Dashrath Manjh was born in 1934 in the Bihar village of Gahlour, close to Gaya, into a poor family of labourers.The "Mountain Man," Dashrath Manjhi, is a legendary figure who demonstrated that nothing is insurmountable. His life serves …

An outstanding socio-religious reformer was Raja Ram Mohan Roy. On May 22, 1772, he was born into a Brahmin family in Radhanagar, in the Hoogly district of Bengal (now West Bengal).Ramkanto Roy, a Vaishnavite, was his father. His mother's nam…

Northern India's princely state of Jhansi was ruled by Rani Lakshmi Bai as its queen.Often referred to as the "Great Upheaval" or the "Mutiny," Rani Lakshmi Bai is revered as a great patriot and one of the key figure…

Rich English parents who were visiting Florence, Italy, on May 12, 1820, welcomed Florence Nightingale into the world.Of the two daughters, she was the younger.Her sister Parthenope was born in Naples and given the Greek name for the city's a…

Malala was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, a town in northwest Pakistan's Swat District. She developed an early supporter of girls' education. Her family is Pashtun-ethnic and Sunni Muslim.Malalai of Maiwand, a well-known Pashtun …

Former Indian track and field sprinter Milkha Singh became the first male athlete from India to win a gold medal in individual athletics at a Commonwealth Games. According to Pakistani archives, Milkha Singh was born on November 20, 1929; …

As Dara Singh Randhawa, Dara Singh was born on November 19, 1928, in Dharmchuk, Amritsar, Punjab, British India.His mother's name is Sharimati Balwant Kaur, and his father's name is Shri Surat Singh. Dara Singh Randhawa possessed a mult…

On July 31, 1880, Dhanpat Rai Srivastava—also known as Munshi Premchand—was born in Lamahi, Uttar Pradesh, which is close to Varanasi. In the realm of contemporary Hindi and Urdu literature, he stands as one of the most prominent figures. He wr…