NOBLE PERSONALITIES

Nobel Personalities in India


Abdul Ghaffar Khan::


He was known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'.
He was a nationalist Muslim leader of the
North-West Frontier Province. He first
started a militant organisation known as
the 'Red Shirt', and later on joined the
non-violent Civil Disobedience Movement
started by Mahatma Gandhi.


Acharya Vinoba Bhave::


Saintly personality; had devoted his life to
social welfare; founder of the Bhoodan
movement.


Amir Khusrau::


Assumed 'Parrot of India', was a famous
poet and author who wrote in poetry and
prose and also composed music. He
enjoyed the patronage of successive
Sultans of Delhi from Balban to Ghiyas-ud-
din Tughluq. He died in 1324-25. His
works include Tughluqnamah and the
Tarikh-i-Alai.


Anand Mohan Bose::


He was a prominent Indian public man in
his times. He was the first Indian to be a
Wrangler of Cambridge University in
1873. He was the founder-secretary of
the Indian Association which was
established in Calcutta in 1876, and
presided over the 14th session of the
Indian National Congress held.


Ashutosh Mukherjee::


He was an eminent lawyer and
educationist. He was certainly a maker of
modern Bengal, if not of India, by virtue
of his eminent services to the cause of
education. At the early age of 25 he
became a member of the Senate of the
Calcutta University of which he became
the vice-chancellor.


Aurobindo Ghosh::


An ardent nationalist who later became a
saint, was educated in England. His views
were readily accepted by Lala Lajpat Rai
of Punjab and Bal Gangadhar Tilak of
Maharashtra and led to the formation of
an extremist school within the Congress.


Bal Gangadhar Tilak::


Patriot and statesman, known as
Lokmanya. He organised Extremist Party
within the Congress with Lala Lajpat Rai
and Bipin Chandra Pai. Britishers called
him "Father of Indian Unrest". He gave the
clarion call "Swaraj is my birth right".
Tilak was the founder-editor of Mahratta
(English) and Kesar


Bhagat Singh::


Known as Shahid-e-Azam. Founded
Naujawan Bharat Sabha. Exploded bomb
in Central Legislative Assembly at Lahore
on April 8, 1929. He was arrested and
sentenced for life. He along with Sukh Dev
and Shivram Rajguru, was hanged on
March 23, 1931 for participating in
Lahore conspiracy.


Chakravarti Rajagopalachari::


A prominent Indian politician, born in
South India in 1879. He was the General
Secretary of the Indian National Congress
in 1921-22 and was a member of the
Congress Working Commitee.
Rajagopalachari was the Chief Minister of
Madras from 1937-39.


Dadabhai Naoro Ji::


He was elected president of the Indian
National Congress at its second session
held in Calcutta in 1886. He was the first
Indian to be elected a member of the
House of Commons in England on a ticket
of Liberal Party. Twice again, in 1893 and
in 1906, he was elected president of the
INC.