Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma

male, deceased (1906)
Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906) was an Indian painter who achieved recognition for his depiction of scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and...
Tulsidas

Tulsidas

male, deceased (1623)
Gosvāmī Tulsīdās was an Awadhi poet and philosopher. He was born in Rajapur, India in the present day Banda District, Uttar Pradesh, during the reig...

Rambha

female
Rambha in Hindu mythology is the Queen of the Apsarases, the magical and beautiful female beings in Devaloka. She is unrivalled in her...
Ralph T. H. Griffith

Ralph T. H. Griffith

male, deceased (1906)
Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith, scholar of indology, B.A. of Queen's College was elected to the vacant Sanskrit Scholarship on Nov 24, 1849. He...
Rajkumar Santoshi

Rajkumar Santoshi

male
Rajkumar Santoshi is an acclaimed director and producer of Hindi films.

Janaka

male
In ancient India, Janaka (Sanskrit: जनक, "janaka") or Raja Janaka was the king of Mithila Kingdom. He was born in modern-day Janakpur, Nepal; he is...
Vanara Sena

Vanara Sena

female
The Vanara Sena ("Army of Monkeys") was an organization of young Indian boys and girls created by the young Indira Gandhi in the late 1920s and...
Viswanatha Satyanarayana

Viswanatha Satyanarayana

male, deceased (1976)
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (b. 10 September 1895- d. 18 October 1976), popularly known as the "Kavi Samraat" (Emperor of Poetry), was a modern Telugu...
Romesh Dutt

Romesh Dutt

male, deceased (1909)
Romesh Chunder Dutt, CIE (Calcutta August 13, 1848 — Baroda November 30, 1909), or R. C. Dutt, was a Bengali writer, civil servant, economic hi...
Ravindra Jain

Ravindra Jain

male
Ravindra Jain (or Ravinder Jain, also sometimes credited as Ravinder) is an Indian music composer. He was born completely blind. He was born in...