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Farrokh Bulsara, one of the greatest and most iconic stars of rock-and-roll of all times was of Indian descent. We know him as Freddie Mercury, the charismatic lead singer of British music group Queen. But what some of you don’t know is that he was born in Zanzibar, East Africa, to parents of Indian origin and in 1947 Mercury won the Baby of the Year Award, but he spent the major part of his childhood in India.

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His parents wanted Mercury to get a good education so they sent him to India where he - at age of 8 - went to St. Peter’s boarding school in Panchgani (about 50 km from Mumbai). It was there his friends began to call him Freddie, a name the family also adopted. The school was a typical English school and so were the sports. Mercury excelled in table tennis (he became the school champion when he was 10) and boxing and disliked cricket and long-distance running.

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But his talents didn’t end with sports. Soon after he enrolled in the school the school principal found Mercury’s great musical talent and told his parents to higher up their fees so that Mercury could learn to play the piano. Mercury also sang at the school choir. He loved art, and was always sketching for friends or relatives. It is no surprise that at the age of twelve he was awarded the school trophy as Junior All-rounder.

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It was at St. Peter’s where Mercury founded his first band. Along with 4 of his classmates (Derrick Branche, Bruce Murray, Farang Irani and Victory Rana) he founded The Hectics (named after his frenetic piano style) and they soon became the unofficial school band. At school events they covered Cliff Richard, Elvis Presley Little Richard or Fats Domino.

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Apart for school performances Mercury performed for dinner only at a holiday resort. “So foreigners used to come in the hotel and he was asked to play piano for them, and all just for a free dinner. He used to do that. He used to love it and it was great,” beams his mother.

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