Famous and Great Personalities of India

Mother Teresa is also known as “Blessed Teresa of Calcutta”. Her earlier name was “Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu”. She was born on 26th August, 1910 at the then Yugoslavia (now Republic of Macedonia). She came to India in 1929. Mother Teresa was…

Swami Vivekananda was a great Hindu saint and religious leader. He founded the Ramakrishna Mission and Ramakrishna Math. Birth and Early Life: He was born in Kolkata on January 12, 1863. His original name was Narendranath Datta. His…

Lal Bahadur Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of Independent India from 9th June, 1964 to 11th January, 1966. The second Indo-Pakistan war took place during his tenure as Prime Minister. Shastriji is remembered for…

Aurobindo Ghosh Aurobindo Ghosh made a great contribution towards the growth of Indian nationalism. He was high priest of militant nationalism in India. Aurobindo Ghosh was born on 15 August 1872 in Calcutta. His father’s name was Krishna…

Important personalities of India Mahatma Gandhi: Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi is called the father (Bapu) in India. He was born on 2nd October 1869. He was honored with Mahatma in South Africa in the year 1914 which is now used to call him…

Swami Dayananda Saraswati Swami Dayananda, was born in 1824 at Tankara in Morvi State (Kathiawar-Gujarat). While Dayananda Saraswati was hardly of thirteen years of age, he refused to submit to the authoritarian traditional dictates of his…

Khudiram Bose was an Indian Revolutionary. Khudiram was born on 3rd December 1889 in a village of Midnapore district. He lost his parents in his childhood and he was brought up in the care of his sister and brother-in-low. After completion…

Introduction Raja Ram Mohan Roy (also Rammohan Roy) was a great social and religious reformers. At a time when the West knew very little about India, Ram Mohan Roy worked as a link between the East and the West. The task of Raja Ram…

Sita was the leading lady in the epic Ramayana. Sita stands for immaculate purity, chastity and patience. Sita has got special place to act in a manner suited to the dignity of her parents, her husband and other relatives. Swami Vivekananda…