Major Shaitan Singh Bhati was an Indian Army officer and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra. During the 1962 Sino-Indian War, the Chinese attacked from the rear.Major Shaitan Singh displayed honorable leadership and mettle in the battle of Rezang La.…
Chandra Shekhar Azad, popularly also known as Azad was an Indian revolutionary. At a young age, Azad was drawn into the Indian national movement. Later on, he went on to reorganize the “Hindustan Socialist Republican Army” (HSRA). The Indian National…
She was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement and was invited to hoist the flag over the parliament in Germany where she unfurled what she called the “Flag of Indian Independence”.
Famously known as ‘The Tamil Helmsman’, Vallinayagan Ulaganathan Chidambaram (VOC) is a freedom fighter who challenged the monopoly of the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISNC). He was a leader of the Indian National Congress and launched an indigenous Indian…
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was an Indian warrior-king who was looked up as the hero of India during the Indian Independence movement, nearly two centuries after his death. He was the maker of the Mughal Empire and established a competent civil…
Famously known as Pandit Birju Maharaj, Brijmohan Mishra is a master of Kathak in India. It is to be noted that he is a descendant of the Maharaj family of Kathak dancers and practices Hindustani classical music. He has his…
Representing the 19th generation of Dhrupad musicians, Ustad Zia Fariduddin Dagar was a celebrated classical vocalist who taught at the Dhrupad Kendra in Bhopal and was a visiting professor as well. He was awarded the 1994 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award…
Margaret Elizabeth Noble, known as Sister Nivedita was a disciple of the great Swami Vivekananda who was an Irish teacher, author, and social activist. She had a huge influence on the Indian Nationalist movement and worked to uplift the women…
Bharadwaja was one of Ancient India’s most revered Vedic sages and was a professional economist & an eminent physician. He also had notable contributions in Rig Veda, Puranas and had a big influence on the Indian society.
Known as the 10th and last sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh was a skilled poet, spiritual master and a brave warrior who had several notable contributions to Sikhism. He is also credited with the Dasam Granth whose hymns are a…
