Read and learn about 221 Influential People Around The World with this Sawan collection. Children will learn many quality personality traits and good speaking and behavioural skills.📚📖
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, popularly known as Sardar Patel, was born on the 31th of October 1875 in Gujrat, then Bombay Presidency, British India, and passed away on 15th December, 1950. Do you know that Vallabhbhai Patel is considered to be the Patron Saint of Indian Civil Servants because of his constructive role in the creation […]
Erik Weisz, popularly known as Harry Houdini, was born on the 24th of March 1874 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary, and passed away on the 31st of October 1926. Do you know that Houdini was the third person, to fly across Australia in 1910? He was quite the aviation aficionado and even learnt to pilot. Harry Houdini
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was born on the 30th of November 1874 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, and passed away on the 24th of January, 1965. Do you know that Winston Churchill had received a Nobel Prize for literature in 1953? He was also the first person to use the term OMG in a letter. Half American,
Orville Wright was born on the 19th of August 1871 in Ohio, U.S., and passed away on the 30th of January 1948. Do you know that in 1903 Orville Wright was the first person to ever be involved in the first fatal aviation accident? Orville Wright was one half of a brother’s team of American
Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, popularly known as Dada Saheb Phalke, was born on the 30th of April 1870 in Bombay Presidency, the British India, and passed away on 16th February, 1944. Do you know that Dada Saheb was adept at magic and even experimented with trick photography and special effects in his movies? ‘The Father of
Popularly known as ‘Mahatma’, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Gujrat (India) on the 2nd of October 1869 and passed away on 30th January, 1948. Do you know that Gandhi was given the title of ‘Mahatma’ or ‘Great Soul’ because of his austere life and staunch belief in the power of ahimsa? After having
Wilbur Wright was born on the 16th of April 1867 in Indiana, U.S., and passed away on the 30th of May 1912. Do you know that it was a coin toss that decided which of the Wright brothers would get to fly the Wright Flyer first? And Wilbur lost the toss. Wilbur Wright along with
Maria Salomea Sklodowska, popularly known as Marie Sklodowska Curie, was born on the 7th of November 1867 in Warsaw, Poland, Russia, and passed away on the 4th of July 1934. Do you know that while the Nobel Prize Committee was hesitant to give Marie Curie an award because she was a woman, she became the
Henry Ford was born on the 30th of July 1863 in Greenfield Township, Michigan, U.S., and passed away on the 7th of April 1947. Do you know that when he was young, Henry Ford would repair watches for his friends and family using tools made by him? An Industrialist, and the founder of the internationally
Rabindranath Tagore was born on the 7th of May 1861 in Calcutta, the British India, and passed away on 7th August, 1941. Do you know that Tagore was the person who conferred the title of Mahatma on Gandhi? Not only that, he also shared a unique friendship with Einstein. Rabindranath Tagore was a great poet
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born on the 22th of May 1859 in Edinburgh, Scotland, and passed away on the 7th of July 1930. Do you know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started his writing career in his free time as a doctor, who had not received many patients? A Scottish writer and novelist,
Sigmund Schlomo Freud was born on the 6th of May 1856 in Moravia, then Austrian Empire, and passed away on 23rd September, 1939. Do you know that although he was an atheist yet Freud was born to a Jewish family, and as a result the Nazis targeted him by burning his books and driving him
Nikola Tesla was born on the 10th of July 1856 in then Austrian Empire, (modern-day Croatia) and passed away on 7th January, 1943. Do you know that Tesla had built a Tower in his Long Island Lab, which was blown up by the U.S. because they thought it was harbouring German spies, during World War-I
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, popularly known as Oscar Wilde, was born on the 16th of October 1854 in Dublin, Ireland and passed away on 30th November, 1900. Do you know that Oscar Wilde was not only a great novelist, but also passionate about fashion and interior décor? Oscar Wilde was a famous Irish poet,
Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born on the 30th of March 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands, and passed away on the 29th of July 1890. Do you know that many of Van Gogh’s paintings were done by him when he had self-admitted himself to an asylum? A Dutch painter from the post-impressionist era, Van Gogh had