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Premchand. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava[2] (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand[3][4] (pronounced [preːm t͡ʃənd̪] ⓘ), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of the first authors to write ...
Sikhism. The Singh Sabhā Movement, also known as the Singh Sabhā Lehar, [1] was a Sikh movement that began in Punjab in the 1870s in reaction to the proselytising activities of Christians, Hindu reform movements (Brahmo Samaj, Arya Samaj) and Muslims (Aligarh movement and Ahmadiyah). The movement was founded in an era when the Sikh Empire had ...
Jhalkaribai (22 November 1830 – 5 April 1858) [2] was a woman soldier who played an important role in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. She served in the women's army of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi. She eventually rose to a position of a prominent advisor to the queen, Rani of Jhansi. [3] At the height of the Siege of Jhansi, she disguised herself ...
Satguru Ram Singh. Namdhari Guru Ram Singh (3 February 1816 – 1885 [1][2][3][4][note 1]) is known to the Namdhari sect of Sikhism as the second guru (religious leader), whilst for mainstream Sikhs such as Damdami Taksal and Nihangs, he is regarded as a 'Saint' and not a Guru. He is credited as being the first Indian to use non-cooperation and ...
Vir Singh (5 December 1872 – 10 June 1957) was a Sikh poet, scholar and theologist of the Sikh revival movement, playing an important part in the renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. Singh's contributions were so important and influential that he became canonized as Bhai, an honorific often given to those who could be considered a saint of ...
Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (Gujarati: [ʋəlːəbːʰɑi dʒʰəʋeɾbʰɑi pəʈel]; ISO: Vallabhbhāī Jhāvērabhāī Paṭēla; 31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950), commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, [a] was an Indian independence activist and barrister who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950.
Bhai Subeg Singh was born in the village of Jambar in Lahore province to a Sikh family of Jat background. [1] [2] He had a son by the name of Shahbaz Singh. [1] Bhai Subeg Singh was well versed in Persian and Arabic, and as a result, he became a contractor for the Mughal Government. [1] In 1726, Zakriya Khan was appointed the Mughal Governor of ...
Bhagat Singh. Bhagat Singh (27 September 1907 [1] – 23 March 1931) was an Indian anti-colonial revolutionary, [3] who participated in the mistaken murder of a junior British police officer in December 1928 [4] in what was to be retaliation for the death of an Indian nationalist. [5] He later took part in a largely symbolic bombing of the ...