Lokesh Chandra

Lokesh Chandra

male
Lokesh Chandra is a contemporary scholar of Buddhism and the Indian arts. He is the son of the famous Sanskrit scholar Raghu Vira. He has also...
Yusuf Hamied

Yusuf Hamied

male
Yusuf Khwaja Hamied is chairman of Cipla, a company founded by his father Khwaja Abdul Hamied. Born in Vilnius, Lithuania, Yusuf Hamied was raised...
L. Subramaniam

L. Subramaniam

male, 62 years old
L. Subramaniam (b. July 23, 1947) is an acclaimed Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition of...
Henning Holck-Larsen

Henning Holck-Larsen

male, deceased (2003)
Henning Holck-Larsen was a Dane who co-founded the Indian engineering firm Larsen & Toubro (L&T). He passed away in 2003 at the Breach Candy...
Rao Raja Hanut Singh

Rao Raja Hanut Singh

male
Rao Raja Hanut Singh was a notable polo player from India and recipient of Padma Bhushan award. He was born in 1900 in Idar and was third son of...
C. K. Nayudu

C. K. Nayudu

male, deceased (1967)
Cottari Kanakaiya "CK" Nayudu (born 31 October 1895 in Nagpur, India; died 14 November 1967, Indore, India) was the first captain of India in Test...
Ratan Shastri

Ratan Shastri

female
Ratan Shastri was founder of Banasthali Vidyapith and a notable champion of women education. She was a recipient of Padma Shri in 1955, Padma...
M. V. Kamath

M. V. Kamath

male
Madhav Vittal Kamath is a former chairman of Prasar Bharati and a leading columinist of India. Mr. Kamath worked as the Editor of Sunday Times for...
Kongara Jaggayya

Kongara Jaggayya

male, deceased (2004)
Kongara Jaggayya (31 December, 1928 - 5 March, 2004; also transliterated as Jaggaiah) was a multi-faceted personality from Andhra Pradesh, India,...
Prabhu Chawla

Prabhu Chawla

male
Prabhu Chawla is the Editor of India Today, India's leading weekly newsmagazine India Today Group.. Born in 1946 in Pakistan, he is one of India's...