Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born in the year 1888 in Mecca. His forefather’s came from Herat (a city in Afghanistan) in Babar’s days. Azad was a descendent of a lineage of learned Muslim scholars, or maulanas. His father’s name was Maulana Khairuddin and his mother was the daughter of Sheikh Mohammad Zaher Watri.In 1890, […]
Master Tara Singh, a veteran Akali leader and freedom fighter, was a prominent figure in Sikh politics for more than forty years, was born on 24th June, 1885 in village Haryal, Tehsil Gujarkhan, Distt. Rawalpindi now in Pakistan. His earlier name was Nanak Chand. His father Bakshi Gopi Chand was a village patwari and belonged
Manilal was second of Gandhiji’s four sons. He was born in Porbandar after Gandhiji returned from his educational tour of England, on October 28, 1892, and came to South Africa as a young child when Gandhiji decided he was going to stay in South Africa for more than the year he was contracted for. By
Mangal Pande July 19, 1827-8 April 1857), also known as Shaheed Mangal Pandey, was a sepoy (soldier) in the 34th Regiment of the Bengal Native Infantry (BNI) of the British East India Company.Pande was born in the village of Nagwa in district Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the British East India Company forces in 1849
Born in 1899, Mahavir Tyagi was an Indian freedom fighter and famous parliamentarian from the state of Uttar Pradesh. Tyagi was educated in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He joined the British Indian Army and was posted in Persia but resigned after the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre of April 13, 1919. He was court martialled in Quetta (capital
Ranade was born on January 16, 1842. At the age of six, Ranade was sent to a Marathi school in Kolhapur, and in 1851, when he was nine, he was transferred to an English school. Ranade completed his schooling at the Elphinston Institute, Bombay. His academic performance was so good that within a year he
Gandhiji made many men and they in their turn made the Mahatma what he was. One of these was Mahadev Desai who worked as Gandhiji’s secretary for 25 years with unmatched devotion and affection.He was born on 1 January 1892 at the Village of Saras in Olpad Taluka of Surat district, where his father Haribhai
Madan Mohan Malaviya was among the great patriots of the nation. He was the man of multiple personalities. He was an educationist with a vision, a dedicated journalist and an active social reformer. Moreover, he was into the profession of law; he was a reluctant lawyer but was effective in his work and proved his
Madan Lal Dhingra was a revolutionary studying in England, where he murdered Sir Curzon Wylie, a British MP, which is hailed as one of the first acts of revolution in the Indian independence movement in the 20th century. Madan Lal Dhingra was born in 1887 to a prosperous Hindu family in the province of Punjab.
Madam Bhikaji Cama was born to a wealthy Parsi family on September 24, 1861. Her father Sorabji Framji Patel was a well known merchant. From the very beginning, she was rebellious by nature. She received good education in English and at the same time learnt various languages. Even when she was young, she had a
Laxman Nayak, a folk-hero of Orissa and a cult-figure among its tribals, was born on 22nd November, 1899 in Tentuliguma village of Koraput district and his father padlam Nayak was a tribal chieftain and ‘Mustadar’ under ‘Jeypore Samasthanam’ in the then Madras Presidency.The local administration worked as an ant of the British Government. The tribals
Lal Bahadur Shastri was born on 2nd October. 1905 in Prayag. His father Sharada Prasad, a school teacher at the local school, passed away when Lal Bahadur was barely a year and a half. Growing up without a father forced Lal Bahadur to accept responsibility at an early age. He was sent by his uncle
Lala Lajpat Rai was born in 1865 into an Aggarwal family. His birth took place at his maternal grand-parents’ home in a village called Dhudike in Ferozpur District while his mother was visiting there. His father, Munshi Radha Krishna, a pious and learned man, was at the time receiving education at Normal School, Delhi after
Lala Har Dayal, a well known revolutionary nationalist founder of the Ghadar Movement and a thinker and scholar, was born on 14th October, 1884 in Delhi . His father Gauri Dayal Mathur was a scholar of Persian and Urdu. His mother was a pious and religious lady. First in every examination from the time he
Khudiram Bose was an Indian freedom fighter, one of the youngest revolutionaries early in the Indian independence movement.Bose was born on 3rd December 1889 in the village Bahuvaini in Medinipur district of Bengal. His father Trailokyanath Basu was the Tahsildar of the town of the Nadazol prince. His mother Lakshmipriya Devi was a pious lady,