Biographies for Kids

Name: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Syama Prasad Mookerjee / श्यामा प्रसाद मुखर्जी) Born: July 6, 1901 – Calcutta (Kolkata), India Died: June 23, 1953 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India Party: Bharatiya Jana Sangh Other political affiliations: Indian National Congress (1929–1930) | Hindu Mahasabha (till 1948) Profession: Politician, Barrister, Activist, Academician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, the son of eminent educationist and Calcutta University Vice …

Name: Bidhan Chandra Roy Born: 1 July 1882, Bankipore, Patna, India Died: 1 July 1962, Kolkata Party: Indian National Congress Awards: Bharat Ratna Profession: Physician, Politician, Educationist – Chief Minister of West Bengal (1962–1962) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, one of the very few people who are talented enough to acquire both the M.R.C.P. and F.R.C.S. degrees, was an eminent physician, …

Sant Kabir, is considered to be one of the greatest poets as well as mystics ever born in India. He believed that human beings are equal and being one with God is the ultimate aim of every individual. His love and devotion towards the Supreme One clearly reflects in his poetry. The Holy Guru Granth Sahib contains over 500 verses …

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 …