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		<title>Aurobindo Ghosh</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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He came back to India in the year 1893 and immediately got appointed in the State College of Baroda as a Vice Principal. He remained in Baroda from 1893 to 1906 and side by side he studied the Sanskrit, Bengali literatures, Political Science and Philosophy. He was greatly admired by the then Maharaja of the Baroda. In the year of 1906 he resigned from the job and came back to Calcutta and joined the Bengal National College. Slowly he started to take interest in the ongoing National Movements. He started active participation in the struggle for Indian freedom from 1908 onwards. He supported the revolutionary way. Aurobindo played a pivotal role in the political awakening of the Indian masses. He associated with the English Daily Bande Mataram and started writing bold and critical editorials. In Baroda he met a yogi, Vishnu Bhaskar Lele, who tried to convince him for the exploration of yoga.</p>
<p>Alipore Bomb case proved a pivotal point in the life of Aurobindo, when he was sentenced to solitary confinement; he used the period of stay in jail to practice the teachings from the Bhagwad Gita and yoga. After a long and a famous trial he was released from the prison. Till the time he came out of the prison he developed a passion for the yoga, meditation and pranayama.</p>
<p>He migrated to Pondicherry from Calcutta in the year 1910 and later on he established an Ashram there. In the year 1914 he was joined by a French national Mirra Alfassa for the first time, later on she came down to the Ashram and managed the affairs with Aurobindo and lovingly given the name of Mother. Meanwhile in the same year that is in the year 1914 he began a monthly review named Arya which became the medium of publication of many important articles by him.</p>
<p>In the year 1926 Sri Aurobindo took retirement from the public life and led a silent life. In the year 1950 he passed away. </p>
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		<title>Swami Vivekananda</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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From the childhood Narendra was always ready to help the poor and the needy; his heart was filled with the ideals of sacrifice and repudiation from very early age. Narendraâ€™s mother was dear to him as his life, he regarded his father too. His mother use to tell him the stories from Ramayana before he use to go to sleep. Narendra was very fond of these story telling sessions.</p>
<p>At a very early age he came to the conclusion that the caste and creed have no significant meaning. Narendra never reluctant to help the needy and he didnâ€™t know what the fear is. As soon as Narendra renders some devotional song his face use to glow with joy. In the year 1880 he finished his schooling and joined college by this time his quest for knowledge also increased. He developed a distinct query about the existence of god. But nobody was able to satisfy him through their logic. He even visited the Brahmo Samaj but failed to get any satisfactory reply. Somebody told him about a priest of Dakshineshwar â€œSri Ramakrishna Paramhansaâ€ and assured him that he would get his all queries solved by the priest.</p>
<p>Narendra went to meet Ramakrishna one day. On meeting him Narendra asked the priest whether he has seen God. The Priest laughingly answered that I have seen God and I can show God to you also. Narendra did not take the priest seriously. After a month he visited again to the priest and after that a good relation of disciple and master established. The master taught him yoga and Advaita vad. Meanwhile Narendra took many tests of the teacher before becoming the disciple. Narendra was the favorite disciple of Ramakrishna who was great follower of Goddess Kali. At the time of his death Ramakrishna gave all his divine powers to Narendra.</p>
<p>After the passing of Sri Ramakrishna all the disciples decided to become the monks and including Narendra they established a math in the Baranagar area. But the monks cant be bonded to any place for long, Narendra started his journey in India and decorated with many names, he visited many places and made number of disciples. He reached south India and meditated on the rocks of Kanyakumari to ascertain the course to be followed by him. Meanwhile he was offered to attend the conference of the world religions in America and he was rechristened with the name of Swami Vivekananda here only.</p>
<p>Swamiji started his journey in the year 1893 and what happened in the conference that was a history. After the conference Swamiji established number of Vedic and yogic learning centers in America and Europe. He returned to India in the year 1897. Meanwhile he established the Ramakrishna Math. Due to the tireless work and strain the health of Swamiji began to decline. In the year 1902, 4th July Swamiji left us for heavenly abode. </p>
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		<title>Shaheed Bhagat Singh</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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In the year 1916 Bhagat Singh came into contact with great personalities like Lala Lajpat Rai and Ras Bihari Bose. The Jalianwala bagh tragedy moved his young heart and he took an oath to drive the British away from India. The movements by Mahatma Gandhi attracted him and he started active participation in them but when Gandhiji called off his movement after the Chauri Chaura incident, Bhagat Singh was greatly disappointed by this action of Gandhiji and he was disillusioned with concept of non violence and drove him towards the armed revolution more strongly. To continue his studies further Bhagat Singh joined the National College in Lahore and here he met with some of the famous revolutionaries like Bhagwati Charan, Sukhdev etc.</p>
<p>To avoid the marriage he fled to Kanpur where he came in contact with the famous revolutionary, Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi after his return to Lahore he formed Naujawan Bharat Sabha to continue his revolutionary activities. In the year 1928 he visited Delhi and there he met with Chandrasekhar Azad. The Duo formed a party in the name of Hindustan Samajwadi Prajatantra Sangha; the sole aim of the party was to get the freedom for India by means of armed revolution.</p>
<p>When the Simon Commission came to India, people decided to protest and many of them were arranged in a similar protest Lala Lajpat Rai was brutally injured and later on he succumbed to the injuries. To avenge the death Bhagat Singh killed Saunders. He fled from Lahore to avoid the arrest.</p>
<p>Meanwhile instead of finding the cause of discontent among the Indian masses the British started to take harsher steps to suppress the Indians. This annoyed Bhagat Singh and along with Batukeshwar Dutt he decided to make the government hear their demands and for the reason they decided to hurl a bomb in the parliament. After hurling the bomb they stood at their place and raised the slogan of Jai Hind they offered no resistance to their arrest and after the arrest they were successful to awake the masses of India for which they were trying. After a long trial Bhagat Singh was sentenced to death and he was hanged on March 23, 1931. </p>
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		<title>Mother Teresa</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 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 NikollÃ« and Dranafille Bojaxhiu. She lost her father at the tender age of 7. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> 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 NikollÃ« 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 Maryâ€™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.<br />
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She got the permission from her superiors in the year 1948 and immediately she started working for the downtrodden and in the slum areas of Calcutta. There were no funds available to support her work, but she had faith on God. Slowly she was approached by few volunteers and helpers and financial situation also improved to enable her to widen the area of her work.</p>
<p>In the year 1950 Mother got the permission to start the Missionaries of Charity. In the year 1952 she established the â€˜Home for the Dying Destituteâ€™. Soon after that she started getting the volunteers and donations to support her cause. By 1960s she was able to open the branches of her hospices, orphanages and leper houses throughout the length and breadth of India. After the success of her order in India she started her venture abroad and opened the homes in many countries.</p>
<p>By the year 1970 she became well known in the international arena and admiration and recognition of work started. A book and documentary film was made on her and her work for the downtrodden. In the year 1969 she got the Jawaharlal Nehru Peace award, in 1971 she was awarded with Pope John XXIII peace prize, Kennedy Prize, 1972 saw her accepting honorary degrees from many Universities. In the year 1975 she was awarded Albert Schweitzer International Prize, Balzan Prize for Humanity, brotherhood and peace in 1979, in the same year she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and received Bharat Ratna in the year 1980.</p>
<p>In the Year 1985 she was awarded the United Sates Presidential Medal for Freedom and so on. Till her death her work and the service was continuously recognized by various governments and organizations.</p>
<p>Mother had a heart of gold and always filled with the pain of the sufferers and downtrodden.</p>
<p>After 1983 slowly her health started declining, she attempted to resign from her post in the year 1991 but faced very strong protests and forced to continue, but in the year 1997 she finally quit her post due to her declining health condition. She died on 5th September 1997.</p>
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		<title>Lala Lajpat Rai</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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He shifted his base to Lahore in the year 1892. Meanwhile he joined the Congress party and his vibrant and vociferous disagreement to the moderate views saw him grouping with Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal and the trio stood to the division of the congress party.</p>
<p>He took part in an agitation to mark the protest against the partition of Bengal. He metamorphosed the masses through his oratory skills and united the whole nation under the banner campaign of Swadeshi. He was promptly arrested and sent to Mandalay Jail. He staged very successful protests against the British Raj against the Jallianwala Massacre and non cooperation movement of Gandhiji. But got dissatisfied, when Gandhiji called back the agitation. He was the political mentor of the youth like Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad. The young revolutionaries were greatly impressed and influenced by him. In the year 1920 he presided over the sessions of the All India Trade Union Congress. He represented India in various international conferences pertaining to the labor.</p>
<p>In the student life itself Lalaji came under the strong influence of Swami Dayanand Saraswati and his Arya Samaj and worked tirelessly and continuously for the development and progress of the Samaj. He relentlessly worked for establishment of D.A.V. Colleges under the Arya Samaj movement. He worked for the community in the entire area of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and established very cordial relations between the Sikhs and the Hindus. He worked for the progress of the Hindi.</p>
<p>In the year 1928 Simon Commission came to India and to lodge the protest against the British atrocities demonstrations were staged all over the country, in such a demonstration Lalaji was seriously injured in a police lathi charge. On November 17, 1928 he finally succumbed to the brutal injuries. </p>
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		<title>Dr. Rajendra Prasad</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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At the age of 18 he stood first in the entrance examination of the Calcutta University. To continue his studies further he joined the Presidency college of Calcutta in the year 1902. He was taught by many great scientists of that time like Jagdish Chandra Bose and Prafulla Chandra Ray, later on he changed the stream of his studies to the avenues of Arts and Law from science and he did his graduation and post graduation in law with a gold medal in 1915 and went on to get his doctorate in law in the preceding years. In the meantime he joined the Dawn Society which was founded by the likes of Satish Chandra Mukherjee and Radha Kumud Mukherjee and very critical of the colonial education system.</p>
<p>After completing his doctorate in law Dr. Rajendra Prasad started practicing law in the state of Bihar, soon he was summoned by Gandhiji who was in Champaran on a fact finding mission, on meeting Ghandhiji he was greatly impressed by the personality. After meeting with Ghandhiji he tried to bring in simplicity in his lifestyle. Slowly he engaged himself in the National Movements and Social Works; he was so impressed by Gandhiji that he even took out his son from convent school on a call given by Gandhiji. He participated in many movements organized by Gandhiji and went to Jail for many times. He served as a president of the Indian National Congress twice.</p>
<p>In the year 1946 when the constituent assembly was established to form the constitution of India, he was elected as the President. After the constitution was framed and endorsed by the members on 26th of January 1950, Dr. Rajendra Prasad was appointed the first President of the Indian Republic. He set many examples for his successors by working honestly, efficiently.</p>
<p>As the first President of the Indian Republic he visited many countries and tried to establish the relationships with them or strengthen the existing relationships further. After a long tenure in the office lasting for 12 years he retired. After his retirement he was awarded the Bharat Ratna to recognize his service to the nation. In the year 1963 he passed away leaving many glorious examples for his successors to follow. </p>
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		<title>Bal Gangadhar Tilak</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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<p>In the year 1880 Tilak founded two weekly papers one in vernacular language and named it Kesari and the other was in English and named Maratha. The Kesari became very popular within a very short span of time. In his papers Tilak use to criticize the atrocities and the suppressive techniques adopted by the government. Tilak joined the Indian National Congress in the year 1890. But soon he realized that Congress was a party of the moderates and it would not provide him the required platform for the protests easily. In the year 1897 Maharashtra was attacked by the bubonic plague and due to the careless attitude of the government people suffered heavily. Tilak raised the voice of discontent through his paper and after his fiery outburst Assistant collector of Pune Mr. rand and his associate was assassinated and Tilak was imprisoned charged with conspiracy. In the year 1907 in Surat convention of congress the party was divided into two factions namely moderates and extremists. The extremist faction or the hot faction was led by the famous trio of Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal and Lala Lajpat Rai.</p>
<p>In the year 1908 when Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki tried to assassinate a Judge the British papers cried foul and Tilak supported the action of the youth in his paper, again he was imprisoned and sent to Mandalay Prison Where he wrote the famous book Gita Rahasya. He was released from the prison in the year 1916, he once again joined the congress and tried to unite the two factions but he could not get success in doing so. Then he went on to form the Home Rule League in association with Mrs. Annie Besant and Mohd. Ali Jinnah.</p>
<p>In the later years of his life Tilak cooled down a lot and instead of armed conflicts he preferred the dialogues. Tilak died in the year 1920.</p>
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		<title>Subhash Chandra Bose</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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Then he went on to join the Indian National Congress but the clash of the ideology of Subhash and Mahatma Gandhi sent Subhash to Calcutta to work under the famous freedom fighter Chittaranjan Das, In the year 1921 Subhash organized a successful boycott of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince of Wales to India for which he was imprisoned. In the year 1924 he became the Chief Executive Officer in the newly constituted Calcutta Corporation. He used to take half of the allocated salary to him and that too he used for the charitable purposes. In the same year he was arrested on the charges of terrorism and first sent the Alipore Jail then he was shifted to the Mandalay jail in Burma. He was elected as the mayor of Calcutta. British Raj was after him and imprisoned him regularly within a short span of 20 years. Later on he was exiled to Europe in the 1930; even at the time of the death of his father he was only allowed to perform the last rites and packed off to Europe. Bose took the opportunity as a boon to himself and interacted with many great leaders of the west. He came to a firm conclusion from the meetings that to win the political freedom from the British, India requires political, diplomatic and military support from out side world.</p>
<p>Meanwhile in the year 1937 he married an Austrian national Emilie Schenki. In the year 1938 Bose came back to India and became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Haripura session, he was again elected president for the second term in the year 1939 in the Tripura session. Later due to the continued opposition from Mahatma Gandhi Subhash quit the Congress and formed his own party in the name of Forward Block.</p>
<p>When the Second World War broke out Bose protested and promptly got arrested by the British. Bose resorted to hunger strike which compelled the British to transfer for a house arrest. Bose thought that the time was right to exert pressure for the independence of India. With the assistance of his nephew bose escaped from the country and landed in Germany via Afghanistan and Russia. In Germany he established Azad Hind Radio, free India center and Indian Legion. In the year 1943 he decided to go to Japan. He came to japan and took the command of the Indian National Army. He freed some parts of the Indian subcontinent from the British although for a short duration. After the retreat he was going to Japan when his plane crashed and he want missing never to be found again.</p>
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		<title>Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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<p>Meanwhile he got fascinated by the career in Law and he decided to become a barrister, for the reason he went to England in the year 1878, but he came back to Calcutta without getting the degree. He got married to Mrinalini Devi in the year 1883.<br />
Rabindranath started writing since an early age; he gained the notability in the year 1877, by writing a long poem in Maithili style after that off and on he used to write some poem or story. Tagore had a great vision. In the year 1890 Tagore decided to manage his family estates, this period in the life of Rabindranath also seen him creating some stories named â€˜Galpaguchchaâ€™. In the year 1901 he started giving shape to his dream by laying the stone in the form of an Ashram in Shantiniketan where education would be provided in the lines of ancient Gurukuls but with a difference that the form of the education would be modern and the teaching would be with a vicinity to the nature. In the year 1912 Rabindranath visited England for the publication of the English translation of his â€˜Gitanjaliâ€™, which got him a Nobel Prize in the year 1913.</p>
<p>Later in the year1915, the British Raj decorated him with knighthood. Rabindranath was a very soft natured and was talented in many fields of art like writing, painting, music composition etc. He created some wonderful paintings and his paintings were always close to the nature and human heart. He always dreamt of universal brotherhood. He also developed a distinctive style of singing which was named after him like Rabindra Sangeet; the style is very close to the nature and the locale of the Bengal and still popular in its original form. Rabindranath although not politically attached but worked for the cause of the downtrodden and the untouchables. The title of the Gurudev was given to him by the mahatma Gandhi.</p>
<p>From the year 1937 his health declined and he got bedridden, he remained bedridden till his last days. In the year 1941 he was taken to Shantiniketan for a surgery and lateron he was transferred to his ancestral home where he was born. He died in the same house on 7th August 1941.</p>
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		<title>Jawaharlal Nehru</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>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.<br />
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<p>Till the time of his return his father was deeply involved in the political scene of India, He also joined the politics. Jawaharlal was a devoted nationalist; he bore a secular and socialistic ideology. He was greatly influenced by the stalwart of the Indian national movement Mahatma Gandhi and his passion to achieve something for the downtrodden and the underprivileged made him popular among the masses. Due to the active participation in the politics and the mass movements, Nehru was many times confined to the prison walls, till the India ultimately got freed from the clutches of the British Raj. After the independence he became the first Prime Minister of India. He was very popular among the children and was fondly called by them as Chacha Nehru.</p>
<p>As a prime Minister he ruled the India for 17 years, during his tenure he tried to introduce many policies for the upliftment of the women and other downtrodden masses to provide those benefits and equal status as available to the privileged ones. Pundit Nehru tried to modernize the India to be at par with rest of the world. He introduced various plans for the modernization of the industries, agriculture and the education. His policies for improving the relation with Pakistan and the United States did not bore any fruit and the bitterness of the relation with these countries began as the result of the failure of his policies. The relation with China was taken to a new high and tried to be based on the basis of Panchsheel, but ultimately that too ultimately failed and led the India to the Sino Indian war of 1962, in which India lost very badly.</p>
<p>At the heart Pundit Nehru was an ardent peace lover, he was deadly against the colonialism. He always supported the Internationalism and the Non-Alignment. With the association of the Yugoslavia, Indonesia, Egypt and Ghana he started the movement called the Non-Alignment movement. He also played a very constructive role in the beginning of the Asian games.</p>
<p>But the loss of the diplomacy with China broke Nehru and shattered him mentally. He broke down to a heart stroke in the year 1964 and died.</p>
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