Famous and Great Personalities of India

Gargi Vachaknavi Gargi Vachaknavi was an accomplished scholar of Vedic times. She excelled many sages in knowledge. She was the daughter of sage Vachaknu and her challenging the great sage Yajnavalkya forms part of Brihadaranyaka…

Sabari in Ramayana Sabari represents perfection achieved through unflinching devotion to teachers. She is still considered to be among the most important women in Ramayana. Sabari was a woman of a forest tribe. She was rendering faithful…

Madam Bikaji Rustom Cama Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama was an Indian revolutionary that took active participation in the Indian Independence Movement. She was born on September 24, 1861. Madam Bikaji Rustom Cama was a Parsee lady. She…

Jayaprakash Narayan Jayaprakash Narayan (also Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan) was born in a middle-class family of Bihar. He received his education both in India and U.S.A. While still a young boy, he became an ardent nationalist and leaned…

Saint Kabir (also Kabira) was a disciple of Ramananda. Kabir believed in equality of men and preached the religion of love for promoting unity among all castes and creeds. Saint Kabir asserted the Allah and Rama were names of one and the…

Raja Ram Mohan Roy Raja Ram Mohan (also Rammohun) was a sympathetic social reformer who protested against caste system, untouchability, priestly dominance, sati etc. He dreamt about abolishing the social disparity to form a socialistic…

Vasudev Balwant Phadke was an Indian armed revolutionary who dreamt of “Free India”. He opined that India needs “Swaraj” at any cost. He was born on November 4, 1845. He was born in a brahmin family. Maharashtra was the first state in…

Introduction: Mother Teresa’s real name was Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu. She was born on 26th August, 1910 in Yugoslavia. Her parents were very simple and kind hearted. Early Life: From her very childhood, she was very kinds and soft-hearted…

Sarojini Naidu was born in Hyderabad on 13th February, 1879. Aghore Nath Chattopadhyay was her father. Varada Sundari Devi was her mother. From her school day, she began to write poems in English language. At the age of thirteen, she wrote…

Introduction: Subhas Chandra Bose (also spelled Subhash Chandra Bose), the great national hero of Bengal was born in Cuttack, Orissa (now Odisha) on 23rd January, 1897. He was a patriotic and selfless leader of India, popularly known for…