Curated category
Prisoners and detainees of British India
- 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…
- Ramdas GandhiRamdas Mohandas Gandhi entered the world on the 4th of May 1897 in the British Colony of Natal. He was the third son born to Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba…
- Manilal GandhiManilal Mohandas Gandhi entered the world on the 28th of October 1892 in Rajkot, British India. He was the second son born to Mohandas Gandhi and Kasturba…
- 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.
- Mahadev DesaiMahadev Haribhai Desai entered the world on the 1st of January 1892 in the village of Saras. This small settlement sits within the Surat district of Gujarat.
- Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru was born on the 14th of November 1889 in Allahabad, British India. He grew up in the Anand Bhavan mansion with his mother Swarup Rani and…
- 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…
- Kasturba GandhiKasturba Gokuldas Kapadia entered the world on the 11th of April 1869 in the coastal town of Porbandar. Her family belonged to the Modh Bania caste, a group…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…
- Bhogaraju Pattabhi SitaramayyaOn the 24th of November 1880, Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was born in Gundugolanu village. He grew up in Krishna district within what is now Andhra…
- Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu was born on the 13th of February 1879 in Hyderabad. Her father Aghorenath Chattopadhyay held a doctorate from Edinburgh University and served…