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.
Jan 12, 1863 – July 4, 1902 Swami Vivekananda was an Indian Hindu monk and chief disciple of the 19th-century... read more
26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997 The Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, M.C.,commonly known as Mother Teresa , was an... read more
24 July 1945 Azim Hashim Premji is an Indian business tycoon and philanthropist who is the chairman of Wipro Limited,... read more
March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003 Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, India. She was the first Indian-American astronaut... read more
Jan 23, 1897 – 1945 Subhas Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist whose defiant patriotism made him a hero in... 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
23 July 1856 – 1 August 1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and... read more
December 11, 1882 – September 11, 1921 Chinnaswami Subramania Bharathi was an Indian writer, poet, journalist, Indian independence activist and... read more
June 15, 1937 Kisan Baburao “Anna” Hazare is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase... read more
January 5, 1893 – March 7, 1952 Yogananda was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India to a devout family.According to... read more
