Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal (Tamil: தாமல் கிருஷ்ணசுவாமி பட்டம்மாள்) (28 March 1919 – 16 July 2009) was a prominent Carnatic musician and a playback singer for film songs in many Indian languages. She along with her contemporaries M. S. Subbulakshmi and M. L. Vasanthakumari were (and still are) popularly referred to as the Female trinity of Carnatic Music. This trio initiated the entry of women into mainstream Carnatic Music. She has been appreciated all over the world by Carnatic music lovers.
Pattammal was born in an orthodox Brahmin family in Kancheepuram of Tamil Nadu, India. She was named as Alamelu, but fondly called "Patta" as a child prodigy. Her father, Damal Krishnaswamy Dikshithar, who was deeply interested in music, inspired her to learn Carnatic music. Her mother, Kanthimathi (Rajammal), although a talented singer herself, was not permitted to sing even for friends or relatives in line with strict orthodox tradition. Despite her orthodox background, Pattammal sang and showed considerable music talent at an early age.
Suraj Bhan (Hindi: सुरज भान) (1928-10-01-2006-08-06) was a dalit leader and an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was elected to the Lok Sabha on four occasions, and served as governor of the states of Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Bihar.
He was born on October 1, 1928 in the village of Mehlanwali in the Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana, and studied MA and LLB at Panjab University and Kurukshetra University . He also had ancestral land at village Jamal Majra near Salehpur on Barara-Sadhaura highway. Both these village salehpur and Jamal majra have one common panchayat to look after developmental affairs.
Suraj Bhan Banswal, started his public life as a volunteer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and later joined it as a pracharak (fulltime worker). He dropped his surname "Banswal" after joining active politics in 1967. He started his political career with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh which eventually became the Bharatiya Janata Party. He represented Ambala parliamentary constituency of Haryana in the 4th (1967–1970), 6th (1977–1979), 7th (1979–1984) and the 11th Lok Sabhas (1996–1997). In 1987, he was elected to Haryana assembly and served as Revenue Minister in Devi Lal's government between 1987 and 1989. After the BJP broke alliance with Devi Lal's party, he served as Leader of Opposition in the Haryana assembly (1989–1990). he was genius.
D. K. Jayaraman (1928, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India - 1991, India), the renowned brother of D. K. Pattammal, was a Carnatic music singer.
After learning music from his sister, he furthered his musical skills under many known masters in the field, including Muthiah Bhagavathar and Papanasam Sivan. Like his sister, Jayaraman was known for his moving krithi renditions, especially of Muthuswami Dikshitars compositions. Jayaraman also sang Tamil songs such as those of Papanasam Sivan.