The Bengali novelist Bankimchandra Chatterji (1838-1894) was the first writer to use the Western form of the novel successfully in an Indian language.Bankimchandra Chatterji was born on June 26, 1838, in the village of Kanthalpara near Calcutta. His father, Jadavchandra, an orthodox Kulin Brahmin, was a deputy collector of revenues. Bankimchandra received much of his […]
She was the first Indian woman to climb to the summit of Mt. Everest, in 1984. Her father was a border tradesman who took atta and rice from India to Tibet on mules, horses and goats. He eventually settled near Uttarkashi, where he married and they raised their five children. Bachendri, the middle child, was
Murlidhar Devidas Amte (born December 24, 1914), or Baba Amte, as he is fondly known, was born in Wardha in a family of jagirdars. Trained in law, Baba Amte started a lucrative practice at Wardha, but, moved by the poverty he saw around him, he decided to dedicate himself to social justice.One of India’s most
Azim Hasham Premji, founder of Wipro Limited, India’s biggest and most competitive IT company based in Bangalore, was born on July 24th 1945 in Bombay. Premji was forced to leave his studies in computer science from Stanford University, California, USA at the age of 21 to take over the familybusiness of vegetable oils when his father
Ayrton Senna da Silva (March 21, 1960 – May 1, 1994), better known as Ayrton Senna, was a Brazilian racing driver who won the Formula One world championship title three times. His tragic death in 1994 is still mourned by Brazilians and he remains one of the most beloved Formula One personalities.Born in Sao Paulo,
Known as a revolutionary, ascetic, patriot, philosopher and yogi, Sri Aurobindo was a many faceted brilliant personality. Born in Calcutta on 15th August 1872, he tried to assimilate both Indian and Western philosophical thoughts and find the paths of divine communion and spiritual realization.His father, Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh, was an Anglophile, and so sent little
Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the world’s most renown freedom fighters and advocates of nonviolence, having served as the figurehead for Burma’s struggle for democracy since 1988.Born on June 19th, 1945 to Burma’s independence hero, Aung San, Aung San Suu Kyi was educated in Burma, India, and the United Kingdom. Her father was
The famous playback singer, Asha Bhonsle has sung over 20,000 songs in practically every Indian language and also in English. She has a unique style of singing. Asha was born on 8th September, 1933 in Goar, Maharastra to a family of musicians, the Mangeshkar’s. Asha started her career in her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar’s shadow. Her
Born in 1961 in Bengal, Arundhati Roy grew up in Kerala. She trained as an architect at the Delhi School of Architecture, but abandoned the field and became better known for her complex, scathing film scripts. She wrote and starred in In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones, and wrote the script for Pradip Kishen’s
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born as the son of a policeman in Graz. Because he wanted to get into the local soccer team, he started to workout. Already at this time was his destiny to obtain a perfect body and muscles. In 1965, when he joined the Austrian Army, his commanding officer withheld the pass to
Aristotle, one of Plato’s greatest students, was born in 384 BC. Aristotle’s father was a physician to the king of Mecadonia, and when Aristotle was seven years old, his father sent him to study at the Academy. He was there at the beginning as a student, then became a researcher and finally a teacher.He seemed
Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (December 25, 1918 – October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981.He was born in Mit Abu al-Kum, al-Minufiyah, Egypt.Anwar Sadat was 1 of 13 brothers and sisters. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy in Cairo and joined an officers’ group committed to free Egypt from
Anju Bobby George, made history when she won the bronze medal in Long Jump at the World Athletics Championships 2003 in Paris. With this achievement, she became the first Indian athlete ever to win a medal in a World Athletics Championship clearing 6.70 m. Anju was born on April 19th, 1977in Cheeranchira Kochuparambil family in
Anil Radhakrishna Kumble (born October 17, 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian cricketer and has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 1990. Kumble is currently the highest wicket-taker for India in one-day internationals and test matches. Kumble is a right arm leg spinner. He has an unorthodox style of bowling and
Angelina Jolie born on June 4, 1975 in Los Angeles USA, is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight, and former actress/model Marcheline Bertrand. Jon Voight separated from Bertrand when Jolie was just 1 year old, remained in California while the family lived on the East coast.‘’He was the perfect example of an artist