For people of all age-groups, reading about the lives and times of great Indians is always inspiring and uplifting. For those looking for success and purpose in their lives can greatly benefit from this masterly work! This book presents insights on more than 100 famous Indians of the 20th century. The names range from eminent National Leaders,Great Scientists and Social Workers to Artists,Philosophers,Entrepreneures and personalities from the world of entertainment. Discover here- *How Mahatama Gandhi won freedom for India *Why Dr Swaminathan is called the father of the Green Revolution *What made Dhirubhai Ambani a great visionary industrialist *Why Rabindranath Tagore was lovingly called Gurudev *Why Satyajit Ray was honoured with a special Oscar for lifetime achievements by American Academy of Motion pictures...and much much more! Some of the other lives covered include:*Dr Zakir Hussain *JRD Tata *MS Obero *Ramnath Goenka *J C Bose *Homi Bhabha *Vinoba Bhave *Baba Amte *Mother Teresa *Harivansh Rai Bachchan *R K Narayan *Raja Ravi Varma *Amrita Shergil *Osho *J. Krishnamurti *Sri Aurobindo *Madhubala *Sam Manekshaw *Salim Ali and *V. Kurien from their early years to achievements in their specific fields,the book covers all the relevant details of their lives. As such it makes an excellent reading for students, teachers, parents and all professionals . #v&spublishers CONTENTS: 1. Freedom Fighters & Statesmen a) Mahatma Gandhi b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel c) Bhagat Singh d) Pt Jawaharlal Nehru e) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose f)) Jayprakash Narayan g) Lokmanya Tilak h) Madan Mohan Malaviya i) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad j) Veer Savarkar k) Aruna Asaf Ali l) Lala Lajpat Rai m) C. Rajagopalachari n) Lal Bahadur Shastri o) Dadabhai Naoroji p) Gopal Krishna Gokhale q) Chandra Shekhar Azad 2. Political Leaders a) Indira Gandhi b) Shyama Prasad Mukherjee c) Atal Behari Vajpayee d) Dr Zakir Hussain e) Rajiv Gandhi f) Dr Ram Manohar Lohia g) Jyoti Basu h) Chandrababu Naidu i) Bidhan Chandra Roy 3. Industrialists & Entrepreneurs a) JRD Tata b) Ghanshyam Das Birla c) Dhirubhai Ambani d) Mohan Singh Oberoi e) Ramnath Goenka f) N.R. Narayana Murthy g) Sabeer Bhatia h)Shiv Nadar i) Harprasad Nanda j) Laxman Rao Kirloskar m) Karsanbhai Patel n) Keshub Mahindra o) Azim H. Premji p) Sir Shri Ram q) Ardeshir Burjorji Godrej 4. Scientists a) Jagadish Chandra Bose b) M.S. Swaminathan c) Sir C.V. Raman d) Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha e) Dr Vikram Sarabhai f) Dr M. Visvesvaraya g) Dr Raja Ramanna h) Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 5. Social Reformers a) Maharishi Karve b) Baba Amte c) Vinoba Bhave d) Ela Bhatt e) Mother Teresa f) Dr B.R. Ambedkar 6. Poets & Writers a) Rabindranath Tagore b) Sharat Chandra c) Chatterjee d) Premchand e) ‘Jigar’ Moradabadi f) ‘Josh’ Malihabadi g) Harivansh Rai Bachchan h) ‘Agyeya i) Akhilan j) Umashankar Joshi k) Salman Rushdie l) R.K. Narayan 7. Artists a) Raja Ravi Varma b) Nandalal Bose c) Amrita Shergil d) Maqbool Fida Husain e) M.S. Subbulakshmi f) Lata Mangeshkar g) Poets & Writers h) Vallathol Narayan Menon i) Kamladevi Chattopadhyay j) Pt. Ravi Shankar k) Rukmini Devi Arundale 8. Philosophers & Thinkers a) Dr S. Radhakrishnan b) Jiddu Krishnamurthi c) Swami Chinmayananda d) Osho Rajneesh e) Sri Aurobindo 9. Film Personalities a) Dadasaheb Phalke b) Madhubala c) Durga Khote d) Satyajit Ray e) Prithviraj Kapoor f) Raj Kapoor g) Amitabh Bachchan h) M.G. Ramachandran i) Dilip Kumar j) Meena Kumari k) Dhyan Chand l) Sunil Gavaskar m) P.T. Usha n) Viswanathan Anand 10. Sporting Legends a) Sachin Tendulkar b) Mihir Sen c) Kapil Dev d) Jamnalal Bajaj e) Amartya Kumar Sen f) Tenzing Norgay 11. Miscellaneous a) Sam Manekshaw b) Salim Ali c) Dr Verghese Kurien