Short Paragraph on Saint Kabir (Kabira) Saint Kabir (also Kabira) was a disciple of Ramananda. Kabir believed in equality of men and preached the religion of love for promoting unity among all castes and creeds. Saint Kabir asserted the Allah and Rama were names of one and the same god. God could be found…
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Short Paragraph on Mother Teresa Mother Teresa is also known as ‘Blessed Teresa of Calcutta”. Her earlier name was ‘Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu”. She was born on 26th August, 1910 at the then Yugoslavia (now Republic of Macedonia). She came to India in 1929. Mother Teresa was Roman Catholic nun moved to Calcutta’s slum ‘to serve God among the…
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Short Paragraph on Meghnad Saha Meghnad Saha was an Indian scientist in the field of ‘astrophysics’. He was born on 6th October, 1893 at Dhaka (now in Bangladesh). His father’s name was Jagannath. Education: His early education took place at Dhaka. He started his schooling at Middle School and then admitted at Dhaka…
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Short Paragraph on Jawaharlal Nehru Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was an Indian patriot and political leader. He was the first Prime Minister of independent and free India. Birth: He was born in Nehru family on 14 day of November in 1889 at Allahabad. He came of an aristocratic family. He received his early…
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Short note on Faizi in Akbar’s court Faizi was a great poet and literary scholar in the court of Akbar. He had great authority over Persian language. He translated various Sanskrit works into Persian language. He was one among the navaratnas of Akbar. Faizi, like his brother Abul Fazl, was in constant attendance on the…
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Short Biography of Vasudev Balwant Phadke Vasudev Balwant Phadke was an Indian armed revolutionary who dreamt of ‘Free India”. He opined that India needs ‘Swaraj” at any cost. He was born on November 4, 1845. He was born in a brahmin family. Maharashtra was the first state in India to start militant revolutionary…
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Short Biography of Toru Dutt (Indian Women English Poet) Toru Dutt was the Indian women poet of the 19th century Bengali Renaissance. Her family happened to be one of the few converts to Christianity in Bengal at time of orthodox Hinduism. That was a well known family of Rambagan in North Calcutta. Taru…
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Short Biography of Swami Dayananda Saraswati Swami Dayananda Saraswati Swami Dayananda, was born in 1824 at Tankara in Morvi State (Kathiawar-Gujarat). While Dayananda Saraswati was hardly of thirteen years of age, he refused to submit to the authoritarian traditional dictates of his father in the field of religious conscience and after attaining full knowledge of…
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Short Biography of Surya Sen Surya Sen was a great Indian freedom fighter. He is known for leading the Chittagong Armoury Raid on 18th April, 1930. He was born on March 22, 1894. After the death of Bagha Jatin 1915 A.D. the revolutionary movement of Bengal stopped for nearly a decade. After that,…
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Short Biography of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Sir MV) Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (also Sir MV, M Visvesvaraya) was one of the greatest engineer the country has produced. He was also the Diwan of Mysore during the years between 1912 to 1918. Visvesvaraya was really a ‘Bharat Ratna’ Jewel and it is no wonder that the Government…
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