Ashutosh Mukherjee biography: born 29 June 1864 in Calcutta, the "Bengal Tiger" was a mathematician, judge and the Vice-Chancellor who made Calcutta…
Bidhan Chandra Roy biography: born 1 July 1882, the physician was Chief Minister of West Bengal for 14 years, built Durgapur, Kalyani…
Chittaranjan Das biography: born 5 November 1870 in Calcutta, "Deshbandhu" gave up a fortune at the bar, founded the Swaraj Party and…
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…
Kazi Nazrul Islam biography: born 24 May 1899 at Churulia in Bardhaman, the "Rebel Poet" wrote Bidrohi, composed thousands of songs and…
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa biography: born 18 February 1836 at Kamarpukur in Hooghly, the mystic of Dakshineswar taught that all faiths are paths to…
Michael Madhusudan Dutt biography: born 25 January 1824, the rebel poet introduced blank verse and the sonnet to Bengali and wrote the…
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay biography: born 15 September 1876 in Hooghly, the author of Devdas, Parineeta and Srikanta is the most widely read…
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee biography: born 26 June 1838 at Naihati, the father of the Bengali novel wrote Anandamath and the national song…
Between May and July 1999 India fought to evict Pakistani troops who had occupied heights on the Indian side of the Line…
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar biography: born 26 September 1820 in Birsingha, the scholar and reformer won the legal right of Hindu widows to…
