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Mahatma Gandhi
Bapu, Father of the Nation
1869 – 1948
🤯 He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times, but never won it.
Read the story →Shaheed Bhagat Singh
Shaheed-e-Azam
1907 – 1931
🤯 He left home when his family planned his marriage. He wrote that his life was given to the country.
Read the story →Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
Netaji
1897 – 1945
🤯 He was the first to call Gandhi "Father of the Nation", in a radio speech in 1944.
Read the story →Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
The Iron Man of India
1875 – 1950
🤯 Nobody wrote down his real birthday. He chose 31 October himself for a school form.
Read the story →Rani Lakshmibai
The Rani of Jhansi
1828 – 1858
🤯 She grew up in the court of the Peshwa at Bithoor, playing with Nana Sahib.
Read the story →Chandrashekhar Azad
Azad, the free one
1906 – 1931
🤯 He lived for a time as a sadhu named Harishankar Brahmachari, to hide from the police.
Read the story →Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lokmanya, loved by the people
1856 – 1920
🤯 He wrote a book called "The Arctic Home in the Vedas" about where the Vedas may have come from.
Read the story →Sarojini Naidu
The Nightingale of India
1879 – 1949
🤯 At about 12, she wrote a poem 1,300 lines long.
Read the story →Lala Lajpat Rai
Punjab Kesari, the Lion of Punjab
1865 – 1928
🤯 He helped start Punjab National Bank, a bank run by Indians, in the 1890s.
Read the story →Mangal Pandey
The first spark of 1857
1827 – 1857
🤯 Records say local hangmen refused to hang him, so men were brought from Kolkata.
Read the story →Raise children who know their roots
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