Hello Kitty will celebrate her 50th birthday on November 1! The popular character’s full name is Kitty White and was created by Yuko Shimizu for the Japanese company Sanrio, in 1974.
It has been recently revealed that despite her name Hello “Kitty”, she is not a kitty at all. Furthermore, even though she was introduced in Japan, she is not of Japanese origin. So Who is Hello Kitty? She is actually a little girl!! Hello Kitty or shall we say Kitty White was born in London suburbs. She is a third-grader who enjoys making new friends, travelling and eating cookies. She also has a pet cat known as Charmmy Kitty!
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Hello Kitty or shall we say Kitty White was born in London suburbs. She is a third-grader who enjoys making new friends, travelling and eating cookies. She also has a pet cat known as Charmmy Kitty!
Check this video out to find out everything you need to know about the latest Barbie in town.
India’s connection to the Olympics dates back to the Paris 1900 Olympics, the second modern Games. Norman Pritchard became the first Indian to take part in the Olympics. He had been on a holiday in France and decided to enter his name for the Games. Norman Pritchard ran in five athletics events in Paris. He won two silver medals at the Paris 1900 Olympic Games, thus winning India its first Olympic medal.
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The First Indian Olympic Contingent
India sent its first official contingent of athletes to the Antwerp 1920 Olympics. The team comprised of Purma Bannerjee, Phadeppa Chaugule, Sadashiv Datar, Kumar Navale, and Dinkkarao Shinde.
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India’s Olympic History In The Post Independence Era
After gaining independence in 1947, India participated in the London 1948 Olympics, by sending 86 athletes to participate in nine different sports – athletics, boxing, cycling, hockey, football, swimming, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling. At the London 1948 Olympics, the Indian hockey team won its fourth-consecutive Olympic gold and first as an independent nation. The previous three hockey gold medals – 1928, 1932, and 1936 – came when India was under the British rule.
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Men’s Field Hockey
India has won 12 Olympic gold medals in men’s field hockey. India had won its first gold medal at the Olympics in men’s field hockey at the Amsterdam 1928 Summer Games.
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First Indian to win an individual medal
KD Jadhav won India’s first individual Olympic medal in the post independence era. He won a bronze medal in wrestling at the Helsinki 1952 Games.
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First Indian to win an individual Gold medal
Abhinav Bindra clinched India’s first-ever individual gold medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games for Men’s 10m air rifle shooting.
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First Female Indian to win an individual medal
Karnam Malleswari was the first Indian female athlete to win an Olympic medal. She won a bronze medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in weightlifting.
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Individual Indian Athletes to win more than one medal
After independence, wrestler Sushil Kumar is the first Indian individual athlete to win more than one medal at the Olympics. He won a bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics and a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympics. Ace badminton player PV Sindhu is the first female athlete and the third Indian to win more than one medal at the Olympics. She won a silver medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics and a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Watch out for the next issue for a special report on India’s performance at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Introducing The First Female Racer To Win At Rotax Challenge International Trophy.
Atiqa Mir, the nine-year-old racing sensation created history at the famous and prestigious Le Mans Kart International circuit (in France), by becoming the first female racer in the world to win a race in the Rotax Challenge International Trophy. She achieved this by winning Race 2 in the MicroMax Category Heats.
Atiqa Mir was driving for Dan Holland Racing Team in the Lando Norris kart. She competed against 36 drivers in the MicroMax category, with 318 drivers from 40 nations participating across all categories. Thanks to this win Atiqa Mir has joined an elite list of drivers like George Russell, Lando Norris, and the current F1 champion Max Verstappen, who have previously won in the Maxseries en route to their careers in Formula 1.
Dhinidhi Desinghu, aged 14, was the youngest Indian to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics. In fact, she is the second youngest Indian to compete in the history of the Olympics after fellow swimmer Aarti Saha, who participated in the 1952 Olympics as an 11-year-old.
Dhinidhi Desinghu is from Bangalore and has competed in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou and won seven gold medals at the 2023 Indian National Games, setting a personal best in the 100m freestyle. Earlier this year, she competed in the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha in the 200m freestyle and the mixed medley relay. At the Paris 2024 Olympics, Dhinidhi Desinghu swam the women’s 200m freestyle, finishing the first heat with a time of 2:06.96. She placed 23rd overall among 31 competitors.
Sixteen year old Jiya Rai with Autism Spectrum Disorder has become the youngest para swimmer to cross the English Channel. Also, the Mumbai girl is the fastest para swimmer in the world to cross the English Channel. She created this record by swimming through the English Channel from the Abbot’s Cliff in England to Pointe de la Courte-Dune in France in a record time of 17 hours and 25 minutes from July 28 to 29. She covered a distance of 34km! Jiya is a girl with a mission and wants to become the world’s first and youngest para swimmer to swim seven oceans.
It is reported that Jiya is also the world’s youngest and fastest female swimmer to swim across the Palk Strait. She created this record on March 20, 2022 by swimming 29km within 13 hours and 10 minutes. She has also won medals in the national and state open-water sea swimming championships. She is the daughter of Madan Rai, the MC-at-Arms serving in Mumbai
