LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.mcgm.gov.in/

Population:
17,449,532 (2005)

Officially re-named Mumbai in 1996.

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of Mumbai	1857

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kabir Bedi	Actor	16-Jan-1946		Octopussy
Dinesh D'Souza	Author	25-Apr-1961		Conservative author
Genelia D'Souza	Actor	5-Aug-1987		Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Ajay Devgan	Actor	2-Apr-1967		Khakee
Avinash K. Dixit	Economist	6-Aug-1944		Investment Under Uncertainty
Madhuri Dixit	Actor	15-May-1967		Devdas
Rajiv Gandhi	Head of State	20-Aug-1944	21-May-1991	Prime Minister of India 1984-9
Karan Johar	Film/TV Producer	25-May-1972		My Name Is Khan
Kareena Kapoor	Actor	21-Sep-1977		Dev
Karisma Kapoor	Actor	25-Jun-1974		Fiza
Shahid Kapoor	Actor	25-Feb-1981		Vivah
Salman Khan	Actor	27-Dec-1965		Top Bollywood megastar
Akshaye Khanna	Actor	4-Apr-1975		Hulchul
Rudyard Kipling	Author	30-Dec-1865	18-Jan-1936	The Jungle Book
Aasif Mandvi	Actor	5-Mar-1966		Daily Show correspondent
Zubin Mehta	Conductor	29-Apr-1936		Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Ismail Merchant	Film/TV Producer	25-Dec-1936	25-May-2005	Co-Founder, Merchant Ivory Productions
Arun Netravali	Business	26-May-1946		Chief Scientist at Lucent, 2002-03
Merle Oberon	Actor	19-Feb-1911	23-Nov-1979	Wuthering Heights
Vivek Paul	Business	1958		Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005
Freida Pinto	Actor	18-Oct-1984		Slumdog Millionaire
Juliet Prowse	Dancer	25-Sep-1936	14-Sep-1996	Can-Can
Salman Rushdie	Novelist	19-Jun-1947		The Satanic Verses
Pradeep Sindhu	Business	1953		Co-Founder of Juniper Networks
Sachin Tendulkar	Cricket	24-Apr-1973		Top batsman in cricket
Torin Thatcher	Actor	15-Jan-1905	4-Mar-1981	The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Hatim A. Tyabji	Business	1945		CEO of VeriFone, 1986-98
T. H. White	Author	29-May-1906	17-Jan-1964	The Once and Future King

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ahmad Abbas	Novelist	7-Jun-1914	1-Jun-1987	The Last Page
Morarji Desai	Head of State	29-Feb-1896	10-Apr-1995	Prime Minister of India, 1977-79

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