Gulzarilal Nanda biography: born in 1898, the Gandhian labour leader was twice acting Prime Minister of India, after the deaths of Nehru…
Govind Ballabh Pant biography: born in 1887 in the Kumaon hills, he was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, abolished zamindari…
Zakir Husain biography: born in 1897, the educationist who helped found Jamia Millia Islamia became the third President of India in 1967…
Ram Manohar Lohia biography: born in 1910, the socialist thinker and fiery parliamentarian shaped the politics of the backward classes and of…
Jayaprakash Narayan biography: born in 1902, the socialist hero of 1942 known as Lok Nayak led the movement that brought down Indira…
B. N. Rau biography: born in 1887, the civil servant and jurist prepared the first draft of India's Constitution as Constitutional Adviser…
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur biography: born in 1887 into the Kapurthala royal family, she was Gandhi's secretary, India's first Health Minister and the…
Durgabai Deshmukh biography: born in 1909, the freedom fighter and lawyer founded the Andhra Mahila Sabha, sat in the Constituent Assembly and…
Nani Palkhivala biography: born in Bombay in 1920, the lawyer who argued the Kesavananda Bharati case defended the Constitution in court and…
K. M. Munshi biography: born in 1887, the lawyer, novelist and statesman founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, helped draft the Constitution and…
Partap Singh Kairon biography: born in 1901, the American-educated Chief Minister of Punjab from 1956 to 1964 laid the foundations of the…
Sir Ganga Ram biography: born in 1851, the engineer who built much of modern Lahore turned desert into farmland and gave away…
