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अश्वघोष महान कवि, दार्शनिक, नाटककार, संगीतकार थे। वह सातवाहन शासक यज्ञश्री शतकर्णी के समकालीन थे। वह कनिष्क प्रथम (78 ई.) की राजसभा में थे। उन्होंने बौद्ध धर्म के बारे में कई ग्रंथ लिखे। उन्होंने बुद्धचरित, सौंदरानंद, शारिपुत्र प्रकरण, महायान श्रद्धोत्पाद व सूत्रालंका आदि ग्रंथों की रचना की। संस्कृत के कवियों में अश्वघोष का नाम उल्लेखनीय है। उन्होंने बौद्ध धर्म के …

Charan Singh Biography: Few political leaders in the country could match Shri Charan Singh in their command of popular will at the grass-roots level. A dedicated public worker and staunch believer in social justice, Shri Charan Singh’s strength stemmed essentially from the confidence he enjoyed among millions of peasants. Name: Charan Singh Born: 23 December 1902 Noorpur, Meerut district, United …

Veer Savarkar Biography: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, also commonly known as Veer Savarkar, was an Indian politician, activist, and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalist political ideology of Hindutva while imprisoned at Ratnagiri in 1922. He was a leading figure in the Hindu Mahasabha. Name: Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (Veer Savarkar, Swatantryaveer Savarkar) Born: May 28, 1883 Bhagur, Nasik Died: February 26, …

Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a great social reformer of India. He was born on May 22, 1772 in a Brahmin family in Bengal. As a student he learnt many languages like Bengali, Urdu, Sanskrit, English, Arabic, Latin, French, Persian etc. He was given the title Raja by the Mughal emperor for winning a case for him. Raja Ram Mohan …

Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861 in the Jorasanko mansion in Kolkata. He was the youngest son of Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. His father was a leader of the Brahmo Samaj, which was a new religious sect in nineteenth-century Bengal and which attempted a revival of the ultimate monistic basis of Hinduism as laid down in the …

Guru Amar Das Biography: Guru Amar Das – (05 May, 1479 – 01 September, 1574), sometimes spelled as Guru Amardas, was the third of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism and became Sikh Guru on 26 March 1552 at age 73. Name: Guru Amar Das Born: 05 May, 1479 AD, Amritsar, Punjab Death: 01 September, 1574 AD, Goindwal Sahib, Taran Taran …

Surdas, is one of the people who had great influence on the cultural heritage of India. He was a poet, a saint and a musician and played all the parts with the same finesse. Since there are no authentic records on the life of Surdas, his biography comes up as a combination of facts and fiction. Surdas Biography: Name:  Surdas …

Born: September 28, 1907, Punjab, India 1930: Threw bombs in Central Assembly Hall, protesting on imposing severe measures like the Trades Disputes Bill by the Britishers. 1930: Went on hunger strike to protest the inhuman treatment of fellow-political prisoners by jail authorities. 1930: Sukh Dev and Raj Guru, he was awarded the death sentence. Cremated on the bank of the …

Ramakrishna Paramahansa — Ramakrishna was one of the greatest religious leaders ever born in India. He believed that every individual must have only one aim in life i.e., the realization of the Ultimate Reality. To achieve this aim, one of the preconditions is the purity of mind. He also played a significant role in the Bengal Renaissance of the 19th …

Chandra Shekhar Tiwari, 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 Badarka in Unnao district …