Famous Personalities

Born Eileen Angelina Yeoward, Gauhar Jaan was the first Indian artist to have recorded her voice on 78 rpm records that were released by the renowned Gramophone Company of India.

Khanna was completing his shift in the Sea Rock Sheraton hotel in Mumbai when found out about the news of rioters taking over the city. Following this, the staff was also barred from going out of the hotel.

Now we all know of Sachin's prowess as a cricketer, and it is also common knowledge that he is a very humble person. But another side of the master blaster, the one that cares and tends for animals, is not very well-known.

Besides flooring the audience and critics alike with her stellar performances, the young actress has now donned a new role—that of a waste warrior!

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports ook to Twitter to openly challenge sportspeople to share their favourite workout session with the online world.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy's views on social norms during his times are evident--he wanted to eradicate the dominance of superstitions and patriarchy from society. A staunch feminist, Roy strongly advocated for a women's right to property inheritance too.

Always vocal about the effects of the British Raj on India, Shashi Tharoor's recent speech at the Auckland Writers Festival touched the hearts of many– including one British man.

Nominated for the Nobel Prize nine times, ECG Sudershan made path-breaking discoveries in the field of quantum optics in an illustrious career spanning five decades.

On her birth centenary in 2018, Google paid a beautiful tribute to Mrinalini Sarabhai—the doyenne of Indian Classical Dance.

Such is their popularity and visibility across the world that no formal introduction is required for these eminent personalities.