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In 1928, the old dream of an eighteen-year-old boy clashed with the traditional thinking of his father. The father—a lawyer by profession, wanted his son to become an engineer—a traditional dream of every father.

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was born on November 14, 1889 at Allahabad. After initial schooling he was sent to England, where he received his education at Harrow and Trinity College. He took a leading role in the national movement…

The name of Sri Ramakrishna is now well-known in the religious world. He is regarded as an avatara or incarnation of God by his innumerable followers all over the world.

Dadabhai Naoroji was born in Bombay, in 1825. He came of a Parsee priest family. He lost his father when he was quite young. The charge of his education fell upon his mother.

When America became free the name of George Washington became a household word in America. His name is even now a household word in America. India also has been made free from the British rule.

In the nineteenth century many great men were born in India and particularly in Bengal of the time. Swami Vivekananda was one of the foremost of them.

The name of Sir Ashutosh Mookherjee is well-known in India and especially in Bengal. He was best known as ‘the Tiger of Bengal’.

Everybody in India has heard the name of Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. He was one of the greatest men of modern India.

Jamsetjee Nusserwanji Tata was born in 1830 at Navasari, a town near Surat in then Bombay Presidency. His father was a Parsee businessman. He did not receive good education in his boyhood.

Many people of West Bengal know Haji Mohammad Mohsin’s name. He was born at Hooghly in 1732. He came of a respectable Persian family. They came from Persia and made Hooghly their permanent home.

The name of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is a household word in India. His name is also known all over the world as a great statesman and lover of peace. Indeed he was one of the greatest men of his age in the world.

The name of Mahatma Gandhi is a household word in India. He was one of the three Indians who have attained world-wide fame in modern times. These three Indians are Rabindranath, Gandhiji and Jawaharlal.

The common people of India may not know the name of Utkalmani Gopabandhu Das as well as they know the names of Mahatma Gandhi, Babu Rajendra Prasad, Pandit…

Even the common people of India know the names of great men like Mahatma Gandhi, Deshbandhu C.R. Das, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Netaji Subhas Bose, etc. They have got all-India fame.

The tenth and the last guru of the Sikhs. The tenth and the last guru of the Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh, was a saint, soldier, poet, philosopher and great revolutionary.

The Father of New India and the saviors of the Hindus. Born on February 12, 1824, Swami Dayanand (originally named Moolshankar) mastered the four Vedas at an early age…