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Aurobindo Ghosh was born in Calcutta on August 15, 1872. His father was Krishnadhan and his mother was Swarnalata Devi. His father was educated in England and was a qualified doctor. In the early years of his life Aurobindo was sent to the Loreto Convent School in Darjeeling. After that he was sent to England to pursue his higher studies. There he became fluent in Latin and Greek languages and also got some prizes. In the year 1890 he got the admission in the Cambridge and established himself in the lines of literary classics.
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The real name of Swami Vivekananda was Narendra Nath Dutta. His parents were Vishwanath Dutta and Bhuwaneshwari Devi. Narendra was born in Calcutta on 12th January 1863. As the other children of his age Narendra was very energetic and naughty. Since his boyhood he possessed a distinctive leadership quality and curiosity which grew with him as he grown himself. He had never ending thirst for knowledge. Narendra was very good at meditating and such a great was his concentration that nothing can disturb his concentration with a result he developed a very sharp memory with quick learning ability.
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The description of Indian freedom struggle can not be completed without mentioning the name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. He has made a distinguished mark on the Indian history by his sacrifice. Bhagat Singh was born in the village Banga in Layalpur district of then Punjab. His parents were Sardar Kishan Singh and Vidyavati. The family of Bhagat Singh was actively involved in the freedom movement of India. His father and Uncle Ajit Singh was member of the Ghaddar Party thus patriotism was present in him since birth.
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The name of Mother Teresa is not unfamiliar among us but a select few know about her in detail. Mother Teresa was born on August 10, 1910 in Uskub (Kosovo), her name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu and her parents were Nikollë and Dranafille Bojaxhiu. She lost her father at the tender age of 7. Slowly she developed a liking for the missionary life and the services and at the age of 12, she could feel that god is calling her. At the age of 18 years she left her parental home at Skopje and went to the Sisters of Loreto and joined them. The Sisters of Loreto was an Irish community of Nuns who had Missions in India. She was sent to Calcutta in India, where she taught in Saint Mary’s High School from 1931 to 1948. During her tenure she came in touch with the poverty and suffering of the people present outside, this moved the heart of Mother and forced her to ask for permission to work for them.
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Lala Lajpat Rai was born on 28th January, 1865 in the village Dhudike in the Moga District of Punjab. His Father was Munshi Radha Kishan Azad and mother was Gulab Devi. After the schooling Lajpat Rai joined the Government College at Lahore in the year 1880 to study the law. While at the college he met with some great patriots like Lala Hans Raj and Pundit Guru Dutt. Later on all three friends joined the movement called Arya Samaj. In the year 1885 he passed the examination and started the practice in Hissar a district of Haryana (then Punjab). Lala Lajpat Rai slowly began to take interest in the social and political activities. He was also elected to the municipality of Hissar as a member and as a secretary.
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Dr. Rajendra Prasad was born to the family of Mahadev Sahai and Kamaleshwari Devi on 3rd December, 1884 in the Zeradei village of the District Siwan in Bihar. At the age of five Rajendra was sent to a Maulvi to learn Persian language which was prevalent in the society at that time. After that he joined the District school of Chhapra to get the primary education. Meanwhile at the age of 12 he got married to Rajvanshi Devi. Rajendra Prasad was a brilliant student.
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a vibrant personality in the Indian national Movement scenario. He was born in 23rd July, 1856 in village Chikhali near Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. His father, Gangadhar Ramchandra Tilak was an eminent scholar of Sanskrit. From the very young age he was a very brilliant student and received modern education. While Tilak was a student, he was married to a 10 year old girl named Satyabhama. After his graduation, he further continued to get his LL.B degree. Tilak started his career as a teacher in Pune and later on he shifted to the Journalism. He was critical of the western style of education; his feeling about the system was that it was meaningless and insolent to the Indian heritage.
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The Name of Subhash Chandra Bose is not anonymous to any Indian because of his ardent stance against the British Raj and his hate for colonial imperialism. Subhash was born on 23rd January 1897 in Cuttak, Orissa. His father was Janakinath Bose and mother was Prabhavati Devi. Subhash got his education from Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack, Scottish Church College, Calcutta and Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University. After coming back to India, accepting the challenge of his father he cleared the Indian Civil Services examinations in the year 1920, but lateron in the year 1921 he resigned from the service.
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Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was born in Calcutta on 7th May 1861to a distinguished Bengali family. His parents were Maharishi Debendranath and Sharda Devi. Rabindranath began his early schooling at home and was taught in Bengali and English. He did attend some formal school but he rejected it after finding the conventional system of education uncongenial to him. After his upanayan or the sacred thread ceremony he went with his father for a all India tour in the year 1873, which lasted for several months. During this period Rabindranath went through the biographies of many great personalities, and studied history and the modern sciences including astronomy and Sanskrit.
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Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime minister of India and before that he was among one of the prominent national activists of India. Jawaharlal Nehru was given many titles by the people of India the most popular among them were Pundit Nehru and Chacha Nehru. Pundit Nehru was born to the family of Motilal Nehru and Swaroop Rani on 14th November 1889. Parents of Jawaharlal were from a well to do Kashmiri Brahmin Family. His father Motilal Nehru settled at Allahabad city of Uttar Pradesh and Jawaharlal was born there only. His primary education was taken care at home and some of the most prestigious schools of that time in India, at the tender age of 15; he went to Britain for further studies. He chose to become a barrister before his return to India. In the year 1916 after his return from the Britain he got married to Kamala Kaul.
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