Bidhan Chandra Roy: Physician, Bengal Chief Minister and Bharat Ratna Recipient
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962) was a physician, Gandhi's doctor and Mayor of Calcutta who led West Bengal from 1948 to 1962 and…
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962) was a physician, Gandhi's doctor and Mayor of Calcutta who led West Bengal from 1948 to 1962 and…
Chittaranjan Das (1870–1925), known as Deshbandhu, defended Aurobindo Ghose, co-founded the Swaraj Party with Motilal Nehru and became the first mayor of…
Sarada Devi biography: born 22 December 1853 at Jayrambati in Bankura, the wife of Ramakrishna is revered as the Holy Mother and…
Sri Aurobindo biography: born 15 August 1872 in Calcutta, the revolutionary editor of Bande Mataram became a philosopher and yogi at Pondicherry…
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa biography: born 18 February 1836 at Kamarpukur in Hooghly, the mystic of Dakshineswar taught that all faiths are paths to…
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar biography: born 26 September 1820 in Birsingha, the scholar and reformer won the legal right of Hindu widows to…
Wajid Ali Shah biography: born 30 July 1822 in Lucknow, the last King of Awadh was a poet, composer and patron of…
V. P. Singh biography: born 25 June 1931 in Allahabad, the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister became Prime Minister in 1989 and…
Asaf-ud-Daula (1748–1797) was the fourth Nawab of Awadh, associated with the Bara Imambara and Lucknow's growth, and ruled as British influence in…
Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) was the eighth Prime Minister of India, from November 1990 to June 1991, a Janata Party president and the…
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit biography: born 18 August 1900 in Allahabad, she was India's first woman cabinet minister and the first woman President…
Motilal Nehru biography: born 6 May 1861 in Agra, the Allahabad lawyer was twice Congress president, founded the Swaraj Party and drafted…