Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is the first scientist who became the President of India. He is basically a rocket scientist. He did the ground work and today India is sending rockets into space and to moon.Dr. Kalam was born in Tamilnadu on October 15, 1931. His father was a hard working boat maker. But he […]

Master blaster of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar is the most celebrated and a rich sportsman of our country.To his name he has record number of test centuries, record number of test runs and record number of other things.This little genius of batting called Tendulkar was born on April 24, 1973 in Mumbai. Cricket was his fancy

Lata Mangeshkar was born on September 28, 1929. She was the eldest child of the family of seven members.Her father Dinanath Mangeshkar imparted training of classical singing to Lata. Unfortunately, he died in the year 1942. Now the entire responsibility of the family fell on young Lata’s shoulders who was merely thirteen years old at

Kasturba Gandhi was the wife of Mahtama Gandhi. She followed the footsteps of her husband till her last breath.At that time the British were doing atrocities on the Indians on the excuse of colour discrimination and barriers of caste and creed. Kasturba Gandhi used to protest this wrong doing of British strongly.She used to help

Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel was a great freedom fighter and a valiant leader of India. He was born on 31 October 1875 in Khera district of Gujarat. Little Vallabh was very sensitive against injustice done to anyone.During those days, the whole nation had become united under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. Sardar Patel was very

Indira Gandhi was born on 19 November, 1917, in Allahabad. In the year 1926, her mother Kamla Nehru fell seriously sick. She was taken to Europe for treatment. Indira also went along with her mother.After coming back to India she formed a children’s army called ‘Vanar Sena’ and instigated the spirit of patriotism amongst the

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of India. He was born on October 2, 1904 in Mughalsarai town situated in Uttar Pradesh.He gained admission in Harishchandra High School in Benaras. He was a brilliant student. Lal Bahadur was very much influenced by the powerful speeches of Lokmanya Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi. At the

Dr. Zakir Hussain was the third President of our country. He was born on February 8, 1897 in Hyderabad. Zakir Hussain completed his primary education at Itawa. After completing his Senior Secondary Exams, he took admission in Muslim Anglo-Indian College.Later on, he proceeded to Germany for higher studies. After coming back to India, he took

Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. He was born on 3 December 1884 in a small village Zeeradei in Bihar.Rajendra was a brilliant student from his early childhood. After overcoming many hurdles he finally completed his graduation. After that he studied law and soon became a popular lawyer.In the year 1906 he

Subhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897 in Cuttack. He was a rebellious child right from the birth. He could not tolerate the poor conditions of Indians who were being ill-treated by the Britishers.He passed the matriculation from Cuttack, thereafter, joined Presidency College, Calcutta. He passed B.A. and then went to England.After that

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of our country. He is called the architect of modern India. He not only loved the people of his own nation, but the entire world.He was born on November 14, 1889 in Allahabad. His father, Motilal was a lawyer and mother was a housewife. Jawaharlal grew up

Mother Teresa was a real life angel. She spent her entire life in taking care of the poor, sick, orphans, helpless and abandoned.Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born on August 26, 1910 at Scopje, Yugoslavia to a contractor father.At a very early stage Agnes decided to put her life to the

Mahatma Gandhi is the father of our nation. He led the independence movement of India and won us freedom on August 15, 1947.Born on October 2, 1868 at Porbander town of Gujarat. He was married to Kasturba at an early age of 12. He earned law degree from London. He became a lawyer and went

The policemen are of two types: The traffic policeman can be seen at busy cross roads directing traffic. He keeps the traffic flow under control and smoothly going on.It is a very hard duty. In summer heat or winter cold or rain the traffic policeman stands at his post doing his job. He does not

One day I stood at my balcony watching the big tree in the park across our house. A lot of colourful birds were pecking at Jamuns (Jambu Plums). My grandpa stood behind me.He asked me what tree it was. I replied it was a Jamun tree. He said ‘No’. Then he told me about it.