Nobel Personalities in India Abdul Ghaffar Khan He was known as the 'Frontier Gandhi'.

He was a nationalist Muslim leader of the North-West Frontier Province. He first started a militant organisation known as the 'Red Shirt', and later on joined the non-violent Civil Disobedience Movement started by Mahatma Gandhi. Acharya Vinoba Bhave Saintly personality; had devoted his life to social welfare; founder of the Bhoodan movement. Amir Khusrau Assumed 'Parrot of India', was a famous poet and author who wrote in poetry and prose and also composed music. He enjoyed the patronage of successive Sultans of Delhi from Balban to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq. He died in 1324-25. His works include Tughluqnamah and the Tarikh-i-Alai. Anand Mohan Bose He was a prominent Indian public man in his times. He was the first Indian to be a Wrangler of Cambridge University in 1873. He was the founder-secretary of the Indian Association which was established in Calcutta in 1876, and presided over the 14th session of the Indian National Congress held in Ma Ashutosh Mukherjee He was an eminent lawyer and educationist. He was certainly a maker of modern Bengal, if not of India, by virtue of his eminent services to the cause of education. At the early age of 25 he became a member of the Senate of the Calcutta University of which he became the vice-chancellor. Aurobindo Ghosh An ardent nationalist who later became a saint, was educated in England. His views were readily accepted by Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab and Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra and led to the formation of an extremist school within the Congress. Bal Gangadhar Tilak Patriot and statesman, known as Lokmanya. He organised Extremist Party within the Congress with Lala Lajpat Rai and Bipin Chandra Pai. Britishers called him "Father of Indian Unrest". He gave the clarion call "Swaraj is my birth right". Tilak was the founder-editor of Mahratta (English) and Kesar Bhagat Singh

Known as Shahid-e-Azam. Founded Naujawan Bharat Sabha. Exploded bomb in Central Legislative Assembly at Lahore on April 8, 1929. He was arrested and sentenced for life. He along with Sukh Dev and Shivram Rajguru, was hanged on March 23, 1931 for participating in Lahore conspiracy. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari A prominent Indian politician, born in South India in 1879. He was the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress in 1921-22 and was a member of the Congress Working Commitee. Rajagopalachari was the Chief Minister of Madras from 1937-39. Dadabhai Naoro Ji He was elected president of the Indian National Congress at its second session held in Calcutta in 1886. He was the first Indian to be elected a member of the House of Commons in England on a ticket of Liberal Party. Twice again, in 1893 and in 1906, he was elected president of the INC.
Mrs. Annie Besant

English theosophist, bom in London in October 1847. She founded the Central Hindu College at Banaras and was elected president of the Theosophical Society in 1907. In 1916 she founded the Indian Home Rule League and became its first president and in 1917.
Mrs. Sarojini Naldu

The most talented Indian lady, born of Bengali parents, was a poet and orator who took a prominent part in Indian politics. She presided over the Kanpur session of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and was the first lady to be appointed a state Governor in the Republic of India.
Netaji Subhash Bose

Popularly known as Netaji, was born on January 23, 1879, at Cuttack. He passed the Indian Civil Service Examination in 1920. He joined the Indian National Congress in 1921. In 1938 he was the president of the INC at its Haripura session and in 1939 he was elected president of its Tripuri session.
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru

He was the first Prime Minister of Independent India and is known as the architect of modem India. He was born in Allahabad on Novemeber 14,1889. In 1928 be became the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress and in 1929 its President. At the Lahore session under his Presidentship was pass
Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya

A leading nationalist leader, prominent educationist and social reformer. Later on joined the second session of the Indian National Congress held in 1886 and twice became its President in 1909 and 1918. His greatest achievement was the foundation in 1915 in Benaras of the Hindu University.
Pandit Motilal Nehru

A renowned Indian patriot, was born on 6th May, 1861 in Delhi. He began his career as a lawyer at the Allahabad High Court, joined the Indian National Movement and started a journal named The Independent' to support the cause of Indian Nationalism. Along with C. R. Das he formed the Swarajist Party
Rabindranath Tagore

Poet, novelist, patriot, educationist, essayist, painter and philosopher. He founded Shantiniketan (now Viswabharati University) in West Bengal. The first Asian to receive Nobel Prize in Literature (for Gitanjali in 1913), writer of National Anthems of India and Bangladesh.
Ram Manohar Lohla

A social and political revolutionary, he founded the'Samajwadi Party' after difference of opinion with the Congress.
Ramakrishna Paramhansa

He was a very great spiritual teacher of the Hindus in modern times. His twonoteworthy disciples were Keshavchandra Sen and Swami Vivekanand.
Rasbehari Ghosh

He was elected president of the Surat session of the Indian National Congress in 1907 in which the Moderates and Extremists came to a serious clash. Next year he presided over the Madras session of the INC. 1 2 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar A prominent leader of the Scheduled Castes. Built up a party of the untouchables, became a member of the Constitutent Assembly and piloted through it the Indian Constitution Act which declared India to be Republic. He also piloted the Hindu Code through the Indian Legislature. 3 4

Dr. Rajendra Prasad He was the first President of the Republic of India. Born in Bihar in 1884, educated at the Calcutta Universty, he began his career as an advocate and soon commanded a very large practice at Patna High Court. Prasad became the president of Congress in 1934, 1939 and 1947; a minister in Nehru's cabin Gopal Krishna Gokhale He was a prominent Indian nationalist, and presided over the 1905 session of the Indian National Congress. In 1905 he founded at Poona the Servants of India Society. He died in 1915. He is considered as the 'Political Guru' of Gandhiji. Govinda Ballabh Pant The celebrated Sanskrit grammarian, was the author of Ashtadhyayi. He was one of the leading members and leaders of the Indian National Congress. He became the Chief Minister in his native province of Uttar Pradesh after independence. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Social reformer and educationist from Bengal and a pioneer in the field of primary education and widow re-marriage. Jamshedji Tata Parsi industrialist and philanthropist. Father of Indian industry, founded Tata, Iron and Steel Company in Bihar. Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India from May, 1964 to his death on 11 January, 1966. He was conferred Bharat Ratna posthumously. He was a martyr for the cause of peace between India and Pakistan at Tashkent. Lala Lajpat Rai Indian national leader known as "Lion of Punjab". Founder editor of Bande Mataram, The Punjabeeand The People. Died of injuries caused by police lathi-charge while leading a demonstration against Simon Commission at Lahore in 1928. Author of Young India, The Arya Samaj and England's Debt to India. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Better known as Mahatma Gandhi, was born on October 2, 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat. Became a barrister-at-law (1891) in England. Went to South Africa in 1893. Stayed there till 1914 for the cause of the emancipation of the Indians from the insulting life. Mrs. Vijayalakshmi Pandit Born in 1900, was a talented daughter of Pandit Motilal Nehru. She held many high offices after Indian independence including the post of India's High Commissioner in England (1955-61) and India's Ambassador to the U. S. S. R. as well as to the U. S. A.

1Whose directorial debut was 'Main Hoon Na' starring Shah Rukh Khan? Farah Khan Sushmita Sen Padmini Kolhapure Hema Malini 2 With which Hollywood actor would you associate the 'Dirty Harry' series of films? Paul Newman Robert Redford Clint Eastwood Mel Gibson 3Which actor made his film debut in 'Utsav'? Raghuvir Yadav Mukesh Khanna Shekhar Suman Anu Kapoor 4 Which Amitabh Bachchan

starrer is adapted by writer Aatish Kapadia from his own Gujarati play Andhla Pato? Aankhein Mohabattein Aks Ek Rishtaa 5Who was the founder of Bombay Talkies? Bimal Roy Himanshu Rai Guru Dutt Dadasaheb Phalke 6 Who played the role of 'Lajjashankar' in the Akshay Kumar starrer 'Sangharsh'? Ashutosh Rana Akshay Kumar Nirmal Pandey Milind Gunaji 7Who was the director of the Ashok Kumar starrer 'Achhut Kanya'? Chandulal Shah Franz Osten Nitin Bose Homi Wadia Who directed the film 'Thoda Sa Rumani Ho Jaye'? Govind Nihalani

Amol Palekar Shyam Benegal Hrishikesh Mukherjee 9Kumar Gaurav is the son-in-law of which actor? Sunil Dutt Rajesh Khanna Shammi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor 10 Who made his debut in the film 'Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne' by V. Shantaram? Jeetendra Dharmendra Dilip Kumar Rajendra Kumar Who wrote the novel 'Godan'? Bharatendu Harischandra Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay Munshi Premchand Harivansh Rai Bachchan 2 Which of these prizes did Jhumpa Lahiri win for her novel 'Interpreter of Maladies'? Pulitzer Booker

Templeton Sahitya Akademi 3Which Indian film maker was the winner of Magsaysay award in 1967? Mani Ratnam Shyam Benegal Satyajit Ray Kamal Haasan 4 Who has created the ragas called Gangeshwari, Rangeshwari and Parameshwari? Bhimsen Joshi Shiv Kumar Sharma Ravi Shankar Bismillah Khan 5Actor Haribhai Jariwala was better known by Rajendra Kumar Sanjeev Kumar Dharmendra Jeetendra 6 In comic strip, whose base of operations is Skull Cave? Garfield Phantom Popeye Calvin 7Which pop group released the album 'Woh Chali'?

Bombay Vikings Euphoria Colonial Cousins Stereo Nation 8 Who directed the film 'E.T. The ExtraTerrestrial'? Steven Spielberg Oliver Stone George Lucas Mike Nichols 9Who wrote 'The Vendor of Sweets'? R.K. Narayan Khushwant Singh Arun Shourie Githa Hariharan 10 Who is the youngest ever Academy Award winner? Tatum O' Neal Elizabeth Taylor Audrey Hepburn Anne Pacquin