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29 Challengers 30 New age music

Many people with physical disabilities have contributed to the society and Can you name these famous singers and composers who are popular the

achieved success in their lives. Can you identify these famous challengers? world over?
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1. She was an American author, political activist and 1. This youth icon is a Canadian singer and song writer.
lecturer. Despite being blind, deaf and mute she devoted He became famous when a talent manager discovered

her life to persons with disability. She was the first him through his YouTube videos. Name him.
deaf, blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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2. She is an American singer and song writer. She is
2. He was an English author and poet. He became best known for her album ‘Speak now’. Who is she?
blind at the age of 43. Thereafter, he went on
to create his most famous epic, ‘Paradise Lost’. 3
3. An American singer, song writer, record producer
and actress. She is best known for her songs ‘Sweet
3. This great German composer and musician became deaf dreams’ and ‘If I were a boy’.

in the later part of his life. But despite his disability to
hear he created some famous compositions one after the 4. His real name is Park Jae- sang. He is a 4
other. South Korean singer and rapper who became

4. He is a famous physicist and mathematician who is internationally hit for his music video ‘Gangnam
considered the greatest of the 20 century. His physical Style’. What is his stage name?
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illness could not make him stop his research. Though 5
he is nearly paralyzed due to motor neuron disease, 5. ‘Why this Kolaveri Di’ became an instant hit the
he teaches through a computer supported machine by moment it was released. Who sang and wrote
which his words are compiled. the song?
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6. His real name is Hirdesh Singh. He is a famous
5. An Indian actress and dancer who dances with a Jaipur Indian rapper and has sung many hit songs. How do
foot (artificial limb). Despite this disability, she has we know him better?
become one of the most famous dancers in India.
7. Her real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina 7
Germanotta. How do we know this singer better?
6. She was a national level volleyball player in India who
lost her leg due to a train accident. Later she became

the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest. 8. He is a famous Indian playback singer, originally 8
from Murshidabad, West Bengal. He is gaining
popularity for his chartbuster Hindi film songs.

Ludwig Van Beethoven Sudha Chandran John Milton Name him.
Stephen Hawkings Helen Keller Arunima Sinha

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