Govind Ballabh Pant was born on August 30, 1887 in Shyahi Devi hills in Almora district of Uttarakhand. His mother’s name was Govindi. His father, Manorath Pant, was constantly on the move. Govind was brought up by his grandfather, Badri Dutt Joshi, who played a prominent part in molding the youngster’s views. Govind greatly respected […]
Dinesh Gupta was born on 6 December 1911 in the village of Josholong in Munshiganj District, now in Bangladesh. While studying in Dhaka College, Dinesh joined Bengal Volunteers—a group organised by Subhash Chandra Bose in 1928 , at the occasion of Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress. Soon the Bengal Volunteers transformed itself to
Dadabhai Naoroji helped lay the foundation of India’s contemporary freedom struggle. At a time when the East India Company had systematically dismantled the nationalistic co- operation between the princely states of India, rose to prominence Dadabhai Naoroji, a peerless patriot who defined the modern Indian freedom struggle Dadabhai was born on September 4th, 1825 to
Chandrashekhar Azad was born on July 23,1906 in Badarka (Unnao) in U.P. Earlier he was Chandrasekhar Tiwari, but after a court incident he became famous as Azad. Chandrasekhar Azad’s parents were Pandit Sita Ram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He received his early schooling in Bhavra District Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh). For higher studies he went to
Popularly known as ‘Rajaji,’ C. Rajagopalachari, the first Indian Governor General of India, was an ardent patriot, a pioneering social reformer, incisive thinker, profound scholar and author. He was also an eminent statesman and able administrator. He personified the ideal of simple living and high thinking. In the words of Jawaharlal Nehru, “Rajaji represents fundamentally
Chittranjan Das was born on November 5, 1870 in Calcutta. Das descended from a family of ‘vaidyas’ or physicians. His father, Bhuben Mohan Das, was a lawyer and journalist. His mother’s name was Nistarini Devi.After school, Das entered the Presidency college. He excelled at English but did poorly in Mathematics. Das developed a keen interest
Born on November 7, 1858, in a village in Sylhet (now Banglagdesh), of well-to-do parents, Pal had to cut short his education at the Intermediate stage. He came under the influence of eminent Bengali leaders of his time such as Keshab Chandra Sen and Pandit Sivanath Sastri. He was imprisoned for six months on the
Bidhan Chandra Roy was born on July 1, 1882, at Bankipore in Patna, Bihar. His father Prakash Chandra was an Excise Inspector. Bidhan was the youngest of five children and was greatly influenced by the simplicity, discipline and piety of his parents. His parents inculcated in him the idea of service by taking care of
Bhulabhai Desai, a lawyer politician, was born on October 13, 1877 in Valsad, Gujarat. Being the only child of his parents, Bhulabhai was pampered a great deal.Initially Bhulabhai was schooled by his maternal uncle. Later, he studied at the Avabai School in Valsad and the Bharada High School in Bombay from where he matriculated in
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14th April, 1891. He was born in Central India as the fourteenth child to parents who belonged to the very lowest caste of Hindu society who are known as the dalits or untouchables. In 1908, Ambedkar passed the Matriculation exam from Bombay University. After graduating from Elfinstone College,
Bhagat Singh was born into a Jat Sandhu family to Sardar Kishan Singh Sandhu and Vidyavati in the Khatkar Kalan village near Banga in the Lyallpur district of Punjab. He came from a patriotic Sikh family, some of whom had participated in movements supporting the independence of India and others who had served in Maharaja
Hazrat Mahal was a queen of the deposed Wajid Ali Shah. After the Indian victory at Chinhut on July 30, 1857, when Oudh’s forces captured Lucknow, the royal insignia was borne with amazing courage by the Begum. She crowned her minor son, Brijis Qadar, as King and became his Regent.Unlike Rani Lakshmi Bai Jhansi, the
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, born on June 26, 1838, was educated at the Hoogly College and belonged to an orthodox family. He was offered the government post of Deputy Magistrate and Collector which he accepted and held until he retired 1891.He did for Bengali fiction what Michael Madhusudan Dutt had done for Bengali poetry, that is,
Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born July 22, 1856, was universally recognized as the Father of Indian Unrest. He was one of the prime architects of modern India and heralded Asian nationalism. His philosophy could not survive after his death as India came under sway of Mahatma Gandhi.Tilak was a brilliant politician as well as a profound
Bagha Jatin Mukherjee (1879-1915) revolutionary activist. Bagha Jatin’s real name was Jatindra Nath Mukherjee. He hailed. It is said that he came to be called ‘Bagha Jatin’ after killing a tiger single-handed and without any arms. He learnt short hand and type writing after passing the Entrance Examination and was appointed a stenographer to the