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Founders of Indian schools and colleges

  • Mahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2nd of October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town on the Kathiawar Peninsula. His father Karamchand Uttamchand…
  • Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore was born on the 7th of May 1861 inside the Jorasanko mansion in Calcutta. He was the youngest of thirteen surviving children to…
  • Maulana AzadAbul Kalam Ghulam Muhiyuddin entered the world on the 11th of November 1888 within the holy city of Mecca. His father Muhammad Khairuddin bin Ahmed Al…
  • Sulaiman NadviSulaiman Nadvi entered the world on the 22nd of November 1884 in Desna, a quiet village within Nalanda District of Bihar.
  • Vallabhbhai PatelVallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel entered the world on the 31st of October 1875 in Nadiad, Gujarat. He was one of six children born to Jhaverbhai Patel and Ladba.
  • B. R. AmbedkarIn the town of Mhow, a young boy named Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar sat on a gunny sack during school hours. He could not sit inside the classroom like other…
  • Annie BesantAnnie Wood was born on the 1st of October 1847 in London. Her father William Burton Persse Wood died when she was five years old.