Gateway of India
…other distinguished personages. In earlier times, the Gateway was the monument that visitors arriving by boat would have first seen in the city of Bombay. Its design is a combination…
Parliament of India
…the President and shall consist of persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely literature, science, art and social service. The 238…
C. V. Raman
…and physics, so he grew up in an academic atmosphere. Raman entered Presidency College, Chennai, in 1902, and in 1904 gained his B.A., winning the first place and the gold…
Govind Ballabh Pant
…Governor’s special powers.[3] Therefore, on April 1, 1937, the Nawab of Chhatari, the leader of NAPs (National Agriculturist Parties), was invited to form a minority government. Within a few months,…
Dr. Dhondo Keshav Karve
…civilian award, BhΔrat Ratna, in 1958 (Incidentally his centennial year). The appellation Maharshi, which the Indian public often assigned to Karve, means ”a great sage”. Those who knew Karve affectionately…
Sarvapaali Radhkrishnan
…services to education, he was knighted by the British Government in 1931, but did not use the title in personal life preferring instead his academic title ‘Doctor’. He was the…
R Venktaraman
…Venkataraman held the portfolios of Industries, Labour, Cooperation, Power, Transport and Commercial Taxes from 1957 to 1967. During this time, he was also Leader of the Upper House, namely, the…
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (13 May 1905 β 11 February 1977)
…Ahmed was born on 13 May 1905, in Delhi, India, to Lt. Colonel Zulnur Ali Ahmed, a Gujjar[1] surgeon in the Indian Medical Service, and Sahibzadi Ruqqaiya Sultan Begum, a…
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma (19 August 1918 β 26 December 1999)
…Cabinet Minister, holding the portfolios of Education, Law, Public Works, Industry and Commerce, National Resources and Separate Revenue (1956–1967) and was thereafter Union Minister for Communications (1974–1977). Dr. Sharma was…
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 β 5 September 1997)
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997) Mother Teresa (1910-1997) won Nobel Prize for Peace, “Exemplary Charity and Social Service” in the year 1979. She was born in…