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Ernest Rutherford Britain : Eminent Scientist Born AD 1871 Died : AD 1937 Ernest Rutherford was born at Nelson in New Zealand in 1871. He -1=4 was extremely brilliant — a child prodigy, indeed. He used to work on his father’s farm when he was a student. He received a scholarship to study at Cambridge University, where he studied science. By that time, research in the field of...
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M. Vishwesharayya India : Eminent Engineer Born : AD 1861 Died : AD 1962 Mokshagundam was India’s leading Engineer. He helped in building many dams and bridges in the country after independence. Soft-spoken, gentle and efficient, Vishwesharayya can easily be termed the builder of modem India if one were to refer to the construction work he undertook. He worked towards the benefit of the country with complete devotion....
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Mohammad Ali Jinnah Pakistan : Quaid-e-Azam Born : AD 1876 Died : AD 1948 Mohammad Ali Jinnah was the creator of Pakistan’ and was the Governor-General after partition of India in 1947. Jinnah tried to steer his country out of chaos of partition trauma. Pakistan was faced with Hindu-Muslim riots, famine, refugees, and many other problems. However, Jinnah’s astuteness was able to withstand it all. Jinnah was a leading...
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Anna Saheb Karve India : A Great Reformist Born : AD 1858 Died : AD 1962 Anna Saheb Karve’s life was as simple and clean as that of an ancient ascetic (Rishi-Muni). He was liberal in his views and sympathetic in his attitude. He was deeply moved by the troubles and tribulations of women-folk. What Anna-Saheb did for the uplittment of women in the last decade of the...
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Vinayak Damodar Savarkar India : Brave Revolutionary Born : AD 1883 Died : AD 1966 Savarkar was a great patriot, a scholar, a poet and a writer all rolled into one. He started patriotic activities even in his student days. At the age of 16, he founded Abhinav Bharat. It would not be an exaggeration to call Savarkar a born revolutionary. He was not awarded his B.A. degree, which...
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Anne Besant India : The founder of Home-Rule League Born : AD 1847 Died: AD 1933 Among the successful women of the world, Anne Besant tops the list. She was so influenced by the Indian religion, philosophy and spirituality that she identified herself fully with India and became an inveterate Indian. Her contribution to India’s freedom struggle was also remarkable. She founded the Home-Rule League with support and...
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Madan Lal Dhingra India : A Fearless Young Revolutionary Born AD 1887 Died : AD 1909 Madan Lal Dhingra will always be recalled as one of those fearless young revolutionaries who jumped into the fight for freedom without ever looking back at life, family and parents. Madan Lal will remain immortal as a young rebel who wrecked vengeance on the English oppressors in their own country. He avenged their...
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Vasudev Balvant Phadke India : A Fire-Brand Revolutionary Born : AD 1845 Died : AD 1883 Vasudev Balvant Phadke was born in a Brahmin family of Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) on 4 November, 1845. Contact with nationalist leaders like Mahadev Govind Ranade and others influenced him in his early days to fight for the cause of freedom. But soon, he was attracted towards militancy. He was fired by revolutionary zeal and...
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