Famous Personality of India

    Image Credit -: essaybiography         Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the " Grand Old Man of India " and " official  Ambassador of India "   re sp onsible for the establishment of other important organizations like the Royal Asiatic Society of Bombay and the East Indian Association in London among many others. Dadabhai Naoroji believed in the equal treatment of both men and women and was a forerunner that advocated for education among the women . Early Life    Dadabhai Naoroji was born to a Parsi family on the 4th of September, 1825 in Bombay of British India. He was a man who strongly professed his faith of Zoroastrianism and throughout his life laid foundations to many institutions and organizations that spoke of the ways of the Parsi faith. Dadabhai Naoroji was also a frequent writer where he preached the beliefs of Zoroastrianism in a local Gujarati publication called Rast Goftar which literally translates to ‘ The Tru...

source-: http://photodivision.gov.in/writereaddata/webimages/thumbnails/49953.jpg   Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata was an Indian aviator,  entrepreneur,  industrialist and chairman of Tata Group. He was the son of popular businessman Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata and his wife Suzanne Brière. His mother was the first woman in Indian to drive a car and, in 1929, he became the first licensed pilot in India. He is also best known for being the founder of several industries under the Tata Group, including Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Motors, Titan Industries, Tata Salt, Voltas. and Air India. Under his tenure, the Tata group’s assets climbed from Rs. 620 million in 1939 to over Rs. 1,00,000 million in 1990. The Tata group started from 14 companies but under his leadership he amalgamated 95 enterprises valued in billions in dollar such as chemicals, automobiles, tea, information technology and many more.   Early Life  J. R. D. Tata was born as Jehangir on 29 July 1904 into...

Source-: https://www.thequint.com/ Sucheta Kriplani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first woman Chief Minister , serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967. It was a remarkable feat given the small number of women in politics during her time, and she maintained a reputation for being a firm administrator.  Early Life Sucheta was born on 25th June 1908 in Ambala, Haryana , into a progressive Brahmo family. Her father worked as a medical officer, posted differnent states so she attended a number of schools, her final degree being a Master's in History from St Stephan ' college, Delhi. She was a shy child, self-conscious about her appearance and intellect, as she points out in her book, An Unfinished Autobiography. When Sucheta was 10 years old, she and her siblings had heard their father and his friends talk about the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre then Sucheta and her sister Sulekha  went out in anger on some of the Angl...

  Image Credit-: indianpersonalities Rajendra Prasad was an Indian independence activist, lawyer and the first President of India.Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian Independence Movement and became a major leader from the region of Bihar. A supporter of Mahatma Gandhi, Prasad was imprisoned by British authorities during the Salt Satyagraha of 1931 and the Quit India movement of 1942. Early Life Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born  3 December 1884    into a big joint family in Ziradei village of Siwan district near Chhapra of Bihar. His father, Mahadev Sahay was a scholar of Persian and Sanskrit language while his mother Kamleshwari Devi was a religious lady. When his age was five Rajendra Prasad was placed under the tutelage of a Maulvi to learn Persian, Hindi and Mathematics. Later he was transferred to the Chhapra Zilla School and went on to study at R.K. Ghosh's Academy in Patna along with elder brother Mahendra Prasad. At the age of 12, ...

Image credit-: https://www.ndtv.com/  Jawaharlal Nehru was a leader of Indian Nationlist movement and became the first Prime Minister of India. He emerged as an eminent leader of the Indian independence movement, serving India as Prime Minister from its establishment in 1947 as an independent nation, until his death in 1964. He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots with the Kashmiri Pandit community, while Indian children knew him better as Chacha Nehru and every year 14 November celebrated as Children day.   In 1955, Nehru was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. President Rajendra Prasad awarded him the honours without taking advice from the Prime Minister as would be the normal constitutional procedure. Early Life Nehru was born to a family of K ashmiri Brahmans who had migrated to Delhi early in the 18th century. He was a son of Motilal Nehru , a renowned lawyer and leader of the Indian independence movement, who became one of Mohandas...

source-: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/   Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel popularly known as " Iron Man of India " or Sardar Patel, was an Indian politician. He served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and first Home Minister. He was an Indian barrister, and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress who played a leading role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. Sardar Patel’s contribution in integrating 565 princely states into a newly independent India is unforgettable. Early life Sardar Patel was born in 1875, at Nadiad, Gujarat, British India, in a middle-class agricultural family of Lewa Patidar community. He was the fourth of six children of Jhaver bhai Patel and his wife, Laadbai. His father had participated in the 1857 Mutiny, in the army of Rani Laxmi of Jhansihis early childhood was spent on family’s agricultural fields at Karamsad. By late teens, he completed his middle school e...

  source-:  http://anithawnp.webnode.com/indian-heroes/dr-b-r-ambedkar/ Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956), also known as Babasaheb Ambedkar , was an economist, politician and social reformer, who inspired the Dalit Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination towards the untouchables (Dalits), while also supporting the rights of women and labour. He was independent India's first Minister of Law and Justice, the chief architect of the Constitution of India, and a founding father of the Republic of India.   Early Life Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in the town and military cantonment of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh. He was the 14th and last child of Ramji Maloji Sakpal , an army officer who held the rank of Subedar, and Bhimabai Sakpal, daughter of Laxman Murbadkar. His family was of Marathi background from the town of Ambadawe  in Ratnagiri district of modern-day Maharashtra. Ambedkar was born into a poor low dalit caste, who w...