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Chandrashekhar Azad

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Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari (pronunciationⓘ;[2] 23 July 1906 – 27 February 1931), popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA) after the death of its founder, Ram Prasad Bismil, and three other prominent party leaders, Roshan Singh, Rajendra Nath Lahiri and Ashfaqulla Khan. He hailed from Bardarka village in Unnao district of United Provinces and his parents were Sitaram Tiwari and Jagrani Devi. He often used the pseudonym “Balraj” while signing pamphlets issued as the commander-in-chief of the HSRA.[3]

Shishunala Sharif

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Santa Shishunala Sharifa was born on 7 March 1819 in Shishuvinahala, a village in Shigganvi (now Shiggaon) taluk (in Haveri district), Karnataka. He was the son of Imam Saheb, who was a disciple of Hajaresha Qadri, whose dream was to unite Hinduism and Islam. Hajaresha Qadri used to give “Linga Deeksha”, or initiation by tying a linga around the neck of a disciple, as per the Lingayat tradition. His father used to teach him Ramayana, Mahabharata, and even the teachings of Allama Prabhu. Legend has it that Shishunala Sharifa was conceived with the blessings of Basavanna.

When Sharifa was a boy, he was taught the tenets of both religions. In his birthplace Shishuvinahala, both Hindus and Muslims revere him as a saint at the same temple.

Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar

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Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1902 until his death in 1940.

Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV is popularly deemed a rajarshi, or ‘saintly king’, a moniker with which Mahatma Gandhi revered the king in 1925 for his administrative reforms and achievements.^[1]^[2] He was a philosopher king, seen by Paul Brunton as living the ideal expressed in Plato‘s Republic.^[3] Herbert Samuel compared him to Emperor Ashoka. Acknowledging the maharaja’s noble and efficient kingship, John Sankey declared in 1930 at the first Round Table Conference in London, “Mysore is the best administered state in the world”.^[4]^[5] He is often regarded as the “father of modern Mysore” and his reign the “golden age of Mysore”.^[6] Madan Mohan Malaviya described the maharaja as “dharmic” (virtuous in conduct). John Gunther, the American author, heaped praise on the king. In an obituary, The Times called him “a ruling prince second to none in esteem and affection inspired by both his impressive administration and his attractive personality”.^[7]

At the time of his death, Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was one of the world’s wealthiest men, with a personal fortune estimated in 1940 to be worth US$400 million, equivalent to $7 billion in 2018 prices.^[8] He was the second-wealthiest Indian, after Osman Ali Khan, the Nizam of Hyderabad.

Mayurasharma

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Mayurasharma or Mayuravarma (reigned 345–365 CE), a native of Talagunda (in modern Shimoga district), was the founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of Banavasi, the earliest native kingdom to rule over what is today the modern state of Karnataka, India.^[1]^[2] Before the rise of the Kadambas, the centres of power ruling the land were outside the Karnataka region; thus the Kadambas’ ascent to power as an independent geo-political entity, with Kannada, the language of the soil as a major regional language, is a landmark event in the history of modern Karnataka with Mayurasharma as an important historical figure. The earliest Kannada language inscriptions are attributed to the Kadambas of Banavasi.^[3]

Aryabhatta

admin — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 13:06:39 +0000

Aryabhata ( ISO: Āryabhaṭa) or Aryabhata I^[3]^[4] (476–550 CE)^[5]^[6] was the first of the major mathematician–astronomers from the classical age of Indian mathematics and Indian astronomy. His works include the Āryabhaṭīya (which mentions that in 3600 Kali Yuga, 499 CE, he was 23 years old)^[7] and the Arya-siddhanta.

For his explicit mention of the relativity of motion, he also qualifies as a major early physicist.^[8]

Sudha & Narayana Murthy

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Sudha Murty (née Kulkarni; born 19 August 1950) is an Indian educator, author, and philanthropist. She is married to the co-founder of Infosys, N. R. Narayana Murty. She is the Founder-Chairperson of the non-profit charitable organization Infosys Foundation. In 2024, Murty was nominated as Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha on 8 March 2024 for her contribution to social work and education. Murty was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, for social work by the Government of India in 2006.^[1] In 2023, she was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in India.^[2]

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy (born 20 August 1946) is an Indian billionaire businessman. He is one of the seven co-founders of Infosys,^[5] and has previously served as the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), president, and chief mentor^[6] of the company before retiring and taking the title chairman emeritus.^[7]^[8]^[9] As of April 2023, his net worth was estimated to be $4.1 billion, making him the 711th richest person in the world according to Forbes.^[10]

Annie Besant

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Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women’s rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism.[1][2] She was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.[1] She became the first female president of the Indian National Congress in 1917.

Amoghavarsha

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Amoghavarsha I (also known as Amoghavarsha Nrupatunga I) (r. 814 – 878 CE) was the greatest emperor of the Rashtrakuta dynasty, and one of the most notable monarchs of Early Medieval India. His reign of 64 years is one of the longest precisely dated monarchical reigns on record. Many Kannada and Sanskrit scholars prospered during his rule, including the great Indian mathematician Mahaviracharya who wrote Ganita-sara-samgraha, Jinasena, Virasena, Shakatayan and Sri Vijaya (a Kannada language theorist).^[1]

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

admin — Wed, 30 Aug 2023 00:56:16 +0000

Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, AC (15 March 1977 – 28 November 2008) was an Indian Army officer, who was serving in the 51 Special Action Group of the National Security Guard on deputation. He was killed during the November 2008 Mumbai attacks^[2] and was posthumously awarded the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, on 26 January 2009.^[3]

D.V Gundappa

admin — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:03:23 +0000

Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa (17 March 1887 – 7 October 1975), popularly known as DVG, was an Indian writer, poet and philosopher in Kannada-language. He is one of the stalwarts of modern Kannada literature. His most notable work is the Mankuthimmana Kagga (“Dull Thimma’s Rigmarole”, 1943), which is similar to the wisdom poems of the late medieval poet Sarvajna.^[2]