Walchand Hirachand biography: born in 1882, the industrialist founded India's first modern shipyard, first aircraft factory and first car factory, and its…
Jamnalal Bajaj biography: born in 1889, the Wardha businessman who founded the Bajaj group gave his wealth to the freedom movement and…
K. M. Munshi biography: born in 1887, the lawyer, novelist and statesman founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, helped draft the Constitution and…
G. D. Birla biography: born in Pilani in 1894, he built one of India's largest industrial groups, financed the freedom movement 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…
Sir Chhotu Ram biography: born in 1881 in a Rohtak village, the Unionist minister passed the laws that freed Punjab's peasants from…
C. D. Deshmukh biography: born in 1896, he was the first Indian Governor of the Reserve Bank of India and Finance Minister…
K. Kamaraj biography: born in 1903, the school dropout who became Chief Minister of Madras opened thousands of schools, started free midday…
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…
