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GRADE 4                                                                                                                 Start Up G.K



               14        Popular names                                                                                                   15         From the past




            Some Indians are known by their famous nicknames.                                                                         Here are some famous personalities from the past.
            Read the nicknames and name the famous personalities.                                                                     Read about them and name them.


                                                                                                                                      1.   He was the King of Macedonia and a famous
                                                                                                                                           conqueror. He rode a horse called Bucephalus.





                                                                                                                                      2.   He was born as Prince Siddhartha but later gave up
                                                                                                                                           everything to become a sage. He was then named
              1.  Gurudev                         2.  Lokmanya                         3.  Flying Sikh                                     after the Bodhi tree under which he meditated.






                                                       Tipu Sultan                                                                    3.   He was the third ruler of the Mughal Empire.
                                                      Dhyan Chand                                                                          He became emperor at the young age of 13.

                                                 Rabindranath Tagore

                                                   Lata Mangeshkar
                                                                                                                                      4.   He was one of the greatest emperors of India. His life
                                                 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
                                                                                                                                           changed after the war of Kalinga. He gave up war and
              4.  Mysore Tiger                           Salim Ali                   5.  Bird Man of India                                 became a Buddhist.

                                                      Milkha Singh
                                                         P.T.Usha
                                                                                                                                      5.   He was a famous English poet and best known for his
                                                                                                                                           plays. He is also called England’s national poet and
                                                                                                                                           the ‘Bard of Avon.’




                                                                                                                                      6.   She was the queen of the United Kingdom and ruled
                                                                                                                                           for almost 64 years. She was also the Empress of India

            6.  Payyoli Express                7.  Magician of Hockey                  8.  Swar Kokila                                     when the British ruled over India.



                    Info-bites                                                                                                                William Shakespeare                    Akbar                  Gautam Buddha

                    P.T.Usha is regarded as one of the greatest athletes of India. She was born in the                                            Queen Victoria            Alexander the Great            Ashoka the Great
                    Payyoli, Kozhikode district of Kerala. Hence, she was nicknamed ‘Payyoli Express.’


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