India

I.K.Gujral – Prime Minister of India. Inder Kumar Gujral Date of Birth : Dec 4, 1919 Date of Death : – Place of Birth : Punjab Political party : Janata Dal Took Office : Apr 21, 1997 Left Office : Mar 19, 1998 Successor : Atal Behari Vajpayee Early life Born in the town of [...]

Soundram Ramachandran, Indian Freedom Fighters Dr. Soundram was the founder of the Gandhigram Trust. She was simple and selfless and dedicated her life for the poor and needy. She considered that her mission in life was to serve women and children of the rural areas in the fields of health, education, welfare and building up [...]

Jayashri Raiji, Indian Freedom Fighters Jayashri Raiji was a freedom fighter who dedicated her life for Indians. She was mainly concerned of the poor and downtrodden masses of India. Her doors were always open to anyone who came to her for help. She was born to help and serve and she did not expect for [...]

Harekrishna Mahatab, Indian Freedom Fighters A freedom fighter par excellence Harekrishna Mahtab underwent several terms of imprisonment, suffering enough privation and hardship. He served post-Independence India with distinction in various capacities has been considered as the `Builder of Modern Orissa`. He served as Chief Minister of Orissa, Governor of Bombay and as a Union Minister. [...]

Maniben Nanavati, Indian Freedom Fighters She was the first woman who took spinning to every village of India. She stitched clothes for the Adivasi and Dalit children and attended to the sick and the suffering millions of India She wanted women to be liberated from the clutches of men. She started the khadimandir exclusively for [...]

Bhagat Singh, Indian Freedom Fighters Bhagat Singh”I am a man and all that affects mankind concerns me”- Bhagat Singh, a great reader and thinker was able to break the jail conditions. Officially he was not allowed for reading and writing. After long hunger strike he got the right of reading & writing included in Jail [...]

Kamala Nehru , Indian Freedom Fighters Kamala Nehru (1900 – 1936)Kamala Nehru was the wife of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and the mother of Indira Gandhi. Kamala was known as “the Delhi beauty”. She was deeply sincere, highly patriotic, serous minded and sensitive. When she died Gandhiji wrote to Indira, “Kamala had virtues which are not [...]

Jai Rajguru, Indian Freedom Fighters The only object of his adoration and worship was his motherland for whose liberation he considered no sacrifice too great. The whole nation was awakened with the names of Bhagat Singh, Jai Rajguru and Sukhdev. They became as popular as that of Mahatma Gandhi during the period of colonialism. The [...]

Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan , Indian Freedom Fighters Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan was born in 1884 in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh.His grandfather Nawab Mustafa Khan Shaifta was an emminent poet. Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan completed his school education in India and moved to England.After obtaining degree in Law he returned to India and started legal [...]

Indian Freedom Fighters —————————- * Sarala Devi Chaudhurani * Ramabai Ranade * Lala Lajpat Rai * Madan Mohan Malviya * Jatindranath Mukherjee, Bagha Jatin * Bal Gangadhar Tilak * Dr. Welthy H. Fisher * Shoilabala Das * Nawab Mohammad Ismail Khan * Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi * Homi Modi * Jai Rajguru * Maulana Abul Kalam [...]