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Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla – The Brave Captain Of Indian Navy, Who Became The First Captain To Go Down With His Ship INS Khukri
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...
Sukumar Bose – The Great Indian Artist and Painter Who Helped Spread Indian Art Across the World
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...
Rahul Sankrityayan – The Genius Who Was Also The Father of Indian Travel Literature
Quick Facts Name: Rahul Sankrityayan
Birth Name: Kedarnath Pandey
Also Known As: "Father of Indian Travel Literature”, “Mahapandit”
Famous As: Travel Writer, Historian
Birth Date: 9 April 1893
Birth Place: Pandaha Village, Azamgarh...
Pandit Ravi Shankar – The Great Indian Sitar Player Who Popularized Indian Classical Music in the World
Quick Facts Name: Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury
Popular Name: Pandit Ravi Shankar
Also Known As: Most Famous Indian Musician in the World
Famous As: The Sitar Maestro
Birth Date: 7 April 1920 (Varanasi, Uttar...
Mahadevi Verma – The Great Indian Poetess Who Left Her Indelible Mark In Indian Literature
Quick Facts Name: Mahadevi Verma
Also Known As: The Modern Meera
Famous As: Novelist, Poet, Writer, Educationist
Born On: 26 March 1907 (Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh)
Died On: 11 September 1987
Nationality: Indian
Awards:...
Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’ – The Great Indian Revolutionary who made lasting contributions to Hindi Literature
Quick Facts Full Name: Sachchidananda Hirananda Vatsyayan
Pen Name: Ajneya
Famous As: Writer, Critic, Revolutionary
Birth Date: 7 March 1911
Birth Place: Kasya, Kushinagar District, Uttar Pradesh
Died On: 4 April 1987
Nationality: Indian
Awards:...
Talat Mahmood – The Indian King of Ghazals With A Velvety Voice Who Took Ghazal-singing To The World
Quick Facts Name: Talat Mahmood
Also Known As: The King of Ghazals, Shahenshah-e-Ghazal
Famous As: Singer
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 24 February 1924 (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Died On: 9 May 1998
Awards: Padma...
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai – The Lesser Known Hero of the Indian Independence Movement
Quick Facts Name: Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
Famous As: Politician, Socialist
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 18 February 1894 (Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh)
Died On: 24 October 1954 (aged 60)
Parents: Imtiaz Ali Kidwai (Father), Rashid...
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur: One of the Earliest Feminist Figures and the First Health Minister of India
Quick Facts Name: Amrit Kaur
Famous As: India's First Health Minister
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 2 February 1889 (Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh)
Died On: 6 February 1964
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur is perhaps the most...
Qurratulain Hyder – Most Celebrated Urdu Fiction Writer Till Date
Quick Facts Name: Qurratulain Hyder
Pen Name: Ainee Apa
Famous As: Writer, Author, Novelist
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 20 January 1927 (Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)
Died On: 21 August 2007
Famous Book: Aag...
Obaid Siddiqi – The Revolutionary Neuroscientist and Microbiologist who Bid Adieu to the World
Quick Facts Name: Obaid Siddiqi
Famous As: National Research Professor
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 7 January 1932
Died On: 26 July 2013
Birth Place: Basti District, Uttar Pradesh
Awards: Padma Bhushan (1984), Padma Vibhushan (2006)
Obaid Siddiqi...
Inspiring Through Spiritualism: The Story of Paramahansa Yogananda and Founder of Yogoda Satsanga Society
Quick Facts Name: Paramahansa Yogananda
Born As: Mukunda Lal Ghosh
Known For: Yogi and Guru
Nationality: Indian
Birth Date: 5 January 1893
Died On: 7 March 1952
Birth Place: Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Founder Of: Self-Realization...