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Date of Birth: 11 September, 1895 Place of Birth: Gagode village, Kolaba District, Maharashtra Parents: Narahari Shambhu Rao (Father) and Rukmini Devi (Mother) Association: Freedom Activist, Thinker, Social Reformer Movement: Indian Freedom Movement; Bhoodan Movement; Sarvodaya Movement Political Ideology: Right wing, Gandhian Religious Views: Egalitarianism; Hinduism Publications: Geeta Pravachane (religious); Teesri Shakti (political); Swarajya Shastra (political); Bhoodan Ganga (social); Moved …

Born: Sarojini Chatterjee 13 February 1879 Hyderabad, Telangana, India Died: 2 March 1949 (aged 70) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Nationality: Indian Political party: Indian National Congress Spouse(s): Govindarajulu Naidu (1898–1949) Alma mater: University of Madras; King’s College London; Girton College, Cambridge Occupation: Political activist, poet-writer Achievements: She was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National …

Born: December 3, 1884 Died: February 28, 1963 Achievements: First President of independent India; President of the Constituent Assembly; President of Congress in 1943 and 1939. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of independent India. He was the President of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the Constitution. He had also served as a Cabinet Minister briefly in the first …

पूरा नाम: डा. केशव राव बलीराम हेडगेवार (Keshav Rao Baliram Hedgewar) अन्य नाम: डॉक्टर जी जन्म: 01 अप्रैल, 1889; नागपुर, महाराष्ट्र मृत्यु: 21 जून, 1940; नागपुर परिवार: पिता: पंडित बलिराम पंत हेडगेवार; माता: रेवतीबाई; भाई: महादेव पंत और सीताराम पंत प्रसिद्धि: स्वतंत्रता सेनानी ‘राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक संघ’ के संस्थापक 1921 के ‘असहयोग आंदोलन’ में हिस्सा लिया और जेल गए राष्ट्रीय स्वयंसेवक …

Born: 26 December 1914, Hinganghat, Wardha, Maharashtra, IndiaDied: 9 February 2008, Anandwan, Maharashtra, IndiaFull name: Dr. Murlidhar Devidas AmteSpouse: Sadhana Amte (m. 1946–2008)Awards: Padma Shri, Padma Vibhushan, Gandhi Peace PrizeEducation: B.A. LL.B. Baba Amte (December 26, 1914 – February 9, 2008), born Murlidhar Devidas Amte was a respected Indian social activist. He was the founder of several ashrams and communities for the …

Born: 10 December 1878Died: 25 December 1972Profession: Lawyer, Writer, StatesmanAwards: Bharat Ratna (1954) Achievements – He was a very well-known lawyer, writer and statesman of India during the independence struggle. A prominent figure in the Indian National Congress, he was elected the second governor-general of India after its independence. Following this, Rajaji was made the chief minister of the Indian state of Madras. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, …

Born: 19 November 1828, Varanasi Died: 18 June 1858, Gwalior Full name: Manikarnika Tambe Nickname: Manu Spouse: Raja Gangadhar Rao Newalkar (m. 1842–1853) Parents: Moropant Tambe, Bhagirathi Sapre Rani Lakshmi Bai – Lakshmi Bai, the great daughter of India, was born on November 19, 1828. Her father was Morapant and her mother was Bhagirathi. As a child she was called …

Born: 11 November 1888, Saudi Arabia Died: 22 February 1958, Delhi Full name: Maulana Sayyid Abul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad Education: Al-Azhar University (1905–1907) Awards: Bharat Ratna Maulana Abul Kalam Azad — Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed Azad, was an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence movement, who lived from 11 November 1888 …

Born: 5 November 1870, Dhaka, Bangladesh Died: 16 June 1925, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India Nickname: Deshbandhu Title: “Deshbandhu” (Friend of the Nation) Parents: Bhuban Mohan Das, Nistarini Devi Achievements – C.R. Das was an important personality in Bengal during the time of the non-cooperation movement from 1919 to 1922. It was he who started the boycott of British or western dresses. …

Born: 9 December 1825, Rewari, Haryana, India Died: 23 September 1863, Kabul, Afghanistan Reign: 1838 -1857 Mother: Rani Gyan Kaur Father: Rao Puran Singh Most people familiar with India’s capital, Delhi, will likely have used the nation’s main international airport, Indira Gandhi International. En route from the airport to the centre of Delhi is a long and famous road, Rao …