Bahadur Shah Zafar (24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862)
…the son of Akbar Shah from his Hindu wife Lalbai. After the death of his father, he ascended the throne in 1837, during the British rule, when he was little…
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015)
…is highly respected as a scientist and as an engineer. Kalam played a pivotal organisational, technical and political role in India’s Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998, the first since the…
Swatantra Veer Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966)
…his parents when he was young. Vinayak’s patriotic spirit found an outlet through an organization ‘Mitra Mela’ that he formed. He encouraged the members of the Mela to strive for,…
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945)
…invasion of the USSR, he headed for Japan and helped to organize, and later lead, the Indian National Army, put together from Indian prisoners-of-war and plantation workers from Malaysia, Singapore…
Chidambaram Subramaniam
…organisations and prominent citizens on issues crucial to the community. He had to resign after a newspaper reporter overheard and published an informal remark of his criticising the style of…
Amartya Kumar Sen
…skewed ratio results from the better health treatment and childhood opportunities afforded boys in those countries, as well as sex-specific abortion. Governments and international organizations handling food crises were influenced…
Naik Jadu Nath Singh
…superb leadership and used his small force in such a manner that the enemy retreated in utter confusion. When four of his men were wounded he re-organised the battered force…
Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 – 17 November 1928)
Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 – 17 November 1928) Lala Lajpat Rai was born in 1865. After his schooling, he joined the Govt. College at Lahore in 1880 to…
Bhupen Hazarika
…Hazarika and published by Cool Grove Press will be available in the US in days.Soon after completing his education, he became a teacher at the Gauhati University. But after a…