Swami Agnivesh biography: born 21 September 1939, the saffron-robed Arya Samaj monk founded the Bandhua Mukti Morcha and campaigned against bonded labour…
Pandita Ramabai biography: born 23 April 1858, the Sanskrit scholar and reformer founded homes and schools for child widows and wrote The…
Kamla Bhasin biography: born 24 April 1946, the feminist writer, trainer and poet built women's networks across South Asia and popularised the…
Mother Teresa biography: born 26 August 1910 in Skopje, the nun became an Indian citizen, founded the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata…
Stan Swamy biography: born 26 April 1937 in Tamil Nadu, the Jesuit priest worked for Adivasi rights in Jharkhand and died in…
Prashant Bhushan biography: born 15 October 1956 in Delhi, the Supreme Court lawyer is India's best-known public interest litigator and an anti-corruption…
Dayamani Barla biography: the tribal journalist from Jharkhand led the movement that stopped a steel plant from displacing dozens of villages and…
Lakshmi Sahgal biography: born 24 October 1914 in Madras, "Captain Lakshmi" commanded the women's regiment of the Indian National Army and served…
Shabnam Hashmi biography: born in 1957, the sister of Safdar Hashmi founded ANHAD and has campaigned for communal harmony and women's rights…
Chewang Norphel biography: born in 1935 in Leh, the retired civil engineer built artificial glaciers to bring water to Ladakh's farmers and…
Gauri Lankesh biography: born 29 January 1962, the Kannada editor and activist was shot dead outside her Bengaluru home on 5 September…
India tested a nuclear device at Pokhran in 1974 and five more in May 1998, declaring itself a nuclear-weapon state.
