Ram Prasad Bismil   India : A Great Revolutionary Born : AD 1897                    Died : AD 1927 Ram Prasad Bismil spent his entire life for the cause of India’s freedom. At a very early age, he plunged into India’s freedom struggle. He took to the armed revolution when Bhai Parmanand was hanged in 1916. When Ram Prasad was in eighth class, the Indian National Congress session was held in Lucknow....

Chandra Shekhar Azad   India : A Revolutionary Born : AD 1905           Died : AD 1931 Chandra Shekhar Azad will always remain immortal in the annals of history as a man who sacrificed his life on the altar of freedom. At a time when Gandhiji was busy with his Non-Violence Movement to liberate the country, a couple of fiery youngmen were dubious of his methods. They were sure, the best...

Ras Behari Bose   India : A Great Revolutionary Born : AD 1886                    Died : AD 1945 Ras Behari Bose is remembered with reverence as he was one of the great revolutionaries. He was of the opinion that only violence can force the British to leave India. He was a militant. He wanted the British to leave not only India but Asia also. Ras Behari was involved in 1912 bomb...

Khudi Ram Bose   India : A Young Revolutionary Born : AD 1889           Deed : AD 1908 Bengal has produced many revolutionaries, patriots, nationalists and leaders. Khudi Ram Bose was a revolutionary. For a revolutionary there was no joy in life except the hangman’s noose round his neck for the cause of freedom of his motherland. Khudi Ram was a living example of this sacrifice. An inborn patriot, Khudi Ram...

T.S. Eliot   England : Poet and Writer Born : AD 1888           Died : AD 1965 T.S. Eliot was born in America but he came to England and lived in England all his life. He was educated at various places in England and on the European continent. He knew French and English and was a master of French language, English literature and history. As is usually the case with writers,...

Acharya Narendra Dev   India : A Social Leader Born : AD 1889                    Died : AD 1959 Acharya Narendra Dev is remembered with great honour among the respected socialists of modem India. He was not only a scholar but a great nationalist as well. His erudite, frankness and socialist views earned him the respect of Gandhiji and Subhash Bose although they did not subscribe to his views. He was chiefly...

Acharya J.B. Kripalani   India : Politician Born : AD 1888                    Died : AD 1982 Kripalani came to the forefront of the Indian National Congress leadership by sheer ability and political acumen. He participated in every movement of independence struggle. He was a strong believer in moral code of conduct in politics. Kripalani participated in 1917 freedom movement. He was jailed for the first time in 1920. He was associated...

Shanti  Swaroop Bhatnagar   India : The Father of Research Laboratories Born : AD 1895                    Died : AD 1955 Dr Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar was born in an ordinary family. When just 8 months old, he lost his father and was sent to his maternal grand-parents who brought him up. A family friend, seeing his aptitude for learning took him to Lahore for education. He went to England after his M.Sc....