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57 Great Indian Personalities

Famous in India brings to you personalities who have made a difference to

India in the fields of politics, dance and music literature, science, religion,
industry, cinema etc. and contributed a lot to India’s culture and spirit. Each

one of them has contributed towards the progress of India in their own way.

Read the descriptions about some great people of the past. Try to identify
them. Take help from the pictures.

1. Born in 1469, he founded a religion, combining
the ideas of Hinduism and Islam.
__________________________
2. He gave up his princely life, wealth, family and
palace in search of truth. ____________________
Sri Aurobibndo
Lord Buddha 3. He was a man of honour and respect. He was a
key man in India’s nuclear and space programs.
__________________________
4. He worked towards the upliftment of his people
and not just towards his own salvation. He was
a karmayogi in the true sense of the world.
__________________________ Swami Vivekananda
Ashoka the Great
5. He was lovingly called the Father of Nation. He
launched three significant movement, Non-
Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Quit India
Movement. ________________________
6. He was a freedom fighter, English poet,
philospher and yogi. He joined the freedom
Mahatma Gandhi struggle in 1905. ________________________ Guru Nanak Dev
7. He was the greatest of the Mughal Emperors. He
founded a new religion called Din-e-Ilahi.
__________________________
8. Before becoming a peace loving Buddhist, he
was a great military leader. He fought the
Dr A P J Abdul Kalam famous battle of Kalinga. ____________________ Akbar the Great
This Corner

Dr A P J Abdul Kalam is no more among us but the important life lessons which he taught

will continue to inspire many generations to came. Dr Kalam once said, “Creativity in
children leads to a cultural of excellence”.

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