Maria Montessori (August 31, 1870 – May 6, 1952) has been variously described as an educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian.She was born in Chiaravalle, Italy . Montessori was the first female Italian physician in the modern era. As such, she was given a ‘menial’ task: to try to educate the ‘idiots’ and the […]
Former Prime Minister, Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher was born on 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire. She is, famously, the daughter of a grocer.Margaret Thatcher studied chemistry at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1951 she married businessman Denis Thatcher.She entered Parliament when she won the Finchley constituency in 1959. Margaret Thatcher was heavily criticised when as
Over the last five decades, Maqbool Fida Husain has experimented with various media including painting, poetry, films, print making, sculpture and photography.Born in Pandharpur, Maharashtra in 1915, Husain moved to Mumbai in 1937 where he sustained himself by painting enormous cinema hoardings and designing furniture and toys.A self-taught artist, Husain’s in-depth observation and interpretation of
Soft-spoken and mild-mannered economist-turned-politician Manmohan Singh is the Prime Minister of India. He was elevated to this post when Sonia Gandhi declined the coveted post and nominated Manmohan Singh for it.He shot into prominence after he steered the economy from the pits of a severe balance of payments crisis and saved the country from the
Mahendra Singh (MS) Dhoni (born July 7, 1981 in Ranchi, Jharkhand) is an Indian cricketer. He is an aggressive right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper. He is currently ranked number two in the official ICC cricket rankings for batsmen in limited over internationals.He was picked to play for the Indian cricket team in December 2004 and has
October 2, 1869 saw the birth of a famous Indian personality, lovingly called, the Father of the Nation. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born to the Diwan of Porbandar, in the state of Kathiawar in Gujarat. His mother, Putlibai, was a very religious lady and brought up her son with stories from the scriptures and mythology.
Maharana Pratap was a great Rajput King. The Rajputs are a brave and a chivalrous race who were feudal kings in ancient India before the Mughals came. They were the first to resist the Mughal invaders and many wars were fought between the Rajputs and the Mughals. Though the Mughals captured the north of India
Madonna was born on 16 August 1958 in Michigan. Her full name was Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. Currently married to Guy Ritchie, after her divorce with actor, Sean Penn. She has a huge IQ and enjoys chess.Madonna won a dance scholarship to Michigan University,but dropped out and went to New York. Madonna struggled for a
Most of you are unaware who this gentleman is, some of you have read his name in your school history textbook and forgot about it.Madanlal Dhingra‘s last words were, “ My wish is that I should be born again of the same mother and that I should die the same death for her again.”He said
Lindsay Morgan Lohan was born in New York City, on 2nd July 1986, to Dina and Michael Lohan. Her mum is a former Radio City Rockette and her father was in the pasta business after making enough, he went to Hollywood financing independent films. She is the eldest of four siblings. Lohan has beenstudying dancing
The steel tycoon, Laxmi Narayan Mitttal is a London based industrialist and a Forbes 100 billionaire. He is the richest Indian in the world and one of the richest persons in Britain.Such is the charisma of Mittal that his company is all set to become the world’s largest producer of steel. Mittal holds steel assets
Lata Mangeshkar is the melody Queen of India. Lata Mangeshkar has ruled over the hearts of millions of music lovers throughout the world for the last 40 years by the magic of her melodious voice. She was born on 29th September 1928, in Indore (Madhya Pradesh) in a family of musicians. She took to singing
Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28th Jan, 1865 at a village named Dhudike in Ferozepur District of Punjab. His father, Munshi Radha Krishan Azad was a great scholar of Persian and Urdu. Lalaji’s mother, Gulab Devi, a strict religious lady, inculcated in her children strong morals values. Lalaji was brought upin a family background
Lala Har Dayal was born in a Mathur family on October 14, 1884 in Delhi. His mother was a pious lady. His father Shri Gauri Dayal Mathur was a scholar of Persian and Urdu.Lala Har Dayal was actuated by zeal for public welfare from his very boyhood. As a student he led a band of
Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977), is the daughter of the boxer many consider to be the greatest fighter of all time, Muhammad Ali.Laila, who is a personal trainer in Los Angeles, surprised the boxing world in 1999 by announcing she would try a hand at women’s boxing.To much fanfare, she made her debut on