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Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar was voted the "Greatest Indian". The Greatest Indian was a poll sponsored by Reliance Mobile and conducted by Outlook magazine, in partnership with CNN-IBN and The History Channel. The poll was conducted from June to August 2012, with the winner, B. R. Ambedkar, announced on 11 August. A program associated with the poll ...
Chokhamela, poet and saint from Maharashtra, India during 13th–14th century [81] [82] Ravidas, Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement during the 15th–16th century CE. [83] Harichand Thakur, established the Matua sect of Vaishnavite Hinduism [84] Swami Achhootanand, 20th century Indian social reformer, established the Adi Hindu ...
Translates to 'king' in most Indian languages. Conferred upon by Akbar II. Ram Mohan Roy: Sadhguru: Jagadish Vasudev "Sadhguru", alternatively spelt "sadguru", [27] means "real or true guru". [28] The term has also been translated as "senior sadhu; eminent preceptor". [29] Jaggi Vasudev: Sardar: Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel [30] [31] Persian ...
Seth Hukumchand (1874-1959), Indian industrialist; Khushalchand Jhaveri (1680–1748), Indian jeweller and financier; Shantidas Jhaveri (1584–1659), Indian jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender; Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Indian billionaire investor, stock trader, and Chartered Accountant. Om Prakash Jindal, founder and owner of the Jindal Group
Rabindranath Tagore was the first person of Indian origin and also first Asian to be awarded with the Nobel Prize. [1] He received the prize for Literature in 1913.. The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed on "those who conferred the greatest benefit on humankind" in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economic Sciences, [A ...
Jayadeva (CE 1170), Indian Sanskrit poet and devotee; Jayatirtha (1345–1388) Jiva Goswami (c. 1513–1598) Kabir (c. 15th century), Indian saint and mystic; Kalki Bhagwan (born 1949) [16] [17] Kamlesh D. Patel, also known as Daaji (born 28 September 1965) Kanakadasa (1509–1609) Kanhopatra (c. 15th century), Marathi literature; Kanwar Saheb
Lists of Indian people are lists of people from India. They are grouped by various criteria, including ethnicity, states and union territories and city. Part of a series of articles on Indian people Motto: Jai Hind People Lists of Indian people History Indian independence movement Quit India Movement Culture Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Dance Festivals Literature Music Sports Languages ...
Balbir Singh Sr., [142] Indian Hockey Player and three-time Olympic gold medalist; Balwinder Sandhu [143] former Indian cricketer and member of the 1983 World Cup squad for India; Chandgi Ram, [144] Indian freestyle wrestler and gold medalist at 1970 Asian games; Chandro Tomar, [145] [146] oldest women sharpshooter in the world