During the Indian war of 1971, Major Hoshiar Singh was ordered to capture the Pakistani locality of Jarpal. Major Hoshiar Singh though seriously wounded by enemy shelling went from trench to trench moving about in the open with utter disregard Read more…
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. Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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.