Several great men and women have contributed immensely in ideas as well as action to create a free and modern life. Among these greats, Napoleon, Gandhi and Nehru have an importance that is conceded even by their most bitter critics.
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Their ideas may be controversial, not unanimously accepted, but they were striking enough to provoke a response from others and have an impact on the masses.
S.No. | Famous Personalities Name | Nicknames |
---|---|---|
1 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | Desh Ratna, Ajatshatru |
2 | Benito Mussolini | II Duce |
3 | Dr. Anugrah Narayan Singh | Bihar Vibhuti |
4 | Indira Gandhi | Iron Lady of India |
5 | Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Bipin Chandra Pal | Lal, Bal, Pal |
6 | P.T. Usha (Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha) | Udanpari, Payyoli Express |
7 | Sankaracharya | Sage of Kanchi |
8 | Tushar Kanti Ghosh | Grand old man of Indian Journalism |
9 | Yatindra Mohan Sengupta | Deshpriya |
10 | Vallabhbhai Patel | Sardar |
11 | Rabindranath Tagore | Vishwa Kavi, Gurudev, Kaviguru |
12 | William Shakespeare | Bard of Avon |
13 | Sunil Gavaskar | Little Master |
14 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Man of Destiny, Little Corporal |
15 | Shahjahan | Prince of Builders |
16 | Mahatma Gandhi | Father of the Nation, Mahatma, Bapu, Saint of Sabarmati |
17 | Sreebuddha | Light of Asia |
18 | Valmeeki | Adi Kavi |
19 | Joan of Arc | Maid of Orleans |
20 | George Bernard Shaw | G.B.S |
21 | Charles Freer Andrews | Deenbandhu |
22 | Ashutosh Mukherji | Bengal Kesari |
23 | Dr. Srikrishna Singh | Bihar Kesari |
24 | T. Prakasam | Andhra Kesari |
25 | Chakravarti Rajagopalachari | Rajaji/C.R.(Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari) |
26 | Mother Teresa | Mother, Saint of the Gutters |
27 | Smt Sarojini Naidu | Nightingale of India |
28 | Lord Rippon | Father of the Local Self-Government |
29 | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | Frontier Gandhi, Badshah Khan |
30 | Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah | Lion of Kashmir, Sher-e-Kashmir |
31 | Queen Elizabeth I | Maiden Queen |
32 | William E. Gladstone | Grand Old man of Britain |
33 | Subhash Chandra Bose | Neta Ji, Patriot of Patriots |
34 | Pearl Buck | Li-Kwan |
35 | Ravi Shankar Maharaj | Father of Gujarat |
36 | Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya | Prince of Beggars, Mahamana |
37 | Major General Rajinder Singh | Sparrow |
38 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Chacha, Pandit Ji |
39 | Lala Lajpat Rai | Punjab Kesari |
40 | Gen Ervin Rommel | Desert Fox |
41 | Bhagat Singh | Prince of Martyr |
42 | Bhagat Singh | Sahid-e-Azam |
43 | Babur | Prince of Autobiography |
44 | General Rajinder Singh | Sparrow Major |
45 | Dhundiraj Govind Phalke | Grandfather of Indian Films |
46 | Bal Gangadhar Tilak | Lokmanya, Bengali Tiger, Lion of Maratha |
47 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | Man of Peace |
48 | Vallabhai Patel | Man of Iron |
49 | Kalidas | Shakespeare of India |
50 | Tipu Sultan | Tiger of Mysore, Mysore Tiger |
51 | Dhyanchand | Magician of Hockey, Hockey Wizard |
52 | Amir Khushro | Parrot of India, Tota-e-Hind |
53 | Jainul Abdin | Akbar of Kashmir |
54 | Sheikh Mujibut Rahman | Banga Bandhu |
55 | Saurav Ganguly | Prince of Kolkata |
56 | Purushottam Das Tandon | Rajarshee |
57 | Muhammad bin Tughlaq | Prince of Money Makers |
58 | Lata Mangeshkar | Swar Kokila |
59 | K.V. Puttappa | Kuvempu |
60 | Jayaprakash Narayan | Loknayak |
61 | C.N. Annadurai | Anna |
62 | Sayyed Bandhu | King Maker of Indian History |
63 | Chandra Shekhar | Young Turk |
64 | Edmund Spencer | Poet’s Poet |
65 | Jagjeevan Ram | Babuji |
66 | Chitta Ranjan Das | Deshbandhu |
67 | Ali Jinnah | Quaid-i-Azam |
68 | Chaudhury Devi Lal | Tau |
69 | Ho Chi Minh | Uncle Ho |
70 | Nagarjuna | Indian Einstein |
71 | Adolf Hitler | Fuehrer |
72 | Dayanand Saraswati | Martin Luther of India |
73 | Geoffery Chaucer | Father of English Poetry |
74 | Milkha Singh | Flying Sikh |
75 | Lord Buddha | Enlightened One |
76 | Hippocrates | Father of Medicine |
77 | Chengiz khan | Scourage of God |
78 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Grand Old man of India |
79 | Hiuen Tsang | Prince of Pilgrims |
80 | Chanakya | Machiavelli of India |
81 | Salim Al | Birdman of India |
82 | Otto Van Bismark | Man of Blood and Iron |
83 | Samudra Gupta | Napoleon of India |
84 | The Little Master | Sachin Tendulkar |
85 | M.S. Golvalkar | Guruji |
86 | Kapil Dev | Haryana Hurricane, Paaji |
87 | Karpuri Thakur | Jana Nayak |
88 | Earl of Warwick | King Maker |
89 | Raja Ram Mohan Roy | Morning Star of India Renaissance |
90 | Florence Nightingale | Lady with the lamp |
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