Vidyasagar
Such was his mastery over Sanskrit that the Sanskrit College of Kolkata conferred the title 'Vidyasa...
Lokmanya tilak
Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it' -- this clarion call was given by Bal Gangadhar Tilak....
Lal bahadur shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri may have been small in size but he had an immense vision. Determined to build a...
Adi shankara
Under attack from a deadly crocodile, the 12-year-old boy decided the time was ripe to wrest a favou...
JayPrakash Narayan
Bandits and bullies both relied on his sense of fair play. When, as a boy, he tended to pet animals...
Ram Shastri
Even as a child he was known for his honesty and upright behaviour. Ram Shastri started his life as...
Jawaharlal Nehru
From his father he learned social etiquette from his mother, India's age-old philosophy and culture....
Subramania Bharati
Jagannathapuri in Orissa is one of the four major centres of pilgrimage in India. Built nearly eight...
Jamsetji Tata
They said Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata turned mud into gold or was it skilful management, clear thinkin...
Shakuntala
Shakuntala was the daughter of a nymph and a sage who abandoned her in the woods. Sage Kanva brought...
