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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.
Indian cultural influence (Greater India) Timeline of Indian history. Chandragupta Maurya overthrew the Nanda Empire and established the first great empire in ancient India, the Maurya Empire. India's Mauryan king Ashoka is widely recognised for his historical acceptance of Buddhism and his attempts to spread nonviolence and peace across
This is a timeline of Indian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in India and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of India. Also see the list of governors-general of India, list of prime ministers of India and list of years in India.
The Iron man of India, he fought for independence and Unified India into one sovereign Nation . Sarojini Naidu: An activist, she called for independence in her writing and was a major figure of the civil disobedience movement. Shambhu Dutt Sharma: A former British Indian Army officer, he joined the Quit India Movement in 1942. Shivaram Rajguru
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 ...
Lists of Indian people are lists of people from India. They are grouped by various criteria, including ethnicity, states and union territories and city. Part of a series of articles on Indian people Motto: Jai Hind People Lists of Indian people History Indian independence movement Quit India Movement Culture Architecture Art Cinema Cuisine Dance Festivals Literature Music Sports Languages ...
The history of India up to (and including) the times of the Buddha, with his life generally placed into the 6th or 5th century BCE, is a subject of a major scholarly debate. The vast majority of historians in the Western world accept the theory of Aryan Migration with c. 1500-1200 BCE dates for the displacement of Indus civilization by Aryans ...
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 ...