Kalpana Chawla Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Kalpana Chawla Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Kalpana Chawla Facts

Full Name	Kalpana Chawla
Birthdate	March 17, 1962
Birth Place	Karnal, India
Age (in 2024)	62 Years Old
Zodiac	Pisces
Occupation	Astronaut

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Kalpana Chawla Age & Birthday

Kalpana Chawla is best known as Astronaut who has born on March 17, 1962 in Karnal, India. Currently, Kalpana Chawla is 62 years, 7 months and 16 days old. Kalpana Chawla will celebrate 63rd birthday on Monday, 17th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Kalpana Chawla upcoming birthday.

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Kalpana Chawla Biography

About

NASA's first Indian astronaut and the first Indian-born woman in space. She died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Before Fame

She earned her undergraduate degree in India, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Trivia

Days after her death, India's Prime Minister announced the renaming of a series of weather satellites to KAPLANA in her honor.

Family Life

She grew up in Karnal, Haryana. In 1983, she married Jean-Pierre Harrison.

Associated With

Laurel Clark was also aboard the ill-fated Columbia shuttle when it disintegrated.

Top Asked Questions about Kalpana Chawla

How old is Kalpana Chawla in 2024?

Kalpana Chawla is 62 years old today.

When was Kalpana Chawla born?

Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962 in Karnal, India.

What is Kalpana Chawla zodiac sign?

Kalpana Chawla zodiac sign is Pisces.

What was Kalpana Chawla best known for?

Kalpana Chawla was best known as Astronaut.

Fun Facts about Kalpana Chawla's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Kalpana Chawla's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Kalpana Chawla was born on Saturday, 76^th day / 11^th week of 1962
Kalpana Chawla has Pisces zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Kalpana Chawla birthday is XVII.III.MCMLXII
Kalpana Chawla's birthstone is Aquamarine
Kalpana Chawla's birth flower is Daffodil that symbolize spring, rebirth, domestic happiness & love
Kalpana Chawla age in year is 62 years old
Kalpana Chawla age in month is 751 months old
Kalpana Chawla age in day is 22876 days old
Kalpana Chawla age in hour is 549024 hours old
Kalpana Chawla age in minute is 32941440 minutes old
Kalpana Chawla age in second is 1976486400 seconds old
Next Kalpana Chawla birthday is on Monday, March 17th 2025
Kalpana Chawla age in next birthday (2025) is 63 years old
Learn more interesting facts about March 17, 1962 birthday

Historical Events on Kalpana Chawla Birthday (March 17)

Below are historical events that coincided with Kalpana Chawla's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1963	Mount Agung erupts on Bali killing more than 1,100 people.
1966	Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
1968	As a result of nerve gas testing by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps in Skull Valley, Utah, over 6,000 sheep are found dead.
1969	Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
1973	The Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
1979	The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
1985	Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
1988	A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
1988	Eritrean War of Independence: The Nadew Command, an Ethiopian army corps in Eritrea, is attacked on three sides by military units of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front in the opening action of the Battle of Afabet.
1992	Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires: Car bomb attack kills 29 and injures 242.
1992	A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
2000	Five hundred and thirty members of the Ugandan cult Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God die in a fire, considered to be a mass murder or suicide orchestrated by leaders of the cult. Elsewhere another 248 members are later found dead.
2003	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
2004	Unrest in Kosovo: More than 22 are killed and 200 wounded. Thirty-five Serbian Orthodox shrines in Kosovo and two mosques in Serbia are destroyed.
2016	Rojava conflict: At a conference in Rmelan, the Movement for a Democratic Society declares the establishment of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
1987	The birth of Emmanuel Sanders, American football player
1988	The birth of Rasmus Elm, Swedish footballer
1988	The birth of Fraser Forster, English footballer
1988	The birth of Grimes, Canadian artist, musician and music video director
1988	The birth of Ryan White, Canadian ice hockey player
1989	The birth of Shinji Kagawa, Japanese footballer
1990	The birth of Hozier, Irish singer-songwriter and musician
1990	The birth of Saina Nehwal, Indian badminton player
1991	The birth of Jack De Belin, Australian rugby league player
1992	The birth of Patrick Cantlay, American golfer
1992	The birth of John Boyega, English actor
1993	The birth of Matteo Bianchetti, Italian footballer
1994	The birth of Dean Britt, Australian rugby league player
1995	The birth of Ashley Taylor, Australian rugby league player
1997	The birth of Katie Ledecky, American swimmer
2011	The death of Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (b. 1925)
2012	The death of Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria (b. 1923)
2012	The death of Margaret Whitlam, Australian swimmer and author (b. 1919)
2013	The death of William B. Caldwell III, American general (b. 1925)
2013	The death of Lawrence Fuchs, American scholar and academic (b. 1927)
2013	The death of A.B.C. Whipple, American journalist and historian (b. 1918)
2014	The death of Marek Galiński, Polish cyclist (b. 1974)
2014	The death of Joseph Kerman, American musicologist and critic (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Rachel Lambert Mellon, American gardener, philanthropist, art collector and political patron (b. 1910)
2015	The death of Frank Perris, Canadian motorcycle racer (b. 1931)
2016	The death of Meir Dagan, Israeli general (b. 1945)
2016	The death of Zoltán Kamondi, Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1960)
2018	The death of Mike MacDonald, Canadian comedian (b. 1954)
2018	The death of Phan Văn Khải, the fifth Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1933)
2021	The death of John Magufuli, the fifth President of Tanzania (b. 1959)

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