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  Neeraj Chopra

  Subedar Major Neeraj Chopra, PVSM, VSM (born 24 December 1997) is a celebrated Indian track and field athlete, widely regarded as the greatest javelin thrower in India's history. He is a double medalist at the Olympics, World Championships, and the Asian Games, and has also clinched a title in the Diamond League.
  
  Chopra made history by winning gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first Asian athlete ever to achieve this feat in javelin throw. In 2023, he added another milestone by becoming the first Asian to win gold in javelin at the World Athletics Championships. Known for his consistent excellence, Chopra has claimed gold medals in every major international tournament and has maintained a podium streak in 24 consecutive competitions since 2020.
  
  His rise began with a standout performance at the 2016 World U20 Championships, where he set a junior world record in javelin throw — a record that still stands today.
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  Kalpana Chawla

  The first Indian woman to occupy space was Kalpana Chawla! In 192, Kalpana was born in Karnal, Haryana. In aeronautical engineering, she had earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Texas. applied to the University of Colorado Boulder for a PhD following that. As a mission specialist in the Space Shuttle Columbia, she made her maiden spaceflight in 1997. She and her six crew members, however, died upon re-entering Earth on her second voyage in 2003.
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  Babu Balmukund Gupta

  ○ Considered the father of Hindi satirical journalism, Babu Bal Mukund Gupta was born in Gudiyani, Rewari, in 1865.
  ○ Nicknames: Babu Ji, the messiah of Hindi journalism, the father of prose. He was a distinguished writer and a leading journalist.
  ○ Major works: Shivshambhu ke Chihe (leers) versus Lord Curzon, leers and essays, Khel Tamasha.
  ○ Babu Bal Mukund Gupta's Shivshambhu ke Chihe satirized the policies of Lord Curzon, comparing his actions to those of Nadir Shah.
  ○ Babu Bal Mukund Gupta edited several newspapers, including: ■ Hindi newspapers: Hind-Bangvasi, Hindustan, Bharat Pratap, Bharat Mitra (1899-1907)
  ■ Urdu newspapers: Kohinoor (1889), Akhbar-e-Chunar (1886), Mathura, Jamna
  ○ The Haryana Sahitya Academy in Panchkula presents the Babu Bal Mukund Gupta Samman, which includes a ₹2.5 lakh honorarium, to individuals who make signicant contributions to Hindi literature.
  ○ Statues of Babu Bal Mukund Gupta and two other eminent Hindi literary gures, Sant Surdas and Pandit Lakhmichand, have been erected on the premises of the Haryana Sahitya Academy, Panchkula.
  ○ A Babu Bal Mukund Gupta Chair has been established at Indira Gandhi
  University, Meerpur, Rewari.
  ○ Babu Bal Mukund Gupta engaged in a prolonged debate with Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi regarding the correctness of the word "instability".
  ○ He died in 1907. Upon his death, Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi wrote, "Only one person used to write good Hindi."