C. Subramaniam biography: born in 1910, the Union Food and Agriculture Minister of 1964–67 took the political decisions that launched India's Green…
Mahadev Govind Ranade biography: born in 1842, the judge, reformer and economist from Maharashtra helped found the Indian National Congress and was…
Dadabhai Naoroji biography: born in 1825, the Grand Old Man of India showed how British rule drained India's wealth and was the…
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad biography: born in Mecca in 1888, the scholar and Congress president became independent India's first Education Minister and…
Fali Nariman biography: born in Rangoon in 1929, the constitutional lawyer argued many of the Supreme Court's landmark cases over seven decades…
Bachendri Pal biography: born in a Garhwal village in 1954, she became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest on 23…
G. R. Gopinath biography: born in a Karnataka village in 1951, the former Army captain founded Air Deccan in 2003 and made…
Jyotirao Phule biography: born in 1827, the reformer from Pune opened a school for girls in 1848 with his wife Savitribai and…
Baba Amte biography: born in 1914 to a landowning family, he founded Anandwan in 1949 and spent his life restoring dignity and…
Uday Shankar biography: born in 1900, the dancer and choreographer who partnered Anna Pavlova created modern Indian dance and took it to…
R. K. Laxman biography: born in Mysore in 1921, the cartoonist drew the Common Man for The Times of India for more…
Dhondo Keshav Karve biography: born in 1858, Maharshi Karve married a widow, opened a home for widows near Pune and founded India's…
