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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 ...
Independence activist and author, Pandit Nehru is the first and the longest-serving Prime Minister of India (1947–64). Nehru himself was Prime Minister of India at the time of receiving Bharat Ratna award. [26] [27] Nehru is popularly called 'Chacha Nehru'. Nehru's birthday is celebrated as Children's Day: 5: Mother Teresa (1910–1997) West ...
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 ...
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 ...
India's share of world trade fell from 1.4% in 1951–1960 to 0.5% between 1981 and 1990. [184] However, India's export performance is argued to have shown actual sustained improvement over the period. The volume of exports grew at an annual rate of 2.9% in 1951–1960 to 7.6% in 1971–1980. [185]
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]
Gaidinliu Pamei (1915–1993), Naga spiritual and political leader who led a revolt against British rule in India; A. Z. Phizo (1913–1990), leader of Naga National Council; Isak Chishi Swu (1929–2016), chairman of the Nationalist Socialist Council of Nagaland; Khodao Yanthan (1923–2010), member of Naga National Council
Shah Ozair Munemi, Indian independence activist; Syed Abuzar Bukhari, prominent figure of the freedom movement of undivided India; Pakistani Muslim scholar, orator, poet, writer, former president of Majlis-e-Ahrar-e-Islam; Tarkeshwari Sinha, had active role in the Quit India Movement