Artist par excellence and creator of the bindu (1922-2016) Syed Haider Raza, popularly known as…
Browsing: Great Indians
A royal commander (1899-1964) Rajendrasinhji Jadeja was born on 15 June 1899 at Srodar in…
Ardent proponent and dancer of Odissi(1926-2004) Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, the Indian classical dancer, choreographer, guru,…
Undying love for theatre (1928-2016) Malayalam theatre lost one of its greatest stalwarts recently when…
The original ‘Mr. Universe’ (1912–2016) Manohar Aich, the first Indian to have bagged the Mr.…
A true feminist (1962 to 2016) “To live is the rarest thing in the world.…
The indomitable flying man (1921-2015) Hrushikesh Moolgavkar was born on 14 August 1921 in Mumbai,…
The human computer (1929-2013) Who can forget Shakuntala Devi, the ‘human computer’? A writer, mental…
‘Abhinaya’ was her forte (1928-2016) Kalanidhi Narayanan embarked on a career as a classical dancer…
Courageous soldier (1933-1972) Padamnabha Gautam (Bob) was the youngest of the three brothers who joined…