FEW FACTS ON SHAKUNTALA DEVI

SHAKUNTALA DEVI 

* BORN IN - 4TH. NOVEMBER 1929 ( BENGALURU) 

* PASSED AWAY ON - 21ST APRIL 2013 

* SHE WAS KNOWN AS INDIAN MENTAL CALCULATOR, ASTROLOGER, WRITER 

* IN 1980 SHE CONTESTED FOR LOK SABHA ( MUMBAI SOUTH) 

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BOOKS - 

* IN 1979 - SHE WRITE BOOK - THE WORLD OF HOMOSEXUAL 

* IN 1977 - FIGURING: THE JOY OF NUMBERS 

AWARDS - 

* IN 1982 SHE RECORDED A GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS - 

* 1969 - MOST DISTINGUISHED WOMAN OF THE YEAR 

* 1988 - RAMANUJAN MATHEMATICAL GENIUS AWARD ( AT WASHINGTON DC)