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Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, the fourth child of Alois Schickelgruber and Mara Hitler in the Austrian town of Braunau. Two of his siblings …
Swami Dayananda Saraswati The Indian religious leader Swami Dayananda Saraswati (1824-1883) founded the Arya Samaj, or Society of Nobles, and epitomized the aggressive Hindu religious reformer. Dayananda Saraswati was …
Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was a wonderful woman and a great influence on the world today. She was born in 1910 in Macedonia with the name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. …
Ashoka Indian Ruler One of the greatest rulers of India’s history is Ashoka (Asoka). Ruling for thirty-eight years (274 B.C.-232 B.C.), he was generally mentioned in his inscriptions as …
Lord Buddha Etymologically, the Sanskrit/Pali word buddha means “one who has awakened”; in the context of Indian religions, it is used as an honorific title for an individual who …
Chanakya Chanakya, also known as Kautilya or Vishnugupta, was born in Pataliputra, Magadh (modern Bihar), and later moved to Taxila, in Gandhar province (now in Pakistan). He was a …
Swami Vivekananda Narendranath Dutta ‘Swami Vivekanand’ was born on 12 January 1863 at Calcutta. From the very beginning, Narendranath’s energy was diverted towards the search for God and the …
Bal Gangadhar Tilak Bal Gangadhar Tilak, born July 22, 1856, was universally recognized as the Father of Indian Unrest. He was one of the prime architects of modern India …
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India was born at Allahabad on 14 November 1889. He was the only gon of Motilal Nehru …
Kasturba Gandhi Kasturba Gandhi, known affectionately as Ba, was married to Mohandas Gandhi in 1882 when she was but ten years old. When Gandhi left for London in 1888, …