Flying Officer Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon
…lone defence of Srinagar Air Base against a Pakistani air raid during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. He is the only member of the Indian Air Force to be so…
Rajendra Prasad
…funds to help the people. The Viceroy of India had raised his own fund, though Rajendra Prasad’s fund collected over 38 Lakhs (Rs. 3,800,000), three times what the Viceroy raised….
Bhimsen Joshi
…music.[3] With the help of money lent by his co-passengers in the train Bhimsen reached Dharwar first and later went to Pune. Later he moved to Gwalior and got into…
Bidhan Chandra Roy
…compel them to do anything but to just guide them on their path. All five children were required to do the household chores themselves. This was very helpful for Bidhan…
Amartya Kumar Sen
…economics. He is currently the Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University. He is also a fellow of Trinity College at the University…
K R Naraynan
…from the direction I had just come. I turned to see Panditji [Nehru] beckoning me to come back. He had opened the letter as I left his room and read…
Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid
…penetrated the forward company positions. At this critical juncture, Hamid was commanding a recoilless gun detachment. Seeing the gravity of the situation, he moved out to a flank with his…
Sachin Tendulkar
…reputation as a child prodigy. He had become a common conversation point in local cricketing circles, where there were suggestions already that he would become one of the greats. Sachin…
Nanaji Deshmukh
…take charge of Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Uttar Pradesh as its general secretary. Deshmukh had worked as RSS pracharak in Uttar Pradesh and his groundwork proved of a great help…
Founder
…conferred several prestigious National & International Awards for Quality, Productivity, Innovation and Fair Business Practices, of which it is worth mentioning here that on 30th August 2008, Hon’ble Prime Minister…