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Emperors and queens, scientists and singers, saints and freedom fighters.
Chandragupta Maurya
Founder of the Mauryan Empire
Chanakya (Kautilya)
Teacher, strategist, and kingmaker
Ashoka the Great
Emperor who chose peace
Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
Golden age Gupta ruler
Aryabhata
Mathematician who measured the sky
Gautama Buddha
The Awakened One
Rajaraja Chola I
Builder of the Chola sea power
Akbar the Great
Mughal emperor of tolerance
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj
Founder of the Maratha empire
Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Founder of Sikhism
Meerabai
The saint-poet of Krishna
Tipu Sultan
Tiger of Mysore
Rani Lakshmibai
Warrior queen of Jhansi
Mahatma Gandhi
Father of the Nation
Bhagat Singh
Revolutionary of Punjab
Subhas Chandra Bose
Netaji of the Azad Hind Fauj
Rabindranath Tagore
Poet of the world
Sarojini Naidu
The Nightingale of India
Swami Vivekananda
Monk who spoke to the world
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Iron Man of India
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Architect of the Constitution
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of India
C. V. Raman
Nobel physicist of light
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
The Missile Man & People's President
Vikram Sarabhai
Father of the Indian space programme
Kalpana Chawla
First woman of Indian origin in space
Lata Mangeshkar
The Nightingale of Bollywood
Mother Teresa
The saint of Calcutta
Rajendra Prasad
First President of India
Indira Gandhi
India's first woman Prime Minister
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Poet, orator, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh
Economist and Prime Minister
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime Minister who said 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan'
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Father of the Bengal Renaissance
Savitribai Phule
Pioneer of girls' education in India
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Scholar-reformer of Bengal
Srinivasa Ramanujan
The man who knew infinity
Homi J. Bhabha
Father of India's nuclear programme
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Physicist, biologist, inventor
Satyendra Nath Bose
The Bose in 'boson'
Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate in Economics
Munshi Premchand
Novelist of the Indian village
R. K. Narayan
Storyteller of Malgudi
Kabir
Weaver-poet of the Bhakti movement
Mahadevi Verma
Modern Meera of Hindi poetry
Ravi Shankar
Sitar maestro to the world
M. S. Subbulakshmi
Queen of Carnatic music
Bhimsen Joshi
Voice of the Kirana gharana
Ustad Bismillah Khan
Shehnai maestro of Banaras
Raja Ravi Varma
Painter who gave India's gods a face
Satyajit Ray
Filmmaker who took India to the world
M. F. Husain
India's barefoot modernist
Major Dhyan Chand
The wizard of hockey
Milkha Singh
The Flying Sikh
Sachin Tendulkar
The little master of cricket
P. T. Usha
Payyoli Express
Dilip Kumar
The tragedy king of Hindi cinema
Kishore Kumar
Singer, actor, one-man orchestra
Gargi Vachaknavi
Vedic philosopher and debater
Rani Rudrama Devi
Warrior queen of the Kakatiyas
Rani Abbakka Chowta
Queen who fought the Portuguese
Ahilyabai Holkar
Philosopher-queen of Malwa
Begum Hazrat Mahal
Rebel regent of Awadh
Matangini Hazra
Gandhi Buri — the old lady of Tamluk
Anandibai Joshi
India's first woman doctor of Western medicine
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Freedom fighter and champion of handicrafts
Amrita Sher-Gil
Pioneering modern Indian painter
Kiran Bedi
India's first woman IPS officer
Jamsetji Tata
Founder of the Tata Group and father of Indian industry
Ghanshyam Das Birla
Industrialist and financier of the freedom movement
J. R. D. Tata
Aviation pioneer and long-time Tata chairman
Dhirubhai Ambani
Founder of Reliance Industries
Verghese Kurien
Milkman of India and architect of Operation Flood
N. R. Narayana Murthy
Co-founder of Infosys
Azim Premji
Chairman of Wipro and one of India's largest philanthropists
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Founder of Biocon and pioneer of Indian biotech
Sundar Pichai
CEO of Google and Alphabet
Satya Nadella
CEO of Microsoft