On July 11, 2006, the Mumbai train bombings were a series of seven bomb blasts. They took place on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the country's financial capital, over the course of 11 minutes. The bombs were detonated in pressure cookers on trains travelling on the Western Line Suburban Section of the Western Railway's Mumbai Division. The explosions claimed the lives of 209 people and injured over 700 others.

Sofia Vergara is a Colombian-American actress and model who began her career on Univisión as a co-host of a couple of Spanish-language television shows. Sofia proved that hard work and perseverance pay off in the end, despite overcoming many obstacles on her way to success. She is best known for her role as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on ABC's 'Modern Family,' for which she received numerous award nominations. 'Chasing Papi,' 'Four Brothers,' 'Meet the Browns,' 'Madea Goes to Jail,' 'The Smurfs,' 'Happy Feet Two,' 'The Three Stooges,' 'Machete Kills,' and 'Hot Pursuit,' among others.

Amitav Ghosh (born July 11, 1956 in Calcutta, India) is an Indian-born writer whose ambitious novels explore the nature of national and personal identity, particularly among the people of India and Southeast Asia, through complex narrative strategies. Ghosh grew up in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Iran, where his father was a diplomat. He earned a B.A. (1976) and an M.A. (1978) from the University of Delhi, and worked as a newspaper reporter and editor at the same time.

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar, an Indian cricket commentator and former cricketer who represented India and Bombay from 1971 to 1987, was born on July 10, 1949. Gavaskar is regarded as one of the all-time great opening batsmen.

Neptune is the only planet discovered through mathematics. Urbain Le Verrier, a French astronomer, noticed irregularities in the motions of other planets and calculated that there must be an eighth planet lurking beyond Uranus based on these perturbations. On September 23, 1846, German astronomer Johann Galle of the Berlin Observatory used Le Verrier's calculations to discover the new planet. Neptune's orbit is roughly oval in shape, and it takes the planet about 165 years to complete one circuit. Neptune's first orbit since its discovery on September 23, 1846, was completed in 2011.

Sir Donald George Bradman, the greatest Test batsman of all time, was an Australian cricketer. He ranks among the greatest sportsmen to have ever played any major sport, with a career Test batting average of 99.94. From a young age, he was enamoured with cricket, and it's no surprise that he went on to become one of the game's all-time greats. 11th of July, 1930. On the first morning at Leeds, Don Bradman walked out to bat after 11 balls and returned with an unbeaten score of 309. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the day when the entire cricketing world was stunned by his relentless run-scoring.

Alok Nath (born July 10, 1956) is an Indian film character actor who has appeared in Hindi films and on television. He made his film debut in Sir Richard Attenborough's 1982 English (and Hindi) film Gandhi, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture that year. In 1986, he starred in Buniyaad, a popular soap opera that swept the country. Rishtey, which aired from 1999 to 2001, also featured him. Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai, Yahaaan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli, and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai were among his Star Plus appearances.

India's answer to Hollywood's hit film series 300, Baahubali is out there to quench the thirst of those waiting for another 300 sequel. The SS Rajamouli magnum opus is one of the costliest films made so far, at an expense of Rs 250 crore. A grand visual delight in each sense, Baahubali has already impressed cine lovers with its mesmerising trailer featuring Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Tamannaah and Anushka Shetty.

Nikola Tesla (July 10, 1856 – January 7, 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, and futurist best known for his contributions to the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. Tesla, who was born and raised in the Austrian Empire, studied engineering and physics without receiving a degree in the 1870s and gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry.