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List of Top Scientists in India, Indias Top Scientists

List of Top Scientists in India, Indias Top Scientists

List of Indian Scientists

Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman

Date of Birth :Nov 7, 1888
Date of Death :1970
Place of Birth:Tamil Nadu
Dr. H. J. Bhabha

Date of Birth:Oct 30, 1909
Date of Death:1966
Place of Birth:Mumbai

Dr. Hargobind Khorana

Date of Birth :Jan 9, 1922
Date of Death :-
Place of Birth:Raipur, Punjab
Jagadish Chandra Bose

Date of Birth:Nov 30, 1858
Date of Death:1937
Place of Birth:Bengal

Meghnad Saha

Date of Birth :1894
Date of Death :1956
Place of Birth:Dacca
Subramanyan Chandrasekhar

Date of Birth:Oct 19, 1910
Date of Death:Aug 21, 1995
Place of Birth:Lahore

Dr.Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar

Date of Birth :1895
Date of Death :1955
Place of Birth:Punjab
Srinivasa Ramanujan

Date of Birth:Dec 22, 1887
Date of Death:Apr 26, 1920
Place of Birth:Tamil Nadu

Vikram.A.Sarabhai

Date of Birth :1919
Date of Death :1971
Place of Birth:Ahmedabad
Professor Raj Reddy

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Prafulla Chandra Roy

Date of Birth :Aug 2, 1861
Date of Death :Jun 16, 1944
Place of Birth:Khulna (now in Bangladesh)
Satyendra Nath Bose

Date of Birth:Jan 1, 1894
Date of Death:Feb 4, 1974
Place of Birth:Kolkata

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

Date of Birth :Jun 29, 1893
Date of Death :Jun 28, 1972
Place of Birth:India
Dr. Subhash Mukhopadhyay

Date of Birth:-
Date of Death:Jun 19, 1981
Place of Birth:Kolkata

Birbal Sahni

Date of Birth :1891
Date of Death :1949
Place of Birth:India

List of Top Great Womens in India, Indias Top Great Womens

List of Top Great Womens in India, Indias Top Great Womens

Ahilyabai Holker

Date of Birth :1725
Date of Death :1795
Place of Birth:Ahmednagar
Rani Rashmoni

Date of Birth:1793
Date of Death:1861
Place of Birth:India

Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi

Date of Birth :1834
Date of Death :Jun 18, 1858
Place of Birth:India
Kittur Rani Chennamma

Date of Birth:1778
Date of Death:Feb 21, 1829
Place of Birth:India

Rani Durgawati

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Rani Avantibai

Date of Birth:-
Date of Death:Mar 20, 1858
Place of Birth:India

Jalkari Bai

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Jijabai

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Begum Hazrat Mahal

Date of Birth :-
Date of Death :1879
Place of Birth:India
Aruna Asaf Ali

Date of Birth:1909
Date of Death:Jul 29, 1996
Place of Birth:Haryana

Rani Gaidinliu

Date of Birth :1915
Date of Death :Feb 17, 1993
Place of Birth:Manipur
Annie Besant

Date of Birth:1847
Date of Death:1933
Place of Birth:London

Pritilata Waddedar

Date of Birth :1911
Place of Birth:Chittagong
Sarojini Naidu

Date of Birth:Feb 13, 1879
Date of Death:Mar 2, 1949
Place of Birth:Hyderabad

Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

Date of Birth :1900
Date of Death :1990
Place of Birth:India
Sucheta Kripalani

Date of Birth:1908
Date of Death:1974
Place of Birth:Ambala

Kasturba Gandhi

Date of Birth :Apr 11, 1869
Date of Death :Feb 22, 1944
Place of Birth:India
Kamala Nehru

Date of Birth:1899
Date of Death:Feb 28,1936
Place of Birth:India

Durgabai Deshmukh

Date of Birth :1909
Date of Death :1981
Place of Birth:Kakinada
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Date of Birth:1889
Date of Death:Feb 02,1964
Place of Birth:Kapurtala

Rukmini Laxmipathi

Date of Birth :1892
Date of Death :Aug 6, 1951
Place of Birth:Madras
Meera Behn

Date of Birth:1892
Date of Death:Jul 20, 1982
Place of Birth:England

Nelli Sengupta

Date of Birth :1886
Date of Death :1973
Place of Birth:-
Vijaya Raje Scindia

Date of Birth:1919
Date of Death:2001
Place of Birth:India

Bhikaiji Cama

Date of Birth :Sep 24, 1861
Date of Death :Aug 13, 1936
Place of Birth:India
Mridula Sarabhai

Date of Birth:1911
Place of Birth:Ahmedabad

Sonia Gandhi

Date of Birth :1946
Place of Birth:Italy
Sheila Dikshit

Date of Birth:Mar 31, 1938
Place of Birth:India

Renuka Chowdhury

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Rajmata Gayatri Devi

Date of Birth:23rd May 1919
Place of Birth:India

Meera Bai

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:Mewar
Shree Ma Ananda Mayi

Date of Birth:1896
Date of Death:Aug 27, 1982
Place of Birth:Kheora

The Mother (Pondicherry)

Date of Birth :1878
Date of Death :Nov 17, 1973
Place of Birth:Paris
Sister Alphonsa

Date of Birth:1910
Date of Death:Jul 28, 1946
Place of Birth:Kerala

Mother Theresa

Date of Birth :Aug 26, 1910
Date of Death :Sep 5, 1997
Place of Birth:Skopje
Sister Nivedita

Date of Birth:Oct 28, 1867
Date of Death:1911
Place of Birth:Northern Ireland

Rukmini Devi Arundale

Date of Birth :1904
Date of Death :Feb 24, 1986
Place of Birth:India
Begum Akhtar

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Kamaladevi Chattopadyay

Date of Birth :1903
Date of Death :Oct 29, 1988
Place of Birth:South Kanara
Arati Gupta (Saha)

Date of Birth:1940
Date of Death:Aug 27, 1982
Place of Birth:Kheora

Savitribai Phule

Date of Birth :1831
Date of Death :Mar 10, 1897
Place of Birth:India
Mrs. Urmila K. Parekh

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Prem Mathur

Date of Birth :Aug 25, 1924
Place of Birth:India
Capt. Durba Banerjee

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Kalpana Chawla

Date of Birth:Jul 1, 1961
Date of Death:Feb 1, 2003
Place of Birth:Karnal

Alarmel Valli

Date of Birth :1957
Place of Birth:India
Anita Ratnam

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Chitra Vishweswaran

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Mallika Sarabhai

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Sonal Mansingh

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Yamini Krishnamurthy

Date of Birth :1940
Place of Birth:Andhra Pradesh
M.S.Subbalakshmi

Date of Birth:Sep 16, 1916
Date of Death:2004
Place of Birth:Tamil Nadu

Reita Faria

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Aishwarya Rai

Date of Birth:Nov 1, 1973
Place of Birth:Mangalore

Diana Hayden

Date of Birth :1973
Place of Birth:Hyderabad
Lara Dutta

Date of Birth:Apr 16,1978
Place of Birth:Ghaziabad

Priyanka Chopra

Date of Birth :Jul 18, 1982
Place of Birth:Mumbai
Sushmita Sen

Date of Birth:Nov 19, 1975
Place of Birth:Hyderabad

Yukta Mookhey

Date of Birth :1979
Place of Birth:Mumbai
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan

Date of Birth:1904
Date of Death:Feb 15, 1948
Place of Birth:Allahabad

Kamala Purnaiya Taylor

Date of Birth :1924
Date of Death :May 16, 2004
Place of Birth:India
Mahasweta Devi

Date of Birth:1926
Place of Birth:Dacca

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

Date of Birth :Feb 24, 1942
Place of Birth:Calcutta
Anita Desai

Date of Birth:Jun 24, 1937
Place of Birth:Mussoorie

Arundhati Roy

Date of Birth :Nov 24, 1961
Place of Birth:Bengal
Madhavikutty

Date of Birth:1932
Place of Birth:Kerala

Shakuntala Devi

Date of Birth :1939
Place of Birth:Bangalore
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

Date of Birth:Mar 23, 1953
Place of Birth:Bangalore

Indu Jain

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Shahnaz Husain

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Shernaz Vakil

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Ramma Bans

Date of Birth:Nov 25, 1924
Place of Birth:Patiala

Naina Lal Kidwai

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Kiran Bedi

Date of Birth:Jun 9, 1949
Place of Birth:Amritsar

Leila Seth

Date of Birth :Oct 20, 1930
Place of Birth:Lucknow
Barkha Dutt

Date of Birth:Dec 18, 1971
Place of Birth:India

Dina Vakil

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Shernaaz Engineer

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Sathya Saran

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India

List of Top Business Persons in India, Indias Top Business Persons

List of Top Business Persons in India, Indias Top Business Persons

List of Top Business Persons in India

Azim Hasham Premji

Date of Birth :Jul 24, 1945
Place of Birth:Bombay
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani

Date of Birth:Dec 28, 1932
Date of Death:Jul 6, 2002
Place of Birth:Gujarat

Ghanshyam Das Birla

Date of Birth :Apr 10, 1894
Date of Death :Jan 11, 1983
Place of Birth:India
Jamshedji Tata

Date of Birth:Mar 3, 1839
Date of Death:May 19, 1904
Place of Birth:Gujarat

J.R.D. Tata

Date of Birth :Jul 29, 1904
Date of Death :Nov 29, 1993
Place of Birth:Paris
Lakshmi Mittal

Date of Birth:Jun 15, 1950
Place of Birth:Rajasthan

N.R. Narayana Murthy

Date of Birth :Aug 20, 1946
Place of Birth:Mysore
Swaraj Paul

Date of Birth:1931
Place of Birth:India

Sabeer Bhatia

Date of Birth :1969
Place of Birth:Chandigarh
Sunil Bharti Mittal

Date of Birth:-
Place of Birth:India

Vinod Khosla

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Anil Ambani

Date of Birth :June 4, 1959
Place of Birth:India

Mukesh Ambani

Date of Birth :April 19, 1957
Place of Birth:India
K.P.Singh

Date of Birth :Aug 15, 1931
Place of Birth:Bulandshahar

Pallonji Mistry

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Anurag Dikshit

Date of Birth :1973
Place of Birth:India

Vikrant Bhargava

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Shiv Nadar

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India

Adi Godrej

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Dilip Shanghvi

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India

Naresh Goyal

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Venugopal Dhoot

Date of Birth :1944
Place of Birth:Mumbai

Rahul Bajaj

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Baba Kalyani

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India

Yusuf Hamied

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Nandan Nilekani

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India

Uday Kotak

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Vijay Mallya

Date of Birth :Dec 20, 1955
Place of Birth:India

Subhash Chandra

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Ajay Piramal

Date of Birth :Dec 20, 1955
Place of Birth:India

Karsanbhai Patel

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India

List of Indian Artists, Artists of India

List of Indian Artists, Artists of India

List of Indian Artists

Bharata Muni

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Birju Maharaj

Date of Birth:Feb 4, 1937
Place of Birth:India

Uday Shankar

Date of Birth :1900
Date of Death :1977
Place of Birth:Rajasthan
Thyagaraja

Date of Birth:May 4, 1767
Date of Death:Jan 6, 1847
Place of Birth:Tamil Nadu

Swati Tirunal

Date of Birth :Apr 16, 1813
Place of Birth:Kerala
Tansen

Date of Birth:1506
Date of Death:1589
Place of Birth:Gwalior

Muthuswami Dikshitar

Date of Birth :Mar 24, 1774
Date of Death :1835
Place of Birth:Tamil Nadu
Swami Haridas

Date of Birth:1480
Place of Birth:Rajpur

Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan

Date of Birth :1903
Date of Death :1968
Place of Birth:Lahore
Allauddin Khan

Date of Birth:1862
Date of Death:1972
Place of Birth:Tripura

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Date of Birth :Feb 14, 1922
Place of Birth:Karnataka
Dr. Bal Murali Krishna

Date of Birth:Jul 6, 1930
Place of Birth:Andhra Pradesh

Doctor L.Subramaniam

Date of Birth :-
Place of Birth:India
Lalgudi Jayaraman

Date of Birth:1930
Place of Birth:India

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

Date of Birth :Jul 1, 1938
Place of Birth:Allahabad
Zakhir Hussain

Date of Birth:Mar 9, 1951
Place of Birth:Mumbai

Ravi Shankar

Date of Birth :Apr 7, 1920
Place of Birth:Varanasi
Ananda Shankar

Date of Birth:Dec 11, 1942
Date of Death:Mar 26, 1999
Place of Birth:Almora (UP)

P. C. Sorcar (Sr.)

Date of Birth :Feb 23, 1913
Date of Death :Jan 6, 1971
Place of Birth:Ashekpur
Jamini Roy

Date of Birth:1887
Date of Death:1972
Place of Birth:Kolkata

M.F.Hussain (Paint Artist)

Date of Birth :Sept 17, 1915
Place of Birth:Pandharpur

List of Indian Holidays, Indian Holidays List

List of Indian Holidays, Indian Holidays List

List of Indian Holidays

January - List of Holidays
January 1SundayNew Year's Day
January 5ThursdayGuru Govind Singh's birthday
January 11WednesdayId ul Zuha (Bakrid - Feast of the Sacrifice)
January 13FridayBhogi (Andrah Pradesh)
January 13FridayMaghi (Sikh)
January 13FridayLohri (HP, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi)
January 14SaturdayMakra Sankaranti
January 15SundayKanuma (Andhra Pradesh)
January 15SundayPongal
January 16MondayThiruvalluvar Day (Tamil Nadu)
January 25WednesdayStatehood Day (Himachal Pradesh)
January 26ThursdayRepublic Day
January 31TuesdayGuru Har Rai Sahib's birthday (Sikh)
February - List of Holidays
February 2ThursdayBasanta Panchami / Shree Panchami
February 5SundayBhim Ashtami
February 6MondayMadhva Navami (Karnataka)
February 9ThursdayMuharram (Islamic New Year)
February 13MondayGuru Ravi Dass's birthday
February 23ThursdayMaharishi Dayanand Saraswati Jayanti
February 26SundaMaha Shivaratri (Smarta) - main
February 27MondayMaha Shivaratri (Vaishnav) - Gujarat
March - List of Holidays
March 14TuesdaySikh New Year's Day (Nanakshahi calendar)
March 14TuesdayHoli (Holika Dahana)
March 15WednesdayHoli / Holika / Medin Poya / Dola Purnima
March 15WednesdayHola Mohalla (Sikh)
March 21TuesdayAbayeen (Andhra Pradesh)
March 22WednesdaySheetela Pujanam
March 30ThursdayChaitra Sukhladi / Gudi Padava / Ugadi / Cheti Chand
April - List of Holidays
April 06ThursdayRam Navami
April 11TuesdayMahavir Jayanti
April 11TuesdayMilad-un-Nabi (Prophet Mohammed's birthday)
April 12WednesdayAratt at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
April 13ThursdayHanuman Jayanti
April 13ThursdayMaundy Thursday (Kerala)
April 14FridayTamil New Year
April 14FridayBaisakhi (birth anniversary of the Khalsa)
April 14FridayDr B.R. Ambedkar's birthday
April 14FridayGood Friday
April 14FridayMesadi
April 15SaturdayVishu
April 15SaturdayVaiskhadi (Bengal)/ Bahag Bihu (Assam)
April 15SaturdayHimachal day (Himachal Pradesh)
April 16SundayEaster
April 18TuesdayGuru Angad Sahib's birthday (Sikh)
April 18TuesdayGuru Tegh Bahadur Sahib's birthday (Sikh)
April 26WednesdayBasaveshwara Jayanthi (Karnataka)
May - List of Holidays
May 01MondayMay Day
May 01MondayMaharashtra Day
May 02TuesdayGuru Arjun Sahib's birthday (Sikh)
May 10WednesdayYaz Dahun Shareef (Andhra Pradesh)
May 11ThursdayNrisinha Jayanti (Gujarat)
May 13SaturdayBuddha Purnima
May 15MondayDunghri mela (HP, 1st day)
May 16TuesdayDunghri mela (HP, 2nd day)
May 17WednesdayOld Manali mela (as part of Dunghri mela)
May 23TuesdayGuru Amar Das Sahib's birthday (Sikh)
June - List of Holidays
June 06TuesdayGanga Dashami
June 16FridayGuru Arjan Dev Sahib's Martyrdom Day
June 22ThursdayHazrat Mohd Jonpuri's birthday (AP)
June 27TuesdayRath Yatra
July - List of Holidays
July 05WednesdayGuru Hargobinds birthday (Sikh)
July 11TuesdayGuru Purnima (Vyas pujan)
July 23SundayGuru Harkrishan Sahib' birthday (Sikh)
July 24MondayKarkkadaka Vavu (Kerala)
July 30SundayNag Panchami (South India)
July 31MondayRandhan (Gujarat)
August - List of Holidays
August 01TuesdaySitala Satan (Gujarat)
August 03ThursdayNori Nem (Gujarat)
August 04FridayVaralakshmi Vratham (Andhra Pradesh)
August 08TuesdayHazrat Ali's birthday
August 09WednesdaySravana Purnima (Andhra Pradesh)
August 09WednesdayRaksha Bandhan, or Rakhi
August 09WednesdayAvani Avittom (Kerala)
August 15TuesdayIndependence Day
August 16WednesdayJanmashtami (Smarta) / Sri Krishna Jayanti
August 17ThursdayJanmashtami (Vaishnava)
August 20SundayParsi New Year (Shahenshahi)
August 22TuesdayShab-e-Meraj (Andhra Pradesh)
August 27SundayVarasiddhi Sri Vinayaka Vratha (Karnataka)
August 27SundayGanesh Chaturthi / Vinayaka Chaturthi
August 28MondayGanesh Chaturthi (2nd day) / Nuakhai(KA)
August 29TuesdayRishi Panchami
September - List of Holidays
September 01FridayFirst Parkash Guru Granth Sahib (Sikh)
September 04MondayFirst Onam (Kerala)
September 05TuesdayOnam (Thiru Onam - main Onam)
September 06WednesdayThird Onam
September 07ThurdayForth Onam / Sri Narayana Guru Jayanthi (Kerala)
September 08FridayPitr-paksha (start; till 22/09)
September 08FridayShab-e-Baraat (Karnataka)
September 21ThurdaySri Narayana Guru Samadhi Day (Kerala)
September 21ThurdayShastradi hatanam (Shraddha)
September 22FridayMahalaya Amavasya (Andhra Pradesh)
September 22FridaySarva Pitri shraddha
September 23SaturdayNavaratri (start; till 01/10)
September 29FridayDussehra (Maha Saptami)
September 29FridaySaraswati Puja (part of Navratri)
September 30SaturdayDussehra (Maha Ashtami)
October - List of Holidays
October 01SundayDussehra (Maha Navami)
October 02MondayGandhi Jayanti
October 02MondayDussehra (Vijay Dashami)
October 02Monday1st day of Kullu Dussehra (HP)
October 07SaturdayMaharishi Valmiki's birthday
October 09MondayGuru Ramdas Sahib's birthday
October 10TuesdayKarva Chauth
October 19ThursdayDhan Teras
October 20FridayGuru Granth Sahib Holy Scriptures installation
October 20FridayNaraka Chaturdasi
October 20FridayJamat-Ul-Vida
October 20FridayDeepawali (South India) / Lakshmi Puja
October 21SaturdayDiwali (Deepawali) / Bandi Chor Diwas
October 22SundayGovardhan Puja
October 24TuesdayBhai Duj
October 25WednesdayId ul Fitr (Eid,end of Ramadan / Ramzan)
October 30MondayAratt at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
November - List of Holidays
November 01WednesdayKannada Rajyotsava (Karnataka)
November 05SundayGuru Nanak's birthday (Parkash)
November 24FridayGuru Teg Bahadur's Martyrdom day
December - List of Holidays
December 01FridayGita Jayanti
December 24SundayChristmas Eve
December 25MondayChristmas