Tag: Biography

  Atal Bihari Vajpayee has the distinction of being the Prime Minister of India for three terms. The last one was from 1999 to 2004...

  In the 1850s, when Bell was born, talking to each-other verbally without physically being present together at one place was literally a dream. People...

  The Writing Legend Dr. Seuss What shall we do if we’ll get rejected around 27 times for doing something that we really want to do?...

  Quick Facts Name: Ramananda Chatterjee Also Known As: Father of Indian Journalism Famous As: Editor, Journalist Birth Date: 29 May 1865 Birth Place: Village Pathakpara, Bankura District, West Bengal, British India Died On:...

  Quick Facts Name: Ram Mohan Roy Famously Known As: Raja Ram Mohan Roy Also Known As: Father of the Indian Renaissance Famous As: Social Reformer, Scholar, Founder of Brahmo Samaj...

  Quick Facts Name: Sumitranandan Pant Birth Name: Gosain Dutt Famous As: Poet Birth Date: 20 May 1900 (Bageshwar, Uttarakhand) Died On: 28 December 1977 Nationality: Indian Awards: Sahitya Akademi Award (1960); Padma Bhushan...

  Quick Facts Name: Mahendra Nath Mulla Famous As: Officer (Indian Navy) Birth Date: 15 May 1926 (Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh) Died On: 9 December 1971 Nationality: Indian Awards: Maha Vir Chakra (Posthumous)   During the 1971...

  Quick Facts Name: Tanjore Balasaraswati Also Known As: Balasaraswati Famous As: Bharatanatyam Dancer Birth Date: 13 May 1918 (Madras Presidency, British India) Died On: 9 February 1984 Nationality: Indian Parents: Modarapu Govindarajulu (Father), Jayammal (Mother) Children:...

  Quick Facts Name: Sukumar Bose Famous As: Artist, Painter Birth Date: 12 May 1912 (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh) Died On: 10 November 1986 Nationality: Indian Parents: Sanat Kumar Bose (Father), Bina Pani Bose...

  Quick Facts Name: Gopal Krishna Gokhale Famous As: Social Reformer, Political Leader Birth Date: 9 May 1866 Birth Place: Kotluk, Ratnagiri District, Bombay Presidency, British India Died On: 19 February 1915 Nationality: Indian Parents: Krishna Rao...

  Quick Facts Name: Devi Prasad Shetty Famously Known As: Henry Ford of Heart Surgery Famous As: Cardiac Surgeon Birth Date: 8 May 1953 (Mangalore, Karnataka) Nationality: Indian Awards: Padma Bhushan (2012); Padma Shri...

  Quick Facts Name: Satyajit Ray Also Fondly Known As: Manik Da Famous As: Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Lyricist, Music Composer, Calligrapher, Illustrator, Writer Birth Date: 2 May 1921 (Kolkata, West Bengal) Died On:...