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The Bandit Queen of India: 2006: L. K. Advani: My Country My Life: 2008: V. R. Krishna Iyer: Wandering in Many Worlds: 2009: Abhinav Bindra: A Shot at History: 2011: I K Gujral: Matters of Discretion: 2011: Arjun Singh: A Grain of Sand in the Hourglass of Time: 2012: Hay House Verghese Kurien: The Man Who Made The Elephant Dance: 2012 ...
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 ...
B. R. 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 aired ...
A. Vaidyanatha Iyer(1890–1955), Tamil Indian activist; participated in the Indian independence movement and organized the temple entry movement in the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai; President of the Tamil Nadu Harijan Seva Sangh; Mythili Raman, Tamil American lawyer; current acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division
Dadasaheb Phalke Award named after him for lifetime contribution to cinema and is the highest official recognition for film personalities in the country [62] Girish Karnad, film director who received India's top literary prize, the Jnanpith Award, Padma Shri in 1974 and Padma Bhushan in 1992 [63]
Dalpat Singh, son of Thakur Hari Singh Shekhawat, was a British Indian officer, known as the "Hero of Haifa" for his actions in the Battle of Haifa during World War I. [100] Hanut Singh, British Indian officer, son of Pratap Singh of Idar, served in World War I. [101] Thakur Mahadeo Singh, British Indian officer who served in World War II. [102 ...
M. Visvesvarayya – Bharat Ratna, in 1955, Indian civil engineer, statesman, Diwan of Mysore C. N. R. Rao – Bharat Ratna (2014) Indian Institute of Science (Material Sciences) Bharat Ratna (2014) H Narasimhaiah – Indian physicist, educator, writer, freedom fighter and rationalist Padma Bhushan (1984)
Sam Agarwal, Ex-Indian former cricketer of Oxford University; Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of Indian women's cricket team; Subhash Agarwal, Arjuna Award winner, coach of India's national billiards team; Krishnan Kumar Aggarwal, Kenyan field hockey player at 1964 Summer Olympics; Neha Aggarwal, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Indian table ...