Mahatma Gandhi - Mahatma
Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation. Employing nonviolent
civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired
movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. His
birthday, 2nd October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti,
a national holiday and world-wide as the International Day of
Nonviolence.
Dadabhai Naoroji - Dadabhai
Naoroji is fondly called as the "Grand Old Man of India".
He is viewed as the architect who laid the foundation of the Indian
freedom struggle. He was the first Indian to become a professor of
the college.
Sarojini Naidu - Sarojini
Naidu was a distinguished poet & a renowned freedom fighter. She
was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India).
Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of
the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the
governor of a state in India.
Swami Vivekanand - Swami
Vivekanand was the chief disciple of the Sri Ramakrishna
Paramahansa. At birth, he was called Narendranath Datta. He was the
founder of Ramakrishna Mission. He introduced Hindu philosophies of
Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and America.
Vinoba Bhave - He was an
Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called
Acharya , he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is
considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual
successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad -
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was one of the foremost leaders of Indian
freedom struggle. He was also a renowned scholar, and poet. Maulana
Abul Kalam Azad was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian
honour, Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Jamsetji N. Tata - Jamsetji
N. Tata was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata
Group, India's biggest conglomerate company. Tata is regarded as the
legendary "Father of Indian Industry".
Lal Bahadur Shastri - Lal
Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India.
He was a man of great courage and will. He successfully led country
during the 1965 war with Pakistan.
Vallabhbhai Patel - Sardar
Vallabhbhai Patel is popularly known as Iron Man of India. He played
a leading role in the Indian freedom struggle and became the first
Home Minister of India. He is credited with achieving political
integration of India.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy - He was
the founder of the Brahmo Sabha movement in 1828. His efforts to
protect Hinduism and Indian rights by participating in British
government earned him the title "The Father of the Indian
Renaissance".
Lala Lajpat Rai - Lala
Lajpat Rai was one of the foremost leaders who fought against
British rule in India. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari (Lion
of the Punjab). He was the founder of the Indian Home League Society
of America & became Congress President in 1920.
Gopal K. Gokhale - Gopal
Krishna Gokhale was one of the pioneers of the Indian national
movement & the founder of the Servants of India Society. He is
also known as political guru of Mahatma Gandhi.
Govind Ballabh Pant -
Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter and one of the
architects of modern India. Pant was a key figure in the movement
for India's Independence and later a pivotal figure in the Indian
Government.
Swami Dayanand Saraswati -
Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu religious leader who founded
the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement of the Vedic tradition. He
was the first to give the call for Swarajya as "India for
Indians" – in 1876, later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan -
Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader of
India. Nicknamed "Frontier Gandhi". Ghaffar Khan was a
champion of women's rights and nonviolence.
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan - Dr.
S. Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the
first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President
of India from 1962 to 1967. Since 1962, his birthday is celebrated
in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September.
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