Padmaja Naidu

Padmaja Naidu

female
Padmaja Naidu is daughter of Sarojini Naidu. She was Governor of West Bengal between 1956 and 1967. Miss Padmaja Naidu devoted herself to the cause...
Dawa Narbula

Dawa Narbula

male, 74 years old
Dawa Narbula (born 16 December, 1935) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Darjeeling constituency of West Bengal and is a...

Günter Faltin

male, 65 years old
Günter Faltin is a German economist and entrepreneur. Born in Bamberg, Franconia, he graduated with a Dr. phil. from the University of Konstanz. H...
Jamling Tenzing Norgay

Jamling Tenzing Norgay

male, deceased (1965)
Jamling Tenzing Norgay was born in Darjeeling, India and by age six had already begun to show a penchant for climbing. He quickly became his...
Tashi Tenzing

Tashi Tenzing

male
Tashi Tenzing is a Sherpa mountaineer. He is the youngest son of Pem Pem, the eldest daughter of Tenzing Norgay, who made the first ascent of Mount...
Palden Thondup Namgyal

Palden Thondup Namgyal

male, deceased (1982)
Palden Thondup Namgyal (May 23, 1923 - January 29, 1982) was the 12th and last Chogyal (king) of Sikkim. At six, Namgyal became a student at St....
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli

Maninder Pal Singh Kohli

male, 40 years old
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli (born 1969) is the prime accused in the murder of British teenager Hannah Foster. He is believed to have fled to India in...
Brian Houghton Hodgson

Brian Houghton Hodgson

male, deceased (1894)
Brian Houghton Hodgson (February 1, 1800 – May 23, 1894) was an early naturalist and ethnologist working in British India where he was an English ci...
Anjan Dutta

Anjan Dutta

male
Anjan Dutta is a popular artist of the 1990s Bengali music scene defined by "anyodharar gaan" (alternative songs). He passed his childhood in St...

Phuntsog Namgyal

male, deceased (1670)
Phuntsog Namgyal (1604-1670) was the first chogyal (monarch) of Sikkim, now an Indian state. He consecrated in 1642 at the age of 38. Phuntsog was...