101 Inspiring Essays

Dr Hakim Ajmal Khan was a noted Indian freedom fighter, renowned physician and educationalist. He was the founder of the Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. Hakim Ajmal Khan was born in 1863 in Delhi. His family, a distinguished line of physicians descended from the army of Babar, the founder of the Mughal Empire in India. […]

Senapati Bapat was born in Ahmednagar, a district of Maharashtra, on November 12, 1880. He was fearless as a child. Having once almost drowned in a nearby stream, he didn’t think twice of venturing into the stream again. He brought this same dedication and fearlessness to the aid of his motherland.Bapat was educated in Edinburgh,

Born on November 19, 1848, Surendranath Banerjee had his early education in Calcutta. He appeared for the Indian Civil Service Examination in London and started his career in 1871 as an Assistant Magistrate. He had to leave the service on his dismissal on a flimsy charge. He went back to England and prepared himself for

Vengalil Krishnan (V.K.) Menon was an Indian nationalist and politician. Menon was born at Panniyankara in Calicut, Kerala, into the powerful Vengalil family of South India. He was the grandson of the Raja of Kartanad and the first son of a successful lawyer of the Calicut bar, Komath Krishna Kurup, one of Kerala’s richest men

Benoy Krishna Basu was an Bengali Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. Benoy Basu was born on 11 September 1908, in the village Rohitbhog in the Munshiganj District, now in Bangladesh. His father, Rebatimohan Basu was an engineer. After passing the matriculation examination in Dhaka, Benoy enrolled into the Mitford Medical School (now Sir Salimullah Medical

Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade was a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress and owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee at the centre, and the judge of Bombay High Court.A well-known public figure, his personality as

Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. He was born on 18 February 1823 in Pune. His original surname was Shidhaye. Because of ‘Vatan’ that he had received he was later called as Deshmukh. Deshmukh started his career as a translator for the government then under British Raj. In 1867, the government

Swami Brahmananda, born Rakhal Chandra Ghosh, was one of the direct disciples of Ramakrishna and the first president of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission. Rakhal Chandra Ghosh (Swami Brahmananda) was born on 21 January 1863 at Sikra Kulingram, a village 39 km from Calcutta, in present North 24 Parganas district. His father Ananda Mohan

Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (18th Feburary 1486—1534) was born in Mayarpur in the town of Nadia. In his eighth year he was admitted into the Tol of Gangadas Pandit in Ganganagar close by the village of Mayapur. In two years, he became well read in Sanskrit Grammar and Rhetoric. His readings after that were of the nature

Dr Sampurnanand (1 January 1891—7 March 1969) was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. He was served as the second Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1954 to 1960. If single tenures in the office of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers are only considered, then Dr Sampurnanand had the longest stretch from 28

Rishi Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (27 June 1838—8 April 1894) was a Bengali writer, poet and journalist. He was the composer of India’s national song Vande Mataram, originally a Bengali and Sanskrit stotra personifying India as a mother goddess and inspiring the activists during the Indian Freedom Movement. Bankim Chandra wrote 13 novels and several ‘serious,

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan (1890—20th January 1988) was an independence activist of Pashtun descent. He was a political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to the British Raj in British India, and a lifelong pacifist and devout Muslim. A close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, Gaffar Khan has been called the “Frontier Gandhi” by

Usha Mehta (March 25, 1920—August 11, 2000) was a Gandhian and freedom fighter of India. She is also remembered for organizing the Congress Radio, also called the Secret Congress Radio, an underground radio station, which functioned for few months during the Quit India Movement of 1942. In 1998, the Government of India conferred on her

Gopinath Bordoloi was the first Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam, and also a leading Indian independence activist. He was a follower of the Gandhian principle of non-violence as a political tool. Due to his unselfish dedication towards Assam and its people, the then Governor of Assam Jayram Das Doulatram conferred him with

Dr Zakir Hussain (February 1897—3 May 1969) was the 3rd President of India, from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3 May 1969. An educationist and intellectual, Hussain was the country’s first Muslim president. He previously served as Governor of Bihar from 1957 to 1962 and as Vice-President of India from 1962 to 1967.Zakir