Great Personalities

Kailash Satyarthi   is an Indian  children's rights  and education advocate and an activist against  child labour . He born on  11 January 1954. Kailash Satyarthi is the founder of    Bachpan Bachao Andolan . It was founded in  1980 and has acted to protect the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries.He has got the Noble Peace Prize in 2014. The text currently refers to Satyarthi as "an Indian child right activist".But I think "child right" sounds awkward. It seems to me the phrase could have been "an Indian children's rights activist". He has been honored by many other awards also.   F ollowing are the national and international honours: 2015: Harvard's University Award "Humanitarian of the Year" . 2015: Honorary Doctorate by  Amity University, Gurgaon . 2014:  Nobel Peace Prize . 2009: Defenders of Democracy Award (US) . 2008: Alfonso Comin International Award (Spain) . 2007: Gold medal of the It...

Mirza Asadullah Baig Khan was a classical Urdu and Persian poet from India during British colonial rule.  Ghalib was born in Agra, India in Turkish aristocratic ancestry on 27th December 1796.  His also known as 'Mirza Asadullah Khan Galib', 'Mirza Galib', 'Dabir-ul-Mulk' and 'Najm-ud-Daula'. One of the best-known Urdu poets of all times, Mirza Ghalib is a name that is synonymous with Urdu poetry. Ghalib started composing poetry at the age of 11. His first language was Urdu, but Persian and Turkish were also spoken at home. He got his education in Persian and Arabic at a young age. Indian Cinema has paid a tribute to the legendary poet through a film  named Mirza Ghalib in  1954, in which Bharat Bhushan  plays Ghalib and Suraiya  plays his courtesan lover, Chaudvin.                            One of the famous Shayari:                ...

Born into a Marathi family on September 14, 1954, based in Aajangaon near Nagpur.   He holds the Limca Book of Records for the most qualified person in the India . Began as a Medical Doctor (MBBS and MD) he did his Law (LL.B.) with Post-graduation in International Law (LL.M.) and his Masters in Business Administration (DBM and MBA) and in Journalism (B.Journ). The list also included Masters in Philosophy, Culture & Archaeology, and Psychology; you wouldn’t be surprised to know he also has a D. Litt in Sanskrit to his name, the highest of any Degree in a University . In between 1973- 1990, he sat down to write 42 University Examinations falling simultaneously each Summer and Winter, and got himself over 20 post-graduate degrees. And, it was all before he turned 24! At 25, he became the youngest MLA in the country and became a very powerful minister handling 14 portfolios at the same time. He was the member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (1982-85), Maharashtra Legi...