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…
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…
Sachin Tendulkar
…Pace Foundation in Madras (now Chennai) to train as a fast bowler, but Australian fast bowler Dennis Lillee, who took a world record 355 Test wickets, was unimpressed, suggesting that…
K R Naraynan
…having been barred from attending because tuition fees were outstanding. The family lacked money to buy books and his elder brother K. R. Neelakantan, who was confined to home as…
Amartya Kumar Sen
…starvation among certain groups in society. His capabilities approach focuses on positive freedom, a person’s actual ability to be or do something, rather than on negative freedom approaches, which are…
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,…
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….
Naik Jadu Nath Singh
…Jammu & Kashmir operations in the winter of 1947, the capture of Jhangar on December 24th, by the Pakistani raiders, placed them in an advantageous position in the Naushahra sector….
Founder
…Delhi. It can also be viewed at www.bharatmatamandir.in Mr. Gupta demonstrates and promotes sports to keep mind & body fit and happy. He successfully participated in Delhi Half Marathon-2009, a…
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…