Gopal Krishna Gokhale biography: born in 1866, the moderate Congress leader and founder of the Servants of India Society was the man…
Lala Lajpat Rai biography: born in Punjab in 1865, the 'Punjab Kesari' was a leader of the freedom movement who died after…
Karnam Malleswari biography: born in Andhra Pradesh in 1975, the weightlifter became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal, at…
Anju Bobby George biography: born in Kerala in 1977, the long jumper won India's first medal at the World Athletics Championships in…
P. T. Usha biography: born in Kerala in 1964, the 'Payyoli Express' missed an Olympic medal by a hundredth of a second…
Vijay Amritraj biography: born in Madras in 1953, India's finest tennis player of the professional era reached four Grand Slam quarter-finals and…
Mrinalini Sarabhai biography: born in 1918, the classical dancer and choreographer founded the Darpana Academy in Ahmedabad and was the wife of…
Prakash Padukone biography: born in Bangalore in 1955, he became the first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship in 1980…
Bhimsen Joshi biography: born in Karnataka in 1922, the Hindustani vocalist of the Kirana gharana ran away from home to find a…
Manna Dey biography: born in Calcutta in 1919, the playback singer known for his classical mastery sang more than 3,500 songs and…
M. Balamuralikrishna biography: born in Andhra in 1930, the Carnatic vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist gave his first concert at eight and created…
Ali Akbar Khan biography: born in 1922, the sarod maestro of the Maihar gharana took Hindustani classical music to the West and…
