K R Naraynan
…He was the first Dalit, and the first Malayali, to have been President. Born in Perumthanam, Uzhavoor village, Travancore (present day Kottayam district, Kerala), and after a brief stint with…
M. Visvesvaraya
…his memory. He is held in high regard as a pre-eminent engineer of India. He was the chief engineer responsible for the construction of Krishna Raja Sagara dam in North-West…
India Gate
…Park, Delhi. There were multiple plans and calls to have a seated or standing statue of Mahatma Gandhi installed, which were subject to debate and have not been agreed upon….
Rifleman Sanjay Kumar
…gun fire from an enemy bunker, about 150 meters away. Kumar, realizing the magnitude of the problem and the detrimental effect this bunker would have in the capture of Area…
C. V. Raman
…of light, he discovered the Raman effect. It was instantly clear that this discovery was an important one. It gave further proof of the quantum nature of light. Raman spectroscopy…