Narendra Modi grew up in the Indian town of Vadnagar, the son of a street merchant. He entered politics as a youth and quickly rose through the ranks of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a Hindu nationalist political party. Modi joined the mainstream Bharatiya Janata Party in 1987, eventually becoming national secretary. Elected prime minister of India … Read more
Birth: 24 February 1948, Mysore, India Work area: Former actress, politician Jayalalitha Jayaram is the general secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Anna DMK) and the Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu. He is one of the few ex-eminent superstars who not only earned a reputation in the field of cinema … Read more
Born: June 27, 1880Tuscumbia, AlabamaDied: June 1, 1968Westport, ConnecticutAmerican activist for the physically disabled Though both blind and deaf, American lecturer and author Helen Keller (1880–1968) traveled the world over, fighting for improvement in the education and life of the physically handicapped. Helen becomes deaf and blind Helen Adams Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, … Read more
We know about Gandhi, Nehru, and Bhagat Singh in our study of the Indian Freedom struggle movement. When it comes to women, we only speak about Rani Laxmibai’s contribution to the revolution of 1857. However, other women freedom fighters contributed heavily to the Indian Independence Movement. Amongst the women who contributed to the independence of … Read more
Kamala Surayya / Suraiyya formerly known as Kamala Das , (also known as Kamala Madhavikutty, pen name was Madhavikutty) was a major Indian English poet and littérateur and at the same time a leading Malayalam author from Kerala, India. Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, … Read more
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was the leader of Germany during the Third Reich (1933–1945). He was the primary instigator of both the Second World War in Europe and the mass execution of millions of people deemed to be “enemies,” or inferior to the Aryan ideal. He rose from being a talentless painter to the dictator of Germany and, … Read more
Rolihlahla Mandela was born into the Madiba clan in the village of Mvezo, in the Eastern Cape, on 18 July 1918. His mother was Nonqaphi Nosekeni and his father was Nkosi Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, principal counsellor to the Acting King of the Thembu people, Jongintaba Dalindyebo. In 1930, when he was 12 years old, his father … Read more