Maulana Abul Kalam Azad biography: born in Mecca in 1888, the scholar and Congress president became independent India's first Education Minister and…
Fali Nariman biography: born in Rangoon in 1929, the constitutional lawyer argued many of the Supreme Court's landmark cases over seven decades…
Bachendri Pal biography: born in a Garhwal village in 1954, she became the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest on 23…
G. R. Gopinath biography: born in a Karnataka village in 1951, the former Army captain founded Air Deccan in 2003 and made…
Jyotirao Phule biography: born in 1827, the reformer from Pune opened a school for girls in 1848 with his wife Savitribai and…
Baba Amte biography: born in 1914 to a landowning family, he founded Anandwan in 1949 and spent his life restoring dignity and…
Uday Shankar biography: born in 1900, the dancer and choreographer who partnered Anna Pavlova created modern Indian dance and took it to…
R. K. Laxman biography: born in Mysore in 1921, the cartoonist drew the Common Man for The Times of India for more…
Dhondo Keshav Karve biography: born in 1858, Maharshi Karve married a widow, opened a home for widows near Pune and founded India's…
Rukmini Devi Arundale biography: born in 1904, she brought Bharatanatyam on to the modern stage, founded Kalakshetra and piloted India's law against…
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay biography: born in 1903, the freedom fighter and socialist led the revival of India's handicrafts, handlooms and theatre after independence.
B. V. Doshi biography: born in Pune in 1927, the architect who trained under Le Corbusier became in 2018 the first Indian…
