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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 ...
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]
He was a principal of the Goa College of Art, a post he held from 1977 to 1987. Pai was a recipient of several awards, including India's third highest civilian honour of Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India. [12] Mario Miranda (1926–2011), famous for his cartoons in The Illustrated Weekly of India; Padma Vibushan awardee [13]
Captain Ummed Singh Mahra, He was awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India's highest peacetime military decoration. General Bipin Chandra Joshi, Chief of Army Staff of Indian Army; Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi, Chief of Naval Staff of Indian Navy; Major Som Nath Sharma, first recipient of Param Vir Chakra; Lt. Col. Manabendra Shah
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, first elected Chief Minister of the Hyderabad State (Independent India) Jalagam Vengal Rao, ex-CM of Andhra Pradesh; K. T. Rama Rao, MLA; Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao, former Chief Minister of Telangana State; founder of TRS/BRS; P. Muralidhar Rao, National General Secretary, BJP
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 ...
Prof. Christopher Charles Benninger (1942-) – born in the US and settled in Pune in 1976, he is one of India's highly decorated architects; his award-winning projects include The Mahindra United World College of India, The Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, The Suzlon One Earth world headquarters, The National Ceremonial Plaza at Thimphu ...
Abdul Matlib Mazumder, He was one among the prominent muslim MLA and also Cabinet Minister of Assam.As a Muslim leaders of eastern India, he also support Hindu-Muslim unity, opposing the partition of India on communal lines. Mazumdar along with Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (who later became the 5th President of India) became the most prominent Muslim ...