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Identify the following personalities and their fields of achievement.
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- Mention a remarkable achievement of any of these personalities.
- What quality do you admire the most in each of these achievers?
- What are the qualities that you may share with them?
- Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
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- ______.
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Solution
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Kailash Satyarthi | Child Rights |
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Mithali Raj | Cricket |
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Nammalvar | Organic Farming |
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Dr. V. Shantha | Founded Adyar Cancer Institute |
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Sunder Pichai | Computers |
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Bachendri Ral | Mountain Climbing |
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Amartya Sen | Economics |
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Kalpana Chawla | Space Science |
- Kailash Satyarthi has rescued thousands of child labourers and gave them new life.
- They were persistent and never accepted failure.
- Each one has concern for the country.
- Name a few more popular personalities who have made our nation proud.
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Mother Teresa
- Sarojini Naidu
- Sania Mirza
- Mary Kom
- Virat Kohli
- Saina Nehwal
- Abhinav Bindra
- MS Dhoni
- AR Rahman
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