion 16 times in a row - squash
Speaker of the Lok Sabha between 1996 and 1998
Glass artist, specialising in stained, blown and cast glass
India's first woman train driver; drove the first 'Ladies Special' for Central Railways
Dubai-based billionaire businessman; founder of RP Group
Booker Prize-winning novelist
First Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympics medal
One-half of music composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Actor, director, producer
Political leader, scholar and writer
Painter, who has exhibited work all over the world
Acted in over 300 films
Bollywood director, screenwriter
Second President of India
One of the founders of Blind People's Association of India
World War II hero; The first Indian pilot to receive the title of 'Wing Commander'
Film score and soundtrack composer in Tamil cinema
Flight Attendant aboard the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73
Badminton star; most wins among Indians
Malayalam film superstar
Cooperative organiser, activist and Gandhian
Playback singer
Singer, music composer, humanist
Pioneer of cable TV in India
Chairperson of the Times Group
Badminton player; first Indian man to reach the quarter-finals in an Olympics
Tamil writer, journalist, poet
PVC recipient for his role in the Kargil war
First Indian film star to endorse the popular Lux soap
Bollywood action hero; film producer
Film director
First chief minister of UP
Former CM of Karnataka
Jnanpith award recipient
He started the Bhoodan movement
India's first Test centurion
Mridangam player
Cultural activist and writer
Poet, literary critic and scholar
Bengali writer (Pather Panchali, Aparajito)
Shooter; Commonwealth Games multiple gold medallist
Field hockey player
PVC recipient, for his role in the Sri Lankan civil war
Hindustani music vocalist; recipient of all three Padma awards
8-time national champ in TT
Stand-up comedian
Theatre director, scenic designer, costume designer
18-time national champion in squash
Civil engineer, statesmen, administrator
First Dravidian chief minister of Tamil Nadu
Bengali novelist
Bharat Ratna recipient; singer
Bollywood portrait photographer
Theoretical physicist
India's second-highest wicket taker in Tests
He painted in the Cubist style
Founder of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comics
Carnatic violinist, vocalist and composer
"Periyar"; the 'Father of the Dravidian movement
Molecular biologist
National award-winning actress for Arth and Masoom
Badminton player
Kannada actor
Singer and songwriter
Music director - Bengali, Hindi and Malayalam films
Skydiver; first woman to perform a freefall jump over the South Pole
Choreographer and notable Bharatanatyam dancer
Exponent of Rabindra Sangeet
Film director, producer, screenwriter
Political cartoonist in Hindustan Times and The Statesman
Nuclear scientist
Dadasaheb Phalke recipient; actor in movies such as Devadasu, Manam, Prema Nagar
Professional squash player
Fine art photography; known for black and white imagery
Pioneer of modern Indian dance; Founder of Bhoomika
Longest-serving CM of an Indian state (Sikkim); author
Playback singer, TV host known for exuberance and charisma
Educationist; empowered backward castes + low income groups
Playback singer, was the voice of Rajkumar in most of his songs
Hindi novelist
Frontman of the band Euphoria; doctor
Organic chemist
First Asian woman to swim across the English channel
Former international cricket umpire
Historian, archaeologist, numismatist
One of the pioneers of the Indian space programme
Championed the cause of Christian and Anglo-Indian minorities
Arjuna award winner for volleyball
13th PM of India
Social reformer, associated with widow remarriage
Bollywood's 'Evergreen Star'
Revolutionary, freedom fighter. Prominent figure in Indian Independence Movement
Director and studio mogul
Author; co-owner of Aleph Book Company
'Jerry Lewis of India'
Bharat Ratna; Singer
First Indian Olympic gold medallist
Actor
Actor, singer known for playing comic roles
38th Chief Justice of India
Sanskrit scholar and poet; Jnanpith award winner
Paralympic Games medalist
Playback singer, TV host
Director known for portraying middle-class ethos in cinema
