A daring freedom fighter and a fearless revolutionary, Chandra Shekhar was born on 23 July 1906 in Bhavra, Madhya Pradesh. Involved in incidents such as Kakori Train Robbery, assembly bomb incident and the shooting of Saunders at Lahore, to avenge the killing of Lala Lajpat Rai, he was the face of revolutionary India. Son of Pandit Sitaram Tiwari and Jagarani Devi, he received his early education at Bhavra and was sent to the Sanskrit Pathshala [...]
Birbal, the famous historical character, was born as Mahesh Das, in 1528, in a very poor Brahman family, in a place called Trivikrampur, situated on the banks of river Yamuna. He was a prime member of the group of nine members, known as the ‘Nava Ratnas’, the inner council of advisors, for the Mughal emperor Akbar. Birbal was mostly entitled to the administrative and military duties but was very close to Akbar who loved his [...]
Bipin Chandra Pal Biography Bipin Chandra Pal (1858-1932) was a noted politician, journalist, an eminent orator and one of the three famous patriots, known as the trilogy of Lal Bal Pal. The other two were Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. He was one of the main architects of the Swadeshi movement. He stood against the partition of West Bengal. Pal was born on November 7, 1858 in at Sylhet (now in Bangladesh). He [...]
Kanishka was a king of the Kushana Empire in South Asia. He was famous for his military, political and spiritual achievements, and along with Ashoka and Harshavardhana is considered to be the greatest king by Buddhists. He had a vast empire, it extended from Oxus in the East to Varanasi in the West, and from Kashmir in the North to the coast of Gujarat including Malwa in the South. The date of his accession to [...]
Jijabai Biography Jijabai (1594-1674) was the mother of Shivaji, the legendary Maratha king and warrior who stood strong against the rivaling Mughal Empire. Jijabai was born in 1594 in the town of Sindhkhed in Maharashtra. Her father was an eminent Maratha Sardar and nobleman named Lakhuji Jadhavrao, while her mother was Malasa Bai. Her father served the NizamShahi of Ahmednagar and was proud of his high position and status. Marriage came very early to Jijabai’s [...]
Jehangir was a Mughal emperor who ascended the throne after his father Akbar. He was born on 9th September 1569 at Fatehpur Sikri and was named Prince Muhammad Salim. He was given the best education possible and from the age of four, he learned Persian, Arabic, Hindi, history, arithmetic, geography and other branches of science from scholarly tutors like Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khana. His relationship with his father was bitter but later reconciled with him and [...]
Jatindra Mohan Sengupta was one of the active rebels who fought for India’s freedom. He was born in Baramw, in Chittagong district, Bangladesh in 1885. Son of Jatra Mohan Sengupta, a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council and an advocate, Jatindra Mohan Sengupta studied in Presidency College, Kolkata. In 1904, he traveled to England to attain his bachelors degree in law. During his stay in England, he fell in love with an English lady [...]
Iltutmish belonged to the slave dynasty and succeeded to the throne after Qutub-ud-din-Aibak. He was one of the leading rulers of the Delhi Sultanate and played a key role in extending the empire to a large part of the country. He was a Turk, who belonged to the Ilbari tribe. Qutub-ud-din-Aibak, who was at that time the Viceroy of Delhi was impressed by his intelligence and bravery and purchased him. Gradually, he rose to a [...]
Ibrahim Lodhi Biography Ibrahim Lodhi an Afghan by blood was the last ruler of the Lodhi dynasty. He succeeded his father Sikander Lodhi but could not match his ability as a ruler. He was defeated by Babur in the battle of Panipat which saw the end of Delhi Sultanate and the beginning of the Mughal reign. When Sikander died and Ibrahim ascended the throne, he faced resistance from a faction of the nobility.They advocated a [...]
Hyder Ali Biography Hyder Ali (1722-1782) was a great Indian general whose outstanding martial splendor saw him become the factual ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in south-western India. He married Fakhr-un-nissa (Fatima Begum), to become the father of the great warrior-ruler Tipu Sultan, where together they fought many a gallant battle opposing the British invasion in India. Haidar Ali is believed to have been born in 1722, while other sources state 1717 as his [...]
