Maxim Gorky   Soviet Union Famous Writer Birth : 1868                 Death : 1936 Maxim Gorky was a writer of the people in the real sense of the term. He had a first-hand knowledge of the sufferings of the common man and in his writings, we find the moving details of the cruelties and injustices to which the people of Russia were subjected in the pre-revolutionary days. Gorky longed to see...

Karl Marx   Germany : Father of Communism Birth :1818                  Death : 1883 The philosophy of Karl Marx has had the single greatest influence on the political, institutions of the twentieth century. Ideologically, the entire world today is divided into two camps-those who believe in Communism and those who are opposed to it. Marx studied very closely the functioning of the capitalist society in the 19th century Europe and from...

Socrates   Greece : Renowned Philosopher Birth :470 B.C.           Death : 400. B.C. Socrates is considered to be the wisest man of the ancient world. Socrates relentlessly pursued truth in all spheres of life. For finding truth, he used the method of questions and answers. He would put certain question and invite answers. To answers thus received, he would again put some question and in this process ultimately arrived at...

Mirza Ghalib   India: Renowned Urdu Poet Birth : 1797       Death : 1869 Mirza Ghalib wrote fine Urdu poetry and is regarded as one of the greatest Urdu poets. He was also a pioneer in modem Urdu prose and provided strong base to the Urdu literature. As one of the most prominent poets in Urdu and Persian, Ghalib’s fame spread far and wide, and he enjoyed great popularity in Arabian...

Louis Pasteur   France : Great Scientist Birth :1822        Death : 1895 Louis Pasteur is the most famous French scientist and one of the greatest scientists of the world. He became a great benefactor of mankind by his discoveries in the fields of medicine and chemistry. Pasteur found cure for a number of diseases like chicken pox, hydrophobia or rabies and also discovered an inoculation against the dreadful disease of...

Tansen   India: Immortal Singer Birth : 1506       Death : 1589 Tansen was the greatest musician of his age. He was one of the nine gems in the court of Akbar. Everybody who heard him singing was spellbound. When Tansen was in the court of Akbar, he Started to compose new Ragas or melodies based on classical Indian music. Tansen had a friendship with the great poet Surdasa and used...

Sir Conan Doyle Scotland : Creator of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Birth :1859                  Death : 1930 The Universal fame of Arthur Conan Doyle rests on his creation of `Sherlock Holmes’, one of the most wonderful and fascinating characters in the western detective fiction. Sherlock Holmes appeared as the most pleasing and entertaining character to the readers of detective fiction. Sherlock Holmes appears to the readers as a quiet, intelligent character who is...

Tulsidas India : Great Hindi Poet Birth :1532        Death : 1623 Goswami Tulsidas is the leading poet of the Bhakti movement. He was a great reformer of Hindu Society. Tulsidas was born in an age when Hindu society was losing its religious and cultural sanctity and felt disillusioned in the wake of foreign invasions. He showed them the path and presented before them true and noble ideals to be followed...