Hakim Ajmal Khan

Hakim Ajmal Khan Date of Birth : 1863 Date of Death : 1927 Place of Birth : Delhi Dr. Hakim Ajmal Khan was a noted Indian freedom fighter, renowned physician and educationalist. He was the founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. Hakim Ajmal Khan was born in 1863 in Delhi. His family, a distinguished line of physicians descended from the army of Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire in India. Khan studied the Qur'an and traditional Islamic knowledge, before studying medicine at...

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Jayaprakash Narayan

Jayaprakash Narayan Date of Birth : Oct 11, 1902 Date of Death : Oct 8, 1979 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh Jayaprakash Narayan, widely known as JP, was an Indian freedom fighter and political leader. He was one of the few leaders of modern India who fought for its independence and took part in active politics for a long time after it became independent. He was born in Sitabdiara, village in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, and did his higher studies including his phd in politics and...

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi Date of Birth : Nov 19, 1917 Date of Death : Oct 31, 1984 Place of Birth : Allahabad Political party : Congress (I) Took Office : Jan 15, 1980 Left Office : Oct 31, 1984 Successor : Rajiv Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was Prime Minister of India from January 19, 1966 to March 24, 1977, and again from January 14, 1980 until her assassination on October 31, 1984. Born to India's first Prime Minister, ...

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Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri Date of Birth : Oct 2, 1904 Date of Death : Jan 11, 1966 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh Political party : Indian National Congress Took Office : Jun 9, 1964 Left Office : Jan 11, 1966 Successor : Gulzarilal Nanda Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India and a significant figure in the struggle for independence. Shashtriji was born in Mughalsarai, in Uttar Pradesh. To...

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru Date of Birth : Nov 14, 1889 Date of Death : May 27, 1964 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh Political party : Indian National Congress Took Office : Aug 15, 1947 Left Office : May 27, 1964 Successor : Lal Bahadur Shastri Jawaharlal Nehru also called Pandit Nehru, was an important leader of the Indian Independence Movement and the Indian National Congress, and became the first Prime Minister of India when...

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Motilal Nehru

Motilal Nehru Date of Birth : May 6, 1861 Date of Death : Feb 6, 1931 Place of Birth : Delhi Motilal Nehru was an early Indian freedom fighter and leader of the Indian National Congress. He was also the patriarch of India's most powerful political family. Motilal Nehru was born in Delhi, to a Kashmiri Brahmin family. By coincidence Rabindranath Tagore was also born on that day. He became one of the first generation of young Indians to receive Western-style college education. He...

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Purushottam Das Tandon

Purushottam Das Tandon Date of Birth : Aug 1, 1882 Date of Death : Jul 1, 1962 Place of Birth : Uttar Pradesh Purushottam Das Tandon was a freedom fighter from Uttar Pradesh in India, of Punjabi Khatri descent. He is widely remembered for his efforts in achieving the Official Language of India status for Hindi. He was revered as Rajarshi. Purushottam Das Tandon was born at Allahabad. After obtaining a degree in law and an MA in history, he started practising in 1906 and joined the bar...

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Date of Birth : Dec 3, 1884 Date of Death : Feb 28, 1963 Place of Birth : Zeradei, Bihar Tenure Order : 1st President Took Office : Jan 26, 1950 Left Office : May 13, 1962 Successor : Dr.S Radhakrishnan   Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. Rajendra Prasad was a great freedom-fighter, and the architect of the Indian Constitution, having served as President of the Constituent...

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