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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Seth Hukumchand (1874-1959), Indian industrialist; Khushalchand Jhaveri (1680–1748), Indian jeweller and financier; Shantidas Jhaveri (1584–1659), Indian jeweller, bullion trader, and moneylender; Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Indian billionaire investor, stock trader, and Chartered Accountant. Om Prakash Jindal, founder and owner of the Jindal Group
Ajit Jain – Indian-American business executive [20] Anshu Jain – Indian-born British business executive [21] Bhavarlal Jain – Chairman of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. [22] Rakesh Gangwal – Co-founder and owner of Indigo Airlines [23] Tarang Jain - billionaire businessman, the CEO and owner of Varroc, an Indian two- and four-wheeler ...
Manuel Aaron, first Indian to earn the title of International Master; Murugan Thiruchelvam, chess player from United Kingdom; Krishnan Sasikiran, Grandmaster and Arjuna Award winner for chess (2002) S. Vijayalakshmi, six-time women's national champion of India; first woman Grandmaster from India; Arjuna Award winner for chess (2000)
Revered as so by the people of Karnataka. Dr.. Rajkumar: Pandit / Chacha Jawaharlal Nehru [24] [25] Sanskrit for "learned man". Originally meant exclusively for a man expert in Hindu law and literature. [26] Jawaharlal Nehru: Punjab Kesari Lala Lajpat Rai "Lion of Punjab" ( Hindi/Sanskrit) "Punjab" = "Punjab state" and "Kesari" = "Lion" Lala ...
Sitara Devi, eminent Indian dancer of classical Kathak style. She received Padma Shri [41] Uday Shankar, Indian dancer who is considered as Pioneer of Modern Dance in India. He received Padma Vibhushan [42] [43] Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer who was the guru of the Kuchipudi dance form. He received Padma Bhushan [44]