Bidhan Chandra Roy
…social work. At his Convocation Address on December 15, 1956 at the University of Lucknow, Dr. Roy said, “My young friends, you are soldiers in the battle of freedom-freedom from…
Amartya Kumar Sen
…its price rose rapidly due to factors that include British military acquisition, panic buying, hoarding, and price gouging, all connected to the war in the region. In Poverty and Famines,…
B. R. Ambedkar
…for a few years before publishing journals advocating political rights and social freedom for India’s untouchables. He is regarded as a Bodhisattva by Indian Buddhists even though he never claimed…
Chandra Shekhar Azad (23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931)
…for a future India, free of social and economic oppression and adversity. Betrayed by an informer on 27th February 1931, Azad was encircled by British troops in Alfred Park, Allahabad….
Founder
…was first time a Pharmacy Graduate got such a prestigious award. Mr. Gupta has established a museum of Freedom Fighters in the name of “Bharat Mata Mandir” in Dilshad Garden,…
2nd Lieutenant Arun Khaterpal
…for the night deep in thought. There are never any victors in war; both sides lose and it is the families that have to pay the price and suffer the…
Lotus Temple
…be appropriate for the siteThe major part of the funds needed to buy this land was donated by Ardishír Rustampúr of Hyderabad, who gave his entire life savings for this…
K R Naraynan
…State in the Union Cabinet under former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Elected as the ninth Vice-President in 1992, Narayanan went on to become the President of India in 1997. Narayanan…
Taj Mahal
…these words:[11] Should guilty seek asylum here, Like one pardoned, he becomes free from sin. Should a sinner make his way to this mansion, All his past sins are to…
Govind Ballabh Pant
…he helped a local parishad, or village council, in their successful challenge of a law requiring locals to provide free transportation of the luggage of travelling British officials. In 1921,…