India’s First Celebrity Chef . 1974 .
Tarla Dalal – India’s first celebrated chef and cook book author. Her first publication ‘The Treasures of Vegetarian Cooking’ was published in 1974. This was the beginning of her enormous contribution to expanding the culinary horizons of her compatriots.
Milestones: (1) Tarla Dalal has a legacy of over 17,000 recipes created by her (2)Penned over 100 cookery books which have sold over 3 million copies (3) Popular television show ‘Cook it up with Tarla Dalal’. (4) Conferred Padma Shri in 2007.
Tarla Dalal passed away at the age 77 at her residence in south Mumbai on Wednesday, November 06th, 2013.
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U.S. Congress Jointly Celebrates ‘Diwali’ – the Festival of Lights for the First Time. November 2013 .
Democrats and Republicans in Congress joined to-gether for the first-ever celebration of Diwali on Capitol Hill, Washington D.C. A historic Diwali moment – Festival of Lights. November 03rd, 2013.
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First Indian Professional Golfer to Win on the U.S.based PGA Tour.
Arjun Singh Atwal is the first Indian professional golfer, born in India, to become a member, and later win a tournament on the U.S.based PGA Tour.
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India’s First Inter-Planetary Spacecraft ‘Mangalyaan’ – Mars Orbiter Mission takes off. November 2013 .
‘Mangalyaan’ means Mars Craft in Hindi. Tuesday – November 05th, 2013
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