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Raman Viswanathan (1899–1982) was an Indian chest physician, medical mycologist and pulmonologist, considered by many as the father of Chest Medicine in India.He was the founder director of Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, a postgraduate medical institute based in Delhi. An elected fellow of the American College…
Khushwant Singh (born Khushal Singh, 2 February 1915 – 20 March 2014) was an Indian novelist, lawyer, journalist and politician. He was raised in New Delhi, he studied law at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, and King's College London. After working as a lawyer in Lahore Court for eight years, he joined the Indian Foreign…
Jaideva Singh (19 September 1893 in Shoratgarh, Uttar Pradesh – 27 May 1986 in Banaras) was an Indian musicologist and philosopher. He played a key role in the development of All India Radio where he was chief producer.He was influenced by the Indian musicologist Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande. Singh was a renowned scholar…
Hasmukh Dhirajlal Sankalia (હસમુખ ધીરજલાલ સાંકળિયા) (10 December 1908 - 28 January 1989) was an Indian archaeologist, specialising in Proto- and Ancient Indian history. He is considered to have pioneered archaeological excavation techniques in India, with several significant discoveries from the Prehistoric period to his…
Sukhlal Sanghvi (1880–1978), also known as Pandit Sukhlalji, was a Jain scholar and philosopher. He belonged to the Sthanakvasi sect of Jainism.Pandit Sukhlal lost his eyesight at the age of sixteen on account of smallpox. However, he overcame this handicap and became profoundly versed in Jain…
Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan (1913–2001) was an Indian plant pathologist, academic and the director of the Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany of the University of Madras. He was the founder of the School of Physiological Plant Pathology at Madras University and was a recipient of the Shanti Swarup…
Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy (16 November 1908 – 8 November 1977) was an Indian film director and an early figure in the Telugu cinema. He was eldest of the three brothers; others are B. Nagi Reddy and B. N. Konda Reddy. He was popularly known as B.…
Habib Rahman, the architect of independent India was one of the visionaries who laid the foundation of the architectural vocabulary of independent India by playing a pivot role in shaping the modern architecture of Delhi. Habib Rahman, the inscriber of…
Jayant Pandurang Naik, also known as J. P. Naik (September 5, 1907 – August 30, 1981) was an Indian educator. A great humanist, freedom fighter, polymath, encyclopedic thinker and socialist educationist. Recognized by the UNESCO alongside Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi as three pioneering…
Mogubai Kurdikar (15 July 1904 – 10 February 2001) was a renowned Hindustani classical music vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana. Mogu Kurdikar was born in the village of Kurdi in the then Portuguese Goa. In 1913, when she was ten years old, her mother, Jayashreebāi, took her to…