Born on June 6, 1890 Gopinath Bordoloi did his schooling from the Cotton Collegiate School in Guwahati in Assam and graduated from the Scottish Church College in Kolkata. While in college, Gopinath got associated with the Congress Party and soon took the leading role in the establishment of the Congress Party in north-east India, particularly Assam. All the regional political parties of Assam were asked to merge with the Congress Party with Gopinath becoming its [...]
Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi is the present Governor of West Bengal. Throughout his career he has held numerous important administrative posts and was appointed as the Ambassador and High Commissioner of India in several countries. Shri Gopal Khrishna Gandhi was born in 22nd April 1945. His parents were Devdas Gandhi and Laxmiben Gandhi. He is the youngest grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi completed his master’s degree in literature from St Stephens College, [...]
Giani Zail Singh was the first Sikh to hold the position of the President of India. He was a man of many parts- a freedom fighter, Congress leader, Chief Minister of Punjab as well as Union Home Minister. The tall and handsome Giani Zail Singh believed in democratic traditions very strongly, was a God-fearing person and was a true son of the soil. He fought vehemently against feudalism and against colonial rule in India’s pre-independence [...]
Ghulam Nabi Azad is a politician and a senior leader of Indian National Congress. He was born on 7th March 1949 in a village Soti in Doda district of Kashmir. In 1972, he passed his M.Sc degree in Zoology from Kashmir University. He is married to Shrimati Shameem Dev Azad and has a son and a daughter. In 1973, Ghulam Nabi Azad actively participated in politics and from 1973 to 1975 he was the Block [...]
Last Updated – 11 July 2019 ***** Gegong Apang Biography: Gegong Apang is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He was born on July 8, 1949 in Rumgong, in the West Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh. He held the office of the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from January 18, 1980 to January 19, 1999 and again from August 2003 to April 2007. Replacing Gegong Apang, on April 9, 2007, Dorjee Khandu took the oath as [...]
Maharana Pratap is a synonym to Rajput valor, chivalry and perseverance. He was a stand alone fighter against Mughal aggression and never bent down to any temptation. He was loved by his men and they stood by him in his fight for independence. He lost the Battle of Haldighat to Akbar but did not surrender and continued his combats till the end of his life. Gallantry and a love for freedom was in Rana’s blood [...]
Noor Jehan (1577-1645) was an empress who belonged to the great Mughal Dynasty. Noor Jehan was the favourite wife of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir. Her real name was Mehr-un-Nisaa, and she was born in 1597 in Kandahar, Afghanishtan, into a noble family from Persia, her grandfather serving the Shah Tahmasp I. Mihrunnisa was the fourth child of Mirza Ghias Beg and his wife, Asmat Begum, who was born after the family had migrated to India. [...]
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born on 11 November, 1888 in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He was a leading figure in India’s struggle for freedom and a noted writer, poet and journalist. He adopted the pen name Azad (Free). In his childhood, Azad had a traditional Islamic education, along with training in subjects like mathematics, philosophy, world history and science by tutors at his home. Through his own efforts, he learnt English, along with Western philosophy, [...]
Madan Mohan Malaviya Born on December 25, 1861, in an educated orthodox Hindu family, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was a freedom fighter, an educationist and a social reformer with a vision of independent and self-reliant India. Apart from holding the post of the President of Indian National Congress, he represented India along with Mahatma Gandhi at the First Round Table Conference In 1931. Founder of the prestigious Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi, he was [...]
Abdul Gaffar Khan is one of the tallest freedom fighter, not only in sheer physical height but also in his contributions and sacrifices. He dedicated his life for the betterment of his fellow country men and hugely inspired the Pathans of the north-west frontier to follow the Gandhian values of non-violence and non-possession. No wonder he was described as the ‘Frontier Gandhi’. Abdul Gaffar Khan was born in 1890 to Khan Behram Khan of Utmanzai [...]
