Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and political activist who is best known for the 1998 Man Booker Prize for Fiction winning novel The God of Small Things (1997) and for her involvement in environmental and human rights causes. Roy’s novel became the biggest-selling book by a nonexpatriate Indian author.
August 15, 1872 – December 5, 1950 Sri Aurobindo, born Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose, was an Indian nationalist, freedom fighter,... read more
December 11, 1969 Anand became India’s first grandmaster in 1988. He was also the first recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi... read more
December 3, 1884 – February 28, 1963 Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India. An Indian... read more
Jan 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902 Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century... read more
19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858 Lakshmibai,the Rani of Jhansi was the queen of the Maratha-ruled princely state of... read more
January 6, 1966 Allah-Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician, multi-instrumentalist and philanthropist.Described as the world’s most... read more
January 12, 1918 – February 5, 2008 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was born Mahesh Prasad Varma and obtained the honorific Maharishi... read more
April 23, 1938 Sishtla Sreeramamurthy Janaki,commonly known as S. Janaki, is an Indian playback singer. Renowned for her voice modulation... read more
23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and... read more
July 19, 1827 – April 8, 1857 Mangal Pandey was an Indian soldier who played a key part in events... read more
