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St Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee
St Gabriel's Academy is an English-Medium convent school from Kindergarten through Grade 12 located in the town of Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India. It is affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). In 2012 the school was rechristened as Army Public School No.2, and is now under Army Public School Management. The academy had the unique distinction of being located between India's first engineering college IIT Roorkee and India's oldest military cantonment The Bengal Engineer Group (B.E.G) or Bengal Sappers in Roorkee. History St Gabriel's Academy was founded in 1962 by the Montfort Brothers of St. Gabriel, an international Catholic religious institute founded by Saint Louis de Montfort in 1703. It had been dedicated to the motto "Freedom in Truth". The brothers were responding to an invitation from Brig. Mark Valladares, then commandant of the Bengal Engineer Group. The school had only 26 students on roll, all accommodated in the hostel, housed in Gen. William's bung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roorkee
Roorkee (Rūṛkī; ) is a city and Municipal Corporations in India, municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India. It is from Haridwar, the district headquarters. It is spread over a flat terrain under the Sivalik Hills of the Himalayas. The city is developed on the banks of the Ganges Canal, its dominant feature, which flows from north–south through the middle of the city. Roorkee became part of the Landhaura, Landhaura estate of the Gurjar, Gurjars in 1824 after the death of Ram Dayal Singh, Ram Dayal Singh Gurjar. Roorkee is home to Asia's first engineering college the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, formerly known as Thomson College of Civil Engineering. Roorkee is also known for the Roorkee Cantonment, one of the country's oldest military establishments and the headquarters of Bengal Engineer Group since 1853. A freight train between Roorkee and Piran Kaliyar first ran on 22 December 1851, which was two years before the first p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhopal
Bhopal (; ISO 15919, ISO: Bhōpāl, ) is the capital (political), capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes,'' due to presence of various natural and artificial lakes near the city boundary. It is also one of the greenest cities in India. It is the List of cities in India by population#1 to 50, 16th largest city in India and 131st in the world. After the formation of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal was part of the Sehore district. It was bifurcated in 1972 and a new district, Bhopal, was formed. Flourishing around 1707, the city was the capital of the former Bhopal State, a princely state of the British ruled by the Nawabs of Bhopal until India's independence in 1947. India achieved independence on 15 August 1947. Bhopal was one of the last states to sign the ‘Instrument of Accession’. The ruler of Bhopal acceded to the Indian government, and Bhopal became an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Samad
Mohammad Samad (born 7 May 2000) is an Indian actor, who works predominately in Hindi films, including ''Gattu (2012)'', '' Haraamkhor (2015)'', ''Tumbbad (2018)'' and '' Chhichhore'' (2019). He played the lead role of Manju Kumar in the Netflix series '' Selection Day'' (2018). Early life Mohammad Samad was born in Roorkee, Uttarakhand. His parents run a grocery shop in Roorkee. He has one elder brother and four elder sisters. He did his schooling from St. Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee. Career His first breakthrough performance was in the movie Gattu where he played the titular lead role for which he won the Best Child Actor Award at the 12th New York Indian Film Festival. He has acted in films Haraamkhor and Tumbbad. In 2018, he played the lead role in the web series Selection Day on Netflix. In the 2019 film Chhichhore, he played the role of the teenage son of the characters played by lead actors Sushant Singh Rajput and Shraddha Kapoor Shraddha Kapoor (born 3 Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amit Sharma (director)
Amit Ravindernath Sharma (born 13 April 1978) is an Indian film and advertisement director and producer. In feature films, he is best known for producing and directing the 2018 National-award winning film '' Badhaai Ho'', which was one of the highest grossing Bollywood films of 2018, having earned ₹220.34 crore ( $31 million) as of December 2018. Biography Early life and career Sharma was born in Delhi, India, to parents who worked for the government. While still in school, he connected with film director Pradeep Sarkar, and was invited to shoot an advert in Manali. After graduating, he worked with Sarkar for six years before moving to Mumbai in 2001. Two years later, he left the tutorship of Sarkar, and in 2004 he set up his own company, Chrome Pictures, with Aleya Sen and Hemant Bhandari. Later that year, he was offered an assistant role on Sarkar's film, ''Parineeta'', which he turned down. Advertising Between 2004 and 2024, Sharma has produced and directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pranav Singh
Kunwar Pranav Singh (born 6 April 1966) is an Indian politician who served as member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly representing the Khanpur constituency. He is elected for the fourth consecutive time and is one of the senior members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He has also served as a cabinet-rank official in the previous state governments under the Chief-Ministership of N. D. Tiwari, Vijay Bahuguna & Harish Rawat. Career Singh contested from Laksar in 2002 as Independent and in 2007 as Indian National Congress Candidate and from Khanpur in 2012 as a candidate of the Indian National Congress (INC) and in 2017 as Bhartiya Janata Party Candidate and Won in all elections. In May 2016, along with eight other legislators, he revolted against the Harish Rawat-led INC government in the State. Around this time, he quit the INC and joined the BJP. He was disqualified as a legislator under the anti-defection law. He was suspended for 3 months from Bharatiya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pradip Batra
Pradip Batra is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Batra is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly The Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly, also known as the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha, is a unicameral governing and law making body of Uttarakhand, one of the 28 States and union territories of India, states of India. It is seated at Dehradun, the w ... from the Roorkee constituency in Haridwar district.. Electoral performance References External links Pradeep Batra (Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- ROORKEE(HARIDWAR) - Affidavit Information of Candidate Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttarakhand Uttarakhand MLAs 2012–2017 Living people Uttarakhand MLAs 2017–2022 Year of birth missing (living people) Uttarakhand MLAs 2022–2027 People from Roorkee {{Uttarakhand-BJP-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sher Singh Rana
Pankaj Singh Pundir (born 17 May 1976), popularly known as Sher Singh Rana or S. Rana, is an Indian politician who was sentenced for the 2001 vendetta-related assassination of Indian dacoit-turned- parliamentarian Phoolan Devi. In August 2014, Rana was sentenced to life imprisonment and a fine of ₹100,000 (approximately US$1,600) for Devi's assassination, as well as charges of conspiracy, after a 10-year trial. He was released from jail in 2016 after the court granted him bail. Early life Sher Singh Rana was born as Pankaj Singh Pundir in a Hindu Rajput family in Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India on 17 May 1976. Phoolan Devi assassination Rana, along with two other men, murdered Phoolan Devi outside her home in New Delhi in July 2001. At the time of her assassination, Phoolan Devi was a sitting Member of Parliament in the 13th Lok Sabha. Rana claims he was motivated to take revenge upon her for her actions as a leader of a bandit gang that acted primarily against the higher cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajai Kumar Singh
Lieutenant General Ajai Kumar Singh PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM is a retired general officer of the Indian Army. He was the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Command of the Indian Army, he assumed the post upon superannuation of Lieutenant General Jai Singh Nain. He previously served as General Officer Commanding XXXIII Corps. Early life and education The general officer is an alumnus of St Gabriel's Academy, Roorkee. He then attended the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy.https://indianarmy.nic.in/leaders/leaders-site-main/army-commanders He is also a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College. Military career The general officer was commissioned into the 7th battalion of the 11th Gorkha Rifles on 15 December 1984 from the Indian Military Academy. He has commanded 1/11 Gorkha Rifles as part of a Strike Corps, and subsequently on the Line of Control. He later commanded a brigade in Rann Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rishabh Pant
Rishabh Pant (; born 4 October 1997) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team as a wicket-keeper batter. He is currently the vice captain of Indian cricket team in the Test format. He captains and plays for the Lucknow Super Giants in the Indian Premier League and for Delhi in domestic cricket. Pant became the most expensive player of Indian Premier League in the history as he was bought for by Lucknow Super Giants in Indian Premier League auction 2025. He was a member of the Indian team that won the 2024 T20 World Cup and 2025 Champions Trophy. He was the vice-captain of the India U-19 team that was runner-up at the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his T20I debut for India in January 2017, his Test debut in August 2018, and his ODI debut in October 2018. In January 2019, Pant was named the ICC Men's Emerging Cricketer of the Year at the 2018 ICC Awards. In February 2021, Pant was named the Men's Player of the Month in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Defence Academy (India)
The National Defence Academy (NDA) is the joint Military, defence service training institute of the Indian Armed Forces. Here, cadets of the Indian Army, Indian Navy, and Indian Air Force train together before they go on to their respective service academies for further pre-commission training. The NDA is located in Khadakwasla, Pune, Maharashtra. It is the first tri-service academy in the world. The alumni of NDA include 3 Param Vir Chakra recipients and 11 Ashoka Chakra (military decoration), Ashoka Chakra recipients. NDA has also produced 32 service chiefs of staff to date. When Lieutenant Manoj Mukund Naravane, General Manoj Mukund Naravane got promoted to the Chief of Staff of the Indian Army, Army (Chief of the Army Staff (India), COAS) in 2019, chiefs of all staffs, i.e. the Army, the Indian Navy, Navy, and the Indian Air Force, Air Force were all NDA alumni from the same 61st course. The 145th course graduated on 30 November 2023, consisting of 188 Army cadets, 38 Nava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Eligibility And Entrance Test
The National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate) or NEET (UG), formerly known as the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT), is an Indian nationwide entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission in undergraduate medical programs. Being a mandatory exam for admission in medical programs, it is the biggest exam in India in terms of number of applicants. Until 2012, the All India Pre-Medical Test (AIPMT) was conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). In 2013, NEET-UG was introduced, conducted by CBSE, replacing AIPMT. However, due to legal challenges, NEET was temporarily replaced by AIPMT in both 2014 and 2015. In 2016, NEET was reintroduced and conducted by CBSE. From 2019 onwards, the National Testing Agency (NTA) has been responsible for conducting the NEET exam. After the enactment of NMC Act 2019 in September 2019, NEET-UG became the sole entrance test for admissions to medical colleges in India including the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joint Entrance Examination – Main
The Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an Indian Standardized test, standardized Electronic assessment, computer-based test for admission to various Technology, technical Undergraduate education, undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and Bachelor of Planning, planning across colleges in India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency for admission to Bachelor of Technology, B.Tech, Bachelor of Architecture, B.Arch, Schools of Planning and Architecture, B.Planning etc. programs in premier technical institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology, National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology, Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) and Government Funded Technical Institutes, Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) which are based on the rank secured in the JEE-Main. It is usually conducted twice every year: Sess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
