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प्यारे बापू – आदित्य चोटिया

राष्ट्रपिता तुम कहलाते हो, सभी प्यार से कहते बापू। तुमने हम सबको मार्ग दिखाया, सत्य अहिंसा का पाठ पढ़ाया। हम सब तेरी संतानें हैं, तुम हो हमारे प्यारे बापू। सीधा – सादा वेश तुम्हारा, नहीं कोई अभिमान। खादी की एक धोती पहने, वाह रे बापू तेरी शान। एक लाठी के दम पर तुमने, अंग्रेजों की जड़ें हिलाई। भारत माँ को आज़ाद कराया, …

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Who was Hermann Kallenbach?

Hermann Kallenbach (1871–1945) was a South African architect who is best known for being a very close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, starting from the latter’s early days in South Africa. Kallenbach was born in 1871 in East Prussia to a German-Jewish family. He went to study architecture in Stuttgart and Munich. In 1896, he went to South Africa, where he …

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Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan

Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (born 7 August 1925) is an Indian agricultural scientist. He currently serves as a Member of Parliament from Rajya Sabha and is also member of the National Advisory Council. Swaminathan is known as the “Father of the Green Revolution in India”, for his leadership and success in introducing and further developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. …

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Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi

Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (M.S. Subbulakshmi), the nightingale of Carnatic music was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu on September 16, 1916 to noted Veena player Shanmukhavadivu and lawyer Subramania Iyer. Young Kunchamma as she was called and her siblings was brought up in a musical environment in her home close to the Madurai Meenakshi Temple. Her grand mother Akkammal was a …

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