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Shivaji Shivaji, also spelled Śivaji (born Feb. 19, 1630, or April 1627, Shivner, Poona [now Pune, India]—died April 3, 1680, Rajgarh [India]), Indian king (reigned 1674–80), founder of the Maratha kingdom of India. The kingdom’s security was based on religious toleration and on the functional integration of the Brahmans, Marathas, and Prabhus.
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Mahatma Gandhi Mahātmā Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. The honorific Mahātmā —applied to him first in 1914 in South Africa—is now used worldwide. In India, he is also called Bapu and Gandhi ji. He is unofficially called the Father of the Nation. Born and raised in ...
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Chanakya Chanakya. One of the greatest figures of wisdom and knowledge in the Indian history is Chanakya. He is estimated to have lived from 350 - 283 B.C. Chanakya is touted as the Pioneer Economist of India. Chanakya was the adviser and Prime Minister of Emperor Chandragupta.
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- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was an Indian revolutionary religious leader who used his religious power for political and social reform. Although he held no governmental office, he was the prime mover in the struggle for independence of the world's second-largest nation.
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- HARISH JOHARI (1934-1999) was a painter, sculptor, and composer of Indian music. He authored twelve books on Eastern spirituality, including Ayurvedic Massage; Ayurvedic Healing Cuisine; Breath, Mind, and Consciousness; The Birth of the Ganga; Dhanwantari; and Tools for Tantra.
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- A Russian girl recited a Hindi poem by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Vishwa Hindi Diwas. (File Photo) New Delhi: A Russian girl recited a Hindi poem by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Vishwa Hindi Diwas on Sunday to earn applause from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
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Shah Jahan: Creator of the Taj Mahal and One of the Most Powerful Mughal Emperors Shah Jahan: Creator of the Taj Mahal and One of the Most Powerful Mughal Emperors. One of the most well-known buildings in India is the Taj Mahal in Agra, which was commissioned by the Mughal emperor, Shahabuddin Muhammad Shah Jahan, more commonly known as Shah Jahan.
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Mahatma Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, byname Mahatma Gandhi (born October 2, 1869, Porbandar, India —died January 30, 1948, Delhi), Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India.
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- I want a unit of brave Indian women to form a Death-defying Regiment who will wield the sword which the brave Rani of Jhansi wielded in India s First War of Independence in 1857.' ¬ Subhas Chandra Bose The Rani of Jhansi Regiment (RJR), the first all-female infantry fighting unit in military history, was created in Singapore in July 1943 by Indian nationalist and visionary leader Subhas Chandra Bose to liberate India from British colonial oppression.
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Emperor Gaozu of Han Emperor Gaozu of Han. Emperor Gao (256 BC or 247 BC – 1 June 195 BC), commonly known by his temple name Gaozu, personal name Liu Bang, courtesy name Ji, was the founder and first emperor of the Han dynasty. He ruled China from 202–195 BC. He was one of the few dynasty founders in Chinese history who emerged from the peasant class.
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Yukteswar Giri From Wikiquote. Sri Yukteswar Giri (also spelled Sriyukteswar Giri and Sriyukteshvar Giri) (May 10, 1855 – March 9, 1936) is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar, the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda.
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- An Indian Hindu devotee pay his respects at a Shivling or idol of Lord Shiva at a temple in Amritsar on March 9, 2013 on the eve of Maha Shivratri festival.Hindus mark the Maha Shivratri festival by offering special prayers and fasting to worship Lord Shiva, the lord of destruction.ndian Hindu devotees pour milk over a Shivling or idol of Lord Shiva at a temple in Amritsar on March 9, 2013 on the eve of Maha Shivratri festival.
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Purandara Dasa Purandara Dasa. Purandara Dāsa (Kannada: ಪುರಂದರ ದಾಸ) (1484–1564) was a Haridasa, great devotee of Lord Krishna, saint and musician who happens to be the disciple of Sri Vyasatirtha and a contemporary of yet another great haridasa, Kanakadasa.
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Shah Jahan Shah Jahan, his name along with the name of his wife Mumtaz Mahal, being synonymous with the existence and ever growing popularity of Taj Mahal, was a Mughal Emperor of the Southern Asia who reigned from 1627 to 1658.
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Param Poojneeya Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was the Founder of RSS. Param Poojneeya Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar was the Founder of RSS. He was affectionally known as “Doctorji” He was born on Chaitra Shudha Ekam – Varsha Pratipada, 1April 1889. He founded Sangh on Vijaya Dashmi, 1925. He was a born patriot, an excellent organiser. He dedicated his life for the Hindu Society.
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- Though Shivaji captured everything back after return from Agra. Shivaji accepts Aurangzeb's farmaan in Jai singh's camp(30-09-1665). After treaty of Purandhar, Emperor sent Shivaji robe of honour as Sambhaji became 6 thousand mansabdar. Shivaji had to accept the farmaan on behalf of Jai Singh.
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Ramanuja Ramanuja is one of the very important people in Hinduism. Ramanuja taught Hindus that you should worship a personal god,Vishnu, and that the world is the lord's body. Ramanuja constructed a few Vishnu temples in Mysore. He was a theologian and a philosopher in Hinduism.
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- Attacked Mughal contingent & captured the fort but looses his life. Shivaji salutes Tanaji's bravery & names kondhana as Sinhgad(Lion fort). Birth of Rajaram(24-02-1670). Shivaji's second wife Soyarabai gave birth to Rajaram, Shivaji's second son. Kalyan captured by Shivaji maharaj(15-03-1670). 1670 was the year of great action. After Kondhana Shivaji maharaj never looked back & captured all the forts & land he had surrendered to Aurangzeb.
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- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (/ˈɡɑːndi, ˈɡæn-/; Hindustani: [ˈmoːɦənd̪aːs ˈkərəmtʃənd̪ ˈɡaːnd̪ʱi]; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement in British-ruled India.
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Swami Parthasarathy Swami Parthasarathy, popularly known as Swamiji and as A. Parthasarathy (ca. 1927 –) is a philosopher and exponent of Vedanta, the ancient philosophy of India.
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- Wajid Ali Shah (1822–1887), the last nawab of Awadh, wrote a popular bhairavi thumri  Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye , where he likens bidai to death, and his own banishment for his beloved Lucknow (video search for Saigal 's 1938 rendition): बाबुल मोरा, नैहर छूटो ही जाए. चार कहार मिल, मोरी डोलिया उठायें ...n parts of northern India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the conclusion of a daughter's marriage, marked by the bidaai (farewell) ceremony, is a profoundly sad occasion, because after this she leaves her father's house and permanently relocates to her husband's family.
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An Introduction to Lord Shiva Shiva is 'shakti' or power, Shiva is the destroyer, the most powerful god of the Hindu pantheon and one of the godheads in the Hindu Trinity.
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- See also: Shivaji and the Politics of History. Shivaji Bhonsle, venerated in Maharashtra as the father of “the Maratha nation”, was born in 1627 into a family of Maratha bureaucrats.
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Mehandipur Balaji Temple The name Balaji is applied to Shri Hanuman in several parts of India because the childhood (Bala in Hindi or Sanskrit) form of the Lord is especially celebrated there.