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Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh, Guru Nanak... and the list goes on and on. Refresh your memory on the lives of these great Indians and recount these stories to your children.
Sri Aurobindo was a many faceted brilliant personality. He was a freedom fighter, English poet, philosopher, and yogi. He established an ashram in 1910 in P ...read more
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was lovingly called, the Father of the Nation. He launched 3 significant movements; Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience M ...read more
Have you heard the name Agnes Goxa Bojaxiu? She is famously known as Mother Teresa, who came to India to render humanitarian services. Her aim in life was to ...read more
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was famously known as the Messiah of Dalits as he played an important role in the welfare of the downtrodden in India. He was also the ...read more
Mahatma Gandhi is also known as the 'father of the nation'. He was the front runner in India's freedom struggle. Let us take a closer look at people who were ...read more
Gautam Buddha was one of the greatest religious teachers that the world has seen. Buddha, means 'the enlightened one'. His teachings are popular in Burma, Chi ...read more
Mahavir is associated with Jainism. His preachings were to lead a very simple and truthful life. Till today, Jains do not even harm a fly or a mosquito. True ...read more
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and played a prominent role in India's freedom struggle. He was a many faceted personality. Read to kno ...read more
Subhash Chandra Bose was popularly known as 'Netaji'. Netaji had difference in opinion with Mahatama Gandhi. Netaji went to Japan and formed the I.N.A. Know m ...read more
Rabindranath Tagore was a poet, an artist, novelist, playwright, philosopher and freedom fighter. He was more popular as a poet and as the founder of Shantini ...read more
Lal Bahadur Shastri was made the Prime Minister of India at a time when there was turmoil in the country. The country was under severe drought and was also fa ...read more
Indira Gandhi is the first female Prime minister of India. She was the daughter of Pandit Jawarharlal Nehru. Indira is remembered for her efforts in the dev ...read more
Narendranath is more famously known as Vivekanada. He was spiritual from an early age. His life changed on meeting Sri Ramakrishna, by whose thoughts he was v ...read more
Shivaji was the famous Maratha ruler. Jijabai was his mother's name and she took great pains to educate him. Know more about this first maratha leader.
Mirza Ghalib was the father of Urdu prose and was also famous for his heart rending poetry. Mirza Ghalib was honoured with the position of Court Poet to Baha ...read more
Guru Nanak is founder of the Sikh religion. He wanted to unify the Hindus and Muslims. He has composed a set of poems that form the first chapter of the Sikh ...read more
Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut. Kalpana Chawla began her career as an astronaut with NASA. Her life was an inspiration to many. Read to ...read more
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar was born in a downtrodden family and worked for the upliftment of the deprived section of the society. He dedicated his entire life towards ...read more
14th April is celebrated as Dr. Babasaheb Ambekar Jayanti every year. Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti is celebrated throughout India as Dr. Ambedkar was born on this day ...read more
Kalpana was a person of varied interests. She enjoyed nature in all its glory; she was an avid birdwatcher and was particularly fond of hiking and backpacking ...read more
Do you want to know some interesting facts about Mahatma Gandhi's life, work and philosophy? On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the father of our nat ...read more
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar or Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was born on 14th April, 1891 in Madhya Pradesh. This day is celebrated as Ambedkar Jayanti throughout India. Read ...read more
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar born on 14th April, 1891 is known as architect of Indian Constitution. He brought revolution in the life of untouchables and worked hard for ...read more
Sarojini Naidu is one of the great Indian personalities and freedom fighters. She was born on 13th February, 1879. Sarojini Naidu was known as ‘The nighting ...read more
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on 27th July, 2015. Throughout his life he inspired lot of people and he will continue to inspire many even after his death. M ...read more
Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru, Subhash Chandra Bose, Tagore, Aurobindo Ghosh, Guru Nanak... and the list goes on and on. Refresh your memory on the lives of these great Indians and recount these stories to your children.