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Milestone birthdays in 1961

The round-number birthdays — who turns 25, 30, 40, 50 and on up, plus whose birth centenary falls this year.

12 celebrities reach a milestone in 1961.

Turning 25

Born in 1936 · 1 person

Mala Sinha (Alda Sinha)

Actress

Born in 1931 · 3 people

Suchitra Sen

Actress

Kuppahalli Sitaramayya Sudarshan

Engineer

Nirupa Roy

Actress

Born in 1911 · 1 person

Umashankar Joshi

Poet

Born in 1891 · 1 person

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

Jurist

Born in 1861 · 1 person

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet

Born around a hundred years ago. Included whether or not they are still with us — a centenary marks the birth.

Ramakrishna Paramahansa

Hindu mystic and spiritual leader

Jamsetji Tata

Industrialist

Girish Chandra Ghosh

Actor

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Author

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet