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 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, (5 September, 1888 – 17 April, 1975), was an Indian philosopher and statesman...
President | India Updated On: 2/8/2010
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Tirutani in Tamil Nadu, Madras Presidency, British India, Tirutani, Tirupati, Zamindar, Primary Board High School at Tirutani, Hermansburg Evangelical Lutheral Mission School, Tirupati, Voorhees College, Vellore, Madras Christian College, Masters degree in Philosophy, M.A. degree, The Ethics of the Vedanta, Dr. A.G. Hogg, Sivakamu, Traditional Indian arranged marriage, Sarvepalli Gopal, Professor of Philosophy, University of Mysore, Journal of Philosophy, International Journal of Ethics, The Philosophy of Rabindranath Tagore, Genuine manifestation of the Indian spirit, The Reign of Religion in Contemporary Philosophy, King George V Chair of Mental and Moral Science, University of Calcutta, International Congress of Philosophy at Harvard University, Principal J. Estlin Carpenter, Manchester College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University, Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics, Fellow of All Souls College, Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya, Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, Represented India at UNESCO, Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union, First Vice President of India, Second President of India, Teachers Day, Ghanshyam Das Birla, Krishnarpan Charity Trust, Prasthana Trayi, Bhagavadgita, Upanishads, Brahma Sutra, Fellow of the British Academy, Radhakrishna Chevening Scholarships, Radhakrishnan a biography, British knighthood, Bharat Ratna
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 Subhas Chandra Bose
One of the most prominent leaders of Indian freedom struggle...
Freedom Fighter | India Updated On: 1/21/2010
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Bose, Indian Civil Services Exam, Azad Hind Fauj, British Empire in India, All India Forward block, Cuttack, Orissa, Scottish Churches College in Calcutta, Swami Vivekananda teachings, Indian Civil Service competitive examination, Jallianwalla Bagh massacre, Indian National Congress, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das, Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, Bhagat Singh, Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Rash Behari Bose, Andeman and Nicobar Islands, Rangoon, Burma Border, I.N.A. Head quarters, Second World War
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 Jyoti Basu
Narrowly missed a chance to become India's prime minister in 1996 after his party's veto. He later called the party decision a
Politician | West Bengal Updated On: 1/17/2010
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Calcutta (now Kolkata), Presidency College Calcutta, Bengal railway workers union, Bengal legislative assembly, CPI-M, Baranagar assembly constituency, Left parties and UPA, Indian politician, Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, Bardi in Dhaka District, East Bengal, Bangladesh, Rajani Pam Dutt, Bharatiya Janata Party, Sabyasachi Basu Roy Choudhuri, Ashis Chakrabarti
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 Shyam Lal Begana
Shyam Lal Begana lives with his family in a house by the Naini road. Well known in the village as the 'Biraha' Kalakar...
Music | Folk Updated On: 1/12/2010
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Biraha Kalakar, Performs in AIR, Biraha Competitions, Live Performance Folk Songs, Trademark of Biraha, Style of Singing
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 Martin Luther King, Jr
At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize...
Activist | USA Updated On: 1/5/2010
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African-American Civil Rights Movement and Peace movement, Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal, Crozer Theological Seminary, Morehouse College, Negro institution of Atlanta, Coretta Scott, Gunnar Jahn, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Memphis, Tennessee, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta
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 Manjit Bawa
Bawa's older brothers encouraged him to pursue art. He studied fine arts at the School of Art, New Delhi between 1958 and 1963, where his professors included Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat and B.C. Sanya...
Artist | India Updated On: 1/5/2010
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Mythological Paintings, Sufi Philosophy, Michelangelo, Dalhousie, Wealth of Wisdom, Somnath Hore, Rakesh Mehra, Dhanaraj Bhagat, School of Art New Delhi, Indian Painter
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 Ayn Rand
[1905 - 1982] A Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism...
Philosopher | USA Updated On: 1/4/2010
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Ayn Rand, St. Petersburg, Russia, French magazine, European writer, Victor Hugo, Kerensky Revolution, Bolshevik Revolution, Crimea, American history, High school, Pola Negri, Hollywood: American Movie City, State Institute for Cinema Arts, New York City, Career as a screenwriter, Cecil B. DeMille, The King of Kings, Frank O Connor, RKO Radio Pictures Inc, We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged, For the New Intellectual, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, The Art of Fiction, The Art of Nonfiction, Ayn Rand Essay collections, The Virtue of Selfishness, Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, The Romantic Manifesto, Return of the Primitive: The Anti-Industrial Revolution, Philosophy: Who Needs It, The Voice of Reason, The Ayn Rand Column, Red Pawn, Night of January 16th, Love Letters by Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead Film, Early Ayn Rand, Objectivist periodicals, Bibliography for Ayn Rand and Objectivism
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 Mahatma Gandhi
Freedom Fighter | India Updated On: 1/3/2010
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, International Gandhi, Gandhi-as-guru, M. K. Gandhi, Albert Einstein, Gandhis achievements, Martin Luther King Jr., Dalai Lama, World peace movement, World Non-Violence Day, Corporate philosophy of Apple, Richard Attenborough, Oscar movie Gandhi, G. V. Desani, Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Kasturba Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Porbandar, Gujarat
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 Yusuf Arakkal
Leaving the comforts of his house behind, the boy Yusuf left for Bangalore, lonely but with a passion to become a painter...
Artist | India Updated On: 1/2/2010
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Kottakkal Kerala, Royal Family of Arakkal, Muslim Royal Family, Keyees, Kozhikode, Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Graphic Print, National Academy Community Studios, Lorenzo De Medici Gold Medal, Florence Internazionale Biennale, Child and Priest Painting, Lorenzo de Medici, Drawings, Paintings, Sculptures, Murals, Paper Works, Karnataka Lalithkala Academy Award, Asian Art Biennale, Thalassery
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 R Venkataraman
Shri Ramaswamy Venkataraman was the 8th President of the Republic of India, serving from 1987 to 1992. Before his election as President...
President | India Updated On: 1/2/2010
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Ramaswamy Venkataraman, Republic of India, 8th President of India, Vice-President of India, Indian National Congress Party, Pattukottai, Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, City of Madras, Master Degree in Economics, High Court, Madras, Britains Colonial, Quit India Movement, Defence of India Rules, Japanese Occupation, Madras Provincial Bar Federation, Labour Law Journal, Law and Trade Union, Metal Trades Committee of International Labour Organisation, Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, Doctorate of Law, University of Madras, Madras Medical College, Doctor of Social Sciences, University of Roorkee, Doctor of Law, Nagarjuna University, University of Burdwan, Freedom Struggle, Soviet Land Prize, Sat Seva Ratna, Sankaracharya of Kancheepuram
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