Famous Personalities Born in Bhopal

By:  Akshat Gupta -Team Wassup Bhopal 

Bhopal, is also known as the royal city of india. It is the birth place for many great personalities, who have earned an immortal name, in the history the country, as well as the whole world. So here, let’s read about some famous people born in bhopal, and have achieved the highest limits of the sky! Starting up with, 1.Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma– Bhopal is the hometown of Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma where he was born on August 19, 1918. Dr. Sharma assumed the highest office of the land when he became the President of India in 1992. Earlier he was Vice-President of India and Chairman of the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from September 3, 1987 . Before this he had been the Governor of three States: Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Maharashtra. Dr. Sharma was also Chief Minister of the erstwhile Bhopal State (1952-1956), Cabinet Minister, Government of Madhya Pradesh.

2.Javed Akhtar– Javed Akhtar is a name that has become synonomous with beautiful Urdu poetry of the hindi films. He is a famous scriptwriter, a lyricist, and a poet .He formed a part of the legendary Salim-Javed duo that scripted many super hits of its era. Javed Akhtar is the son of renowned Urdu Poet and film lyricist Jaan-Nisar Akhtar and Safia Akhtar, a writer and a teacher. His parents were professors at the Hamidia College in Bhopal. Javed Akhtar did his schooling at the Cambridge School at Bhopal. 3-Aslam Sher Khan-Aslam Sher Khan , born on 15 July 1953 in Bhopal was prominent hockey player of India. He won the gold medal with the Indian Hockey Team at the 1975 World Cup held at Kuala Lumpur. He also participated in Munich Olympics held in 1972. Aslam Sher Khan has also been a Congress Member of Parliament and a Union Minister as well. 4.Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi– nicknamed Tiger Pataudi, was an Indian cricketer and former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was the titular Nawab of Pataudi from 1952 until 1971, when by the 26th Amendment to the Constitution of India the privy purses of the princes were abolished and official recognition of their titles came to an end. Made captain at the age of 21, he has been described as one of “India’s greatest cricket captains”.Pataudi was also called the “best fielder in the world” during his time by commentator John Arlott and former England captain and contemporary Ted Dexter. 5.Raguram Rajan-Raghuram Govind Rajan is an Indian economist and an international academic who is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. 6. Saif Ali Khan– Saif Ali Khan is an Indian film actor and producer. The son of actress Sharmila Tagore and cricketer Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Khan made his acting debut in Yash Chopra’s unsuccessful drama Parampara, but achieved success with his roles in the romantic drama Yeh Dillagi and the action film Main Khiladi Tu Anari.