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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 ...
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]
Vethathiri Maharishi (1911 - 2006) Indian yoga guru, philosopher and spiritual leader, Aliyar Tamilnadu State; Vidyadheesh Teertha Swamiji; Vidyaranya (c. 1268 – c. 1386) Vijayadasaru (1682-1755) Vijayindra Tirtha ( The guru of guru of Raghavendra Swami) Vishwananda [42] (13 June 1980) Vishwesha Tirtha (1931 – 2019) Vyasatirtha (c. 1460 ...
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Abdul Kadar Khatri (1961 - 2019) Indian Master Craftsman; Aditya Pande (born 1976), painter, sculptor, digital artist; Aman Singh Gulati (born 2000),World's First Almond Artist; Anil Kumar Dutta (1933-2006) Anjolie Ela Menon (born 1940), painter; Anurag Anand (born 1978), visual artist and author; Amitabh Mitra (born 1955) Chitra Ramanathan ...
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 ...
Ghananand Pande (1902–1995), chairman of Indian Railways in 1954 and chairman of Hindustan Steels, awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1969 Jai Krishna (1912–1999), eminent scholar on earthquake engineering, instrumental in setting up the first and the only earthquake engineering department in India, at IIT Roorkee, awarded Padma Bhushan in 1956 ...
Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator, astrologer, and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer".Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.