Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit biography: born 18 August 1900 in Allahabad, she was India's first woman cabinet minister and the first woman President…
Motilal Nehru biography: born 6 May 1861 in Agra, the Allahabad lawyer was twice Congress president, founded the Swaraj Party and drafted…
Sir Syed Ahmad Khan biography: born 17 October 1817 in Delhi, the reformer founded the college at Aligarh in 1875 that became…
Madan Mohan Malaviya biography: born 25 December 1861 in Allahabad, "Mahamana" founded Banaras Hindu University, led the Congress and was awarded the…
Girija Devi biography: born 8 May 1929 in Varanasi, the vocalist of the Banaras gharana was known as the Queen of Thumri…
Birju Maharaj biography: born 4 February 1938 in Lucknow, the heir of the Lucknow gharana was the greatest Kathak dancer and teacher…
Kashinath Singh biography: born 1 January 1937 near Varanasi, the Hindi writer portrayed his city in Kashi Ka Assi and won the…
Munawwar Rana biography: born 26 November 1952 in Raebareli, the Urdu poet made the mother the heart of the ghazal and wrote…
Kedarnath Singh biography: born 7 July 1934 in Ballia, the Hindi poet of Akaal Mein Saras and Bagh won the Jnanpith Award…
Amritlal Nagar biography: born 17 August 1916 in Agra, the Hindi novelist chronicled Lucknow in Boond Aur Samudra and Amrit Aur Vish…
Gopaldas Neeraj biography: born 4 January 1925 in Etawah, the Hindi poet from Aligarh wrote Karvan Guzar Gaya and some of the…
Kabir biography: the fifteenth-century weaver-poet of Varanasi rejected caste, ritual and religious division in couplets that are still part of everyday speech…
