Kailash Satyarthi biography: born 11 January 1954 in Vidisha, the engineer turned activist has freed thousands of child labourers and shared the…
Ilaiyaraaja biography: born 3 June 1943 in a Tamil Nadu village, the composer known as Isaignani has scored more than 1,000 films…
Zakir Hussain biography: born 9 March 1951 in Mumbai, the tabla maestro took Indian percussion to the world, won four Grammys and…
Ram Nath Kovind biography: born 1 October 1945 in a village near Kanpur, the lawyer and BJP leader served as the 14th…
Shashi Tharoor biography: born 9 March 1956 in London, the former UN Under-Secretary-General is a four-time MP for Thiruvananthapuram and a best-selling…
S. Jaishankar biography: born 9 January 1955 in New Delhi, the career diplomat and former Foreign Secretary has been India's External Affairs…
R. K. Narayan biography: born 10 October 1906 in Madras, the creator of the fictional town of Malgudi was one of the…
Akbar biography: born in 1542 and crowned at 13, the third Mughal emperor built an empire across most of India and is…
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj biography: born at Shivneri fort in 1630, the founder of the Maratha kingdom fought the Mughals and the Deccan…
Raja Ram Mohan Roy biography: born 22 May 1772 in Bengal, the reformer founded the Brahmo Samaj, led the campaign to end…
Rajendra Prasad biography: born 3 December 1884 in Bihar, the lawyer and freedom fighter chaired the Constituent Assembly and served as India's…
Bal Gangadhar Tilak biography: born 23 July 1856 in Ratnagiri, Lokmanya Tilak declared "Swaraj is my birthright" and turned the freedom movement…
