Our great ancestors

Dr. CV Raman

Raman won the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics and was the first Asian person to receive a Nobel Prize in any branch of science..

Aryabhata

Aryabhata was the first of the major mathematician-astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy..

Maharishi Agastya

Agastya is a well known Maharshi of ancient lore. He is the rishi who crossed Vindhya mountains and reached South India and ..

Srinivasa Ramanujan

Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician who made pioneering contributions to number theory. He devised his own theory of divergent ..

Prafulla Chandra Ray

Prafulla Chandra Ray, an Indian chemist, was born Aug. 2, 1861. Ray is often referred to as the father of chemistry in India..

Shri Dattopant Bapurao

National organizer, architect, thinker, visionary, writer, austere, sacrificer, national seer, honorable Shri Dattopant Bapurao ..

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

Shivaji, Indian king (reigned 1674–80), founder of the Maratha kingdom of India. The kingdom's security was based on religious ..

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

Shivaji, Indian king (reigned 1674–80), founder of the Maratha kingdom of India. The kingdom's security was based on religious ..

Bhagiratha

Bhagiratha was a legendary king of the Ikshvaku dynasty. He brought the River Ganga to Earth from the heavens because only shecould..

Bhaskara 1

Bhāskara was a 7th-century mathematician and astronomer, who was the first to write numbers in the Hindu decimal system with a circle for..

Birbal Sahni

Birbal Sahni FRS was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest ..

Chhatrasal

Maharaja Chhatrasal was an early modern Indian king from the Bundela Rajput clan who fought against the Mughal Empire ..

Dayananda Saraswati

Dayananda Saraswati was an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic ..

Guru Gobind Singh

Guru Gobind Singh, born Gobind Rai, was the tenth Sikh Guru, a spiritual master, warrior, poet and philosopher. When ..

Guru Nanak

Gurū Nānak, also referred to as Bābā Nānak, was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His birth is celebrated worldwide ..

Haqiqat Rai

Haqiqat Singh was an 18th-century Hindu martyr from Sialkot, who was executed in Lahore for refusing to convert to Islam. ..

Homi J. Bhabha

Homi Jehangir Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist, founding director, and professor of physics at the Tata Institute ..

Khudiram Bose

Khudiram Bose was an Indian revolutionary from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. For his role in the ..

Lala Lajpat Rai

Lala Lajpat Rai was an Indian independence activist. He played a pivotal role in the Indian Independence movement ..

M. S. Golwalkar

Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar was the second Sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He has been ..

Madan Mohan Malaviya

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and politician notable for his role ..

Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras

Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras 11 December 1915 – 17 June 1996, popularly known as Balasaheb Deoras, was the ..

Rahim

Khanzada Mirza Khan Abdul Rahim, popularly known as simply Rahim and titled Khan-i-Khanan, was a poet who lived in India ..

Ram Mohan Roy

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was an Indian reformer who was one of the founders of the Brahmo Sabha, the precursor of the Brahmo ..

Ram Singh Kuka

Ram Singh Kuka is a Baba in the Kuka Samparda lineage. He is credited as being the first British Indian ..

Ramakrishna

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, born Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya, was an Indian Hindu mystic, saint, and religious ..

Adi Shankara

Adi Shankaracharya was an Indian philosopher and theologian who's works had a strong influence on the doctrine ..

Suheldev Amish

Suheldev sacrificed everything for motherland,broke barriers of caste,religion,gender and formed an army with ..

Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda, born Narendranath Datta, was an Indian Hindu monk. He was a chief disciple of the 19th ..

Tatya Tope

Tantia Tope also spelled as Tatya Tope, was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders ..

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar

Vinayak Damodar "Veer" Savarkar was an Indian politician, activist, and writer. He developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology ..

Vikram Sarabhai

Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped develop nuclear power ..

Vishvamitra

Brahmarshi Vishvamitra is one of the most venerated rishis or sages of ancient India. A near-divine being, he ..

Kartikeya

Lord Kartikeya, the son of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati is known by different names – Swaminatha, Murugan, ..

Bhikaiji Cama

Bhikaiji Rustom Cama or simply as, Madam Cama, was one of the prominent figures in the Indian independence movement ..

Dadhichi

Dadhichi, also known as Dadhyancha or Dadhyanga, is a central character in Hinduism. Dadhichi is primarily known ..