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Indian Hindus
- 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…
- Harilal GandhiHarilal Mohandas Gandhi was born on the 23rd of August 1888. His father left for England shortly after his birth to pursue higher studies.
- Atal Bihari VajpayeeOn the 25th of December 1924, a boy named Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born into a Kanyakubja Brahmin family in the city of Gwalior.
- Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi was born on the 19th of November 1917 in Allahabad, British India. Her father Jawaharlal Nehru led the independence movement while her mother…
- Gopal GodseGopal Vinayak Godse worked at a transportation company in the years leading up to 1948. Before that employment, he served in the British Army during the…
- Devdas GandhiDevdas Mohandas Gandhi entered the world on the 22nd of May 1900 within the Colony of Natal. He was the fourth and youngest son born to Mahatma Gandhi and…
- 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…
- 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.
- Nathuram GodseNathuram Vinayakrao Godse entered the world on the 19th of May 1910 within a Chitpavan Brahmin family in Maharashtra. His father worked as a postal employee…
- Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar was born on the 7th of April 1920 in Benares, now known as Varanasi. He grew up as the youngest of seven brothers in a Bengali Hindu family.
- Vinayak Damodar SavarkarVinayak Damodar Savarkar began his political activities as a high school student in 1895. He led fellow students in an attack on the village mosque following…