Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an Indian director, screenwriter, and music composer best known for his work in Hindi cinema. He was born on February 24, 1963. He has received a number of honours, including five National Film Awards, 10 Filmfare Awards, and a BAFTA nomination. The Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, was bestowed to him in 2015. Bhansali made his directorial debut in 1996 with the love musical Khamoshi: The Musical, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Film (Critics). With the financially successful romance Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999) and the epic musical romantic drama Devdas (2002), he catapulted to popularity in Hindi-language film.

The World Health Organization today removed India, which has been polio-free for almost a year, from the list of polio endemic nations. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad made the news during the polio summit 2012 in the presence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The WHO endemic list included just three countries: Pakistan, Nigeria, and Afghanistan. After getting removed from the list, India will have to maintain polio-free status for the following two years through sustained efforts and an emergency preparation and response plan.

Shree Amma Yanger Ayyappan, better known as Sridevi, was an Indian actress and film producer who worked in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada films. She was dubbed the "First Female Superstar" of Indian film and received several awards, including a National Film Award. Sridevi's five-decade career spans a variety of genres, from slapstick comedy to epic tragedies, and she is widely acknowledged as one of the most important actors in Indian cinema history. Sridevi died on February 24, 2018 at 19:00 GMT in her hotel room, when her husband discovered her.

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt, also known as Emily Olivia Leah Blunt, is a British actress who was born on February 23, 1983. She has received several awards, including a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics' Choice Movie Award, as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards. Blunt made her theatrical debut in a performance of The Royal Family in 2001. She went on to play Queen Catherine Howard in the miniseries Henry VIII and appeared in the television drama Boudica (2003). (2003). In the drama My Summer of Love, she made her feature film debut (2004). 

Divya Bharti born on February 25, 1974  was an Indian actress who mostly appeared in Hindi and Telugu films. She was one of the most popular and highly paid Indian actresses of her day, known for her acting range and attractiveness. Bharti began her film career as a teen while undertaking pin-up modelling tasks. She made her debut in the Telugu-language romantic action film Bobbili Raja (1990), alongside Venkatesh, and then in the commercially disastrous Tamil-language film Nila Pennae (1990). She played minor parts in films such as Naa Ille Naa Swargam (1991) and Assembly Rowdy (1991). Rowdy Alludu, a romantic comedy, was Bharti's first commercial triumph (1991).

Michael Saul Dell, born February 23, 1965, is a millionaire businessman and philanthropist in the United States. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the largest technological infrastructure firms in the world. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he is the 24th richest person in the world, with a net worth of $54.6 billion as of October 2021. In 2011, his 243.35 million shares of Dell stock were valued at $3.5 billion, giving him a 12.5% stake in the firm. His residual wealth of around $10 billion is invested in various businesses and managed by MSD Capital, which bears his initials.

During his conquest of India, Nader Shah, the founder of Iran's Afsharid dynasty, won a significant victory in the Battle of Karnal (24 February 1739). Within three hours, Nader's men crushed Muhammad Shah's army, clearing the stage for the Iranian assault of Delhi. The engagement is regarded as the pinnacle of Nader's military career as well as a tactical masterpiece. The combat took place near Karnal, India, 110 kilometres (68 miles) north of Delhi.

Sanya Malhotra (born February 25, 1992) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi cinema. After making her cinematic debut as Babita Kumari in the biographical sports film Dangal (2016), she went on to feature in the comedy-drama Badhaai Ho (2018), both of which were box office successes in India. She was nominated for a Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics) for her roles in the drama Photograph (2019) and the dark comedy crime picture Ludo (2020), as well as for her supporting performance in the biopic Shakuntala Devi (2020).

Urvashi Rautela (born February 25, 1994) is an Indian model and actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She won the title of Miss Diva Universe 2015 and represented India in the Miss Universe 2015 competition. Rautela was crowned Indian Princess 2011, Miss Tourism World 2011, and Miss Asian Supermodel 2011 in 2011. She was also the first Indian woman to win the Miss Tourism Queen of the Year 2011 pageant, which was held in China. [Citation required] She was also offered Isaqzaade but declined since she wanted to concentrate on the Miss Universe event.

Paul Stephen Rudd is an actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer from the United States. Before making his acting debut in 1991, he studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Rudd married Julie Yaeger in 2003, whom he met at his publicist's office (when working on Clueless) shortly after meeting her. Yaeger has worked as a screenwriter and producer since quitting the realm of public relations.

Ajay Devgn married Kajol in a traditional Maharashtrian wedding at Devgn's home on February 24, 1999. The wedding drew widespread media attention, with some criticising Kajol's decision to marry at the "height of her career." Kajol, on the other hand, insisted that she would not stop acting, but would reduce the quantity of work she did.

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was an American businessman best known as the publisher of Forbes magazine, which his father, B. C. Forbes, started. He was renowned as an outspoken supporter of capitalism and free market economics, as well as for his opulent lifestyle, which included spending on parties, travel, and his collection of mansions, boats, planes, art, motorbikes, and Fabergé eggs. Forbes died of a heart attack in 1990, at the age of 70, at his home in Far Hills, New Jersey. Dr. Oscar Kruesi, a friend and physician, pronounced him dead. Malcolm Forbes' son Steve Forbes and granddaughter Moira Forbes have overseen the magazine company since his death.

Lobsang Ngawang Thupten Gyatso Jigdral Chokley Namgyal (12 February 1876 – 17 December 1933) was the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, enthroned at a difficult period and the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. He is also known as "the Great Thirteenth," for redeclaring Tibet's national independence, as well as for his reform and modernization measures. Due to his two periods of exile, from 1904 to 1909 to avoid the British invasion of 1904 and from 1910 to 1913 to avoid a Chinese invasion, he became well acquainted with the complexity of international politics and was the first Dalai Lama to recognise the importance of foreign relations.

Madhubala (born Mumtaz Jehan Begum Dehlavi on 14 February 1933) was an Indian film actress and producer. She is still held in high respect half a century later, with her representations of strong-willed and independent heroines considered as a striking change from the normal portrayals of women on the Indian screen. She passed away on February 23rd following a cardiac arrest.

Jayaram Jayalalithaa, born on February 24, 1948, was an Indian politician, actress, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1991 to 2016. She was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) from 9 February 1989, a Dravidian party whose cadre saw her as their "Amma" (Mother) and "Puratchi Thalaivi" (Revolutionary leader). Her detractors in the media and the opposition accused her of establishing a personality cult in AIADMK legislators and ministers, who frequently publicly prostrated themselves before her.

Sir Donald George Bradman, AC, nicknamed "The Don" and born on August 27, 1908, was an Australian international cricketer widely regarded as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's lifetime Test batting average of 99.94 is regarded as the highest performance by any athlete in any major sport. The tale goes that as a young guy, Bradman practised alone with a cricket stump and a golf ball. Bradman rose from bush cricket to the Australian Test squad in just over two years. Before his 22nd birthday, he had established several top scoring records, some of which still stand, and had become Australia's athletic idol during the Great Depression. He died on February 25, 2001.