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Gajanan Madhav ‘Muktibodh’ was born in Sheopur (Shivpuri) District Morena, Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh).
Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the mighty leader of the Sikh Empire that lasted for nearly 40 years
Akbar took a keen interest in coinage. He was very inspired by the currency reforms of Sher Shah Suri and carried them forward under his rule.
Jatin Das was a real Hero of India’s freedom struggle. He refused to surrender. He never ever wrote an apology letter like RSS people.
Isaac Singer made an impact on the growing sewing market when he developed a lockstitch sewing machine in 1850.
His short life was a constant struggle against oppression and inhumanity.
On RK Laxman’s 100th birth anniversary, here are some facts about him. Remembering RK Laxman Who Turned The Common Man’ Into Extraordinary Work of Art.
He was a great scholar, socialist, and Indian Independence activist. A man of courage, he belonged to the Islamic family hailed from Barabanki District of United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh).
His evolutionary tale ran parallel to the life and times of his party, the most defining political force of 20th century India. It was struggle, liberation, power, absolute power, decline, and stagnation.
Captain Lakshmi Sahgal was Minister of Women’s Affairs in the Azad Hind government formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in exile.
She had performed in Delhi about a month before his last visit. No one thought he was hearing this world class voice of Banaras Gharana for the last time. Even though the face was signed by experience, his enthusiasm as a functor was ageless.
An Urdu poet, musician and calligrapher Bahadur Shah is painted as an ode to restlessness, sorrow, and humiliation.
Her outspoken and controversial style of writing made her the passionate voice for the unheard. Ismat Chughtai died in Bombay on October 24, 1991.
Shekhawat was born on 23 October 1923 in the village Khachariyawas of the princely state of Jaipur.
Today is the 243rd Birth anniversary of Kittur Rani Chennamma.
Ashfaq, as he was referred to by family, friends and co-revolutionaries, was born on this date in the year 1900.
In collaboration with the deputy and finance minister Anugrah Narayan Sinha, Sri Krishna Sinha spearheaded several developmental projects in the state.
Born in 1830 in Milam, a village nestled in the valleys of the Kumaon Hills, the man’s ‘spy’ expedition proved to be a game changer in a time when the exploration game was a clear monopoly of the Europeans.
Siddhartha Shankar Ray was the Union Education minister at the time, introducing the three-language formula that was to give a fillip to literacy rates nationally over the next few decades.
Leila Seth could be called a pioneer in carving out a path for feminism in India, for she believed in herself when all odds were against her, and defied all that people told her to.
Famous for giving lectures on the Bhagavad Gita, Vedas and Upanishad, Dadaji is also known for his selfless work and profound knowledge of the Sutras.
Seventy-five years ago, Matangini Hazra, a poor peasant woman, participated in the independence struggle in her own humble way.
Chandrasekhar was the nephew of Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930. He was born in Lahore on 19th October 1910, to Sita Balakrishnan and Chandrasekhara Subrahmanya Ayyar.
Deshpande was president of the Harijan Sevak Sangh founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1932 with an aim to work for uplift of Harijans and remove untouchability from the nation.
ND Tiwari was the only politician to have served as the chief minister of two states. He became the chief minister of Uttarakhand in 2002 and completed a full five-year term for the first time in his political career.