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List of the top ten "greatest Indians". [11]Rank Image Name State Notability 1: B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956) Maharashtra: The father of the Constitution of India, social reformer and leader of the Dalits, [12] [13] [14] Ambedkar was the first Law Minister of India. [15]
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 ...
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 ...
He established India's first modern shipyard, first aircraft factory and first car factory in india [17] Seth Hukumchand – Cotton King of India [18] [19] Ajit Jain – Indian-American business executive [20] Anshu Jain – Indian-born British business executive [21] Bhavarlal Jain – Chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. [22]
The last documented Asiatic cheetahs in India, three males from the same litter, were shot in 1948—while they were sitting together at night—by Maharajah Ramanuj Pratap Singh Deo of Surguja State, Madhya Pradesh, who poses behind them with his rifle. His private secretary submitted this photo to the Journal of the Bombay Natural History ...
General Bipin Rawat – 1st Chief of Defence Staff of India; General Anil Chauhan – 2nd Chief of Defence Staff of India; Gabar Singh Negi, Victoria Cross Garhwal Rifles; Lt. General M. M. Lakhera, ex-Governor of Mizoram, ex-Lieutenant Governor of Pondicherry; Havaldar Gajender Singh, Ashoka Chakra; Rajesh Singh Adhikari, Maha Vir Chakra
Banabhatta wrote India's first novel and was a poet in King Harsha's court [241] Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian Poet who wrote India's national song Vande Matram [242] [243] D. R. Bendre [244] Garimella Satyanarayana, Telugu poet and freedom fighter [245] Gopalakrishna Adiga, Kannada poet who is known as "Pioneer of New style" poetry [246]
Harchand Singh Longowal, [77] president of the Akali Dal during Insurgency in Punjab, India; Harcharan Singh Brar, [74] former Chief Minister of Punjab; Harkishan Singh Surjeet, [78] former Communist leader from Punjab; Harlal Singh, [79] farmer leader and freedom fighter of colonial India; Hukam Singh, [80] former Chief Minister of Haryana