Dr. Zakir Hussain   India : Third President of India Born : AD 1897                    Died : AD 1969 Dr. Zakir Hussain was one of those nationalist Muslim leaders who followed the Gandhian principles all their lives and who spent a major part of life in fighting for the cause of freedom. He chose the field of education to work for, although he worked with Gandhiji for the upliftment of Harijans,...

Abul Kalam Azad India : A Great Patriot Born : AD 1888                    Died : AD 1958 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a revolutionary from his early days. After finishing his studies, he started Al-Hilal an Urdu news magazine. He wanted to bring Muslims into the Congress fold. He was eager to see the end of British rule in India and it was this eagerness that made him join the Bengal...

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai   India : A Famous National Leader Born : AD 1896           Died : AD 1954 Rafi Ahmed Kidwai was the Food and Agriculture Minister in the Nehru Ministry. During 1952, the prices of wheat suddenly shot up and the dealers started taking advantage of the situation but it was with Rafi Ahmed’s presence of mind and efficient handling of the situation that a major catastrophe in the...

Govind Ballabh Pant   India : An Able Administrator Born : AD 1887           Died : AD 1961 Govind Ballabh Pant was born on 10 December 1887 at Almora in “Uttarakhand” (at that time Uttar Pradesh). He was born in a rich family. He was educated mostly at Allahabad. He passed his B .A. in 1907 and law in 1909. He then started practice and earned name, fame and money. He...

Udham Singh   India : A Famous Revolutionary Born : AD 1899          Died : AD 1940 Udham Singh’s name is linked inseparably with Jallianwala Bagh, because he was the man who took his revenge on General O’Dwyer, the British officer who had ordered firing on a peaceful gathering at Amritsar on a Baisakhi Day. Thousands of men, women, children and old men died in the massacre. Many tried to escape...

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...