Birthday | Name | Died Year | Famous for |
340BC | Chandragupta Maurya | 298BC | Founder of Maurya Empire |
304BC | Ashoka | 232BC | Greatest Indian Ruler of all time |
335AD | Samudragupta | 380AD | King of Gupta dynasty, known as Napoleon of India |
1148 | Prithviraj Chauhan | 1192 | Rajput ruler of Ajmed and Delhi |
15th April, 1469 | Guru Nanak | 22th September, 1539 | Founder of the religion of Sikhism |
14th February, 1483 | Babur | 26th December, 1530 | Founder of Mughal dynasty in India |
14th October, 1542 | Akbar | 27th October, 1605 | Greatest ruler of Mughal dynasity |
20th September, 1569 | Jahangir | 8th November, 1627 | Sultan of Mughal dynasity |
5th January, 1592 | Shah Jahan | 22th January, 1666 | Sultan of Mughal dynasity |
4th November, 1618 | Aurangzeb | 3rd March, 1707 | Sultan of Mughal dynasity |
19th February, 1627 | Shivaji | 3rd April, 1680 | Founder of Maratha Empire |
20th November, 1750 | Tipu Sultan | 4th May, 1799 | Ruler of Mysore Kingdom |
27th December, 1797 | Mirza Ghalib | 15th February, 1869 | Famous poet during late Mughal Period |
12th February, 1824 | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati | 30th October, 1883 | Hindu religious leader |
4th September, 1825 | Dadabhai Naoroji | 30th June, 1917 | First Indian MP in British Parliament |
19th July, 1827 | Mangal Pandey | 8th April, 1857 | First martyr of sepoy mutiny, 1857 |
19th November, 1828 | Rani Lakshmi Bai | 18th June, 1858 | Rani of Jhansi, leader of Indian rebellion 1857 |
3rd March, 1839 | Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata | 19th May, 1904 | Founder of TATA Group |
23rd July, 1856 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | 1st August, 1920 | Social reformer and leader of Indian Independence Movement |
6th May, 1861 | Motilal Nehru | 6th February, 1931 | Lawyer and two time President of Indian Congress |
7th May, 1861 | Rabindranath Tagore | 7th August, 1941 | Famous Indian Literature and Poet and also first Nobel Prize receiver from India and Asia |
25th December, 1861 | Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya | 1946 | Leader of Indian Independence Movement and founder of Banaras Hindu University |
28th January, 1865 | Lala Lajpat Rai | 17th November, 1928 | Known as Punjab Kesari and Leader of Indian Independence Movement |
2nd October, 1869 | Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi | 30th January,1948 | Father of Nation |
15th August, 1872 | Sri Aurobindo | 5th December, 1950 | Indian freedom fighter and spiritual leader |
31st October, 1875 | Vallabhbhai Patel | 15th December, 1950 | Leader of Indian Independence Movement and first Home Minister of India |
13th February, 1879 | Sarojini Naidu | 2nd March, 1949 | Know as Nightingale of India and first Governor of India |
31st July, 1880 | Munshi Premchand | 8th October, 1936 | Famous Indian writer in Hindi Language |
3rd December, 1884 | Rajendra Prasad | 28th February, 1963 | First President of India |
11th November, 1888 | Maulana Azad | 22th February, 1958 | First Education Minister of India |
14th November, 1889 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 27th May, 1964 | First Prime Minister of India |
14th April, 1891 | Dr. B. R. Ambedkar | 6th December, 1956 | Chief architect of the Indian Constitution |
23rd January, 1897 | Subhas Chandra Bose | 1945 | Prominent leader of Indian Independence Movement and founder of Indian National Army |
11th October, 1902 | Jayaprakash Narayan | 8th October, 1979 | Known as Loknayak and prominent social leader of independent India |
29th July, 1904 | J. R. D. Tata | 29th November, 1993 | Former Chairman of TATA Group |
2nd October, 1904 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 11th January, 1966 | Second Prime Minister of India |
28th September, 1907 | Bhagat Singh | 23rd March, 1931 | Indian revolutionaries of independence movement |
30th October, 1909 | Homi J. Bhabha | 24th January, 1966 | Known as "father of Indian nuclear programme" and founder Director of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research |
26th August, 1910 | Mother Teresa | 5th September, 1997 | Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize |
8th July, 1914 | Jyoti Basu | 17th January, 2010 | Five time Chief Minister of West Bengal and Longest Serving Chief Minister of Any State of India |
16th September, 1916 | M.S. Subbulakshmi | 11th December, 2004 | Renowned carnatic vocalist and winner of Bharat Ratna |
19th November, 1917 | Indira Gandhi | 31st October, 1984 | First Lady Prime Minister of India |
21st August, 1919 | Vikram Sarabhai | 31st December, 1971 | Father of Indian Space Program and Chairman of ISRO |
31st August, 1919 | Amrita Pritam | 31st October, 2005 | Punjabi Writer and Poet |
2nd May, 1921 | Satyajit Ray | 23rd April, 1992 | Famous Film Director, Producer, Writer |
4th February, 1922 | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi | 24th January, 2011 | Indian vocalist and recipient of Bharat Ratna |
28th September, 1929 | Lata Mangeshkar | | Famous Indian Singer |
28th December, 1932 | Dhirubhai Ambani | 6th July, 2002 | Founder of Reliance Group |
3rd November, 1933 | Amartya Sen | | Indian Economist and Nobel Prize winner |
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