Rajendra Singh biography: born 6 August 1959, the "Waterman of India" revived rivers in Rajasthan by helping villagers rebuild traditional rainwater structures.
Kailash Satyarthi biography: born 11 January 1954 in Vidisha, the engineer turned activist has freed thousands of child labourers and shared the…
Ram Nath Kovind biography: born 1 October 1945 in a village near Kanpur, the lawyer and BJP leader served as the 14th…
Shashi Tharoor biography: born 9 March 1956 in London, the former UN Under-Secretary-General is a four-time MP for Thiruvananthapuram and a best-selling…
S. Jaishankar biography: born 9 January 1955 in New Delhi, the career diplomat and former Foreign Secretary has been India's External Affairs…
Akbar biography: born in 1542 and crowned at 13, the third Mughal emperor built an empire across most of India and is…
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj biography: born at Shivneri fort in 1630, the founder of the Maratha kingdom fought the Mughals and the Deccan…
Raja Ram Mohan Roy biography: born 22 May 1772 in Bengal, the reformer founded the Brahmo Samaj, led the campaign to end…
Rajendra Prasad biography: born 3 December 1884 in Bihar, the lawyer and freedom fighter chaired the Constituent Assembly and served as India's…
Bal Gangadhar Tilak biography: born 23 July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Lokmanya Tilak declared "Swaraj is my birthright" and turned the freedom movement…
Sarojini Naidu biography: born 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad, the poet known as the Nightingale of India became the first Indian woman…
Nitin Gadkari biography: born 27 May 1957 in Nagpur, the BJP leader has been India's Road Transport and Highways minister since 2014…
