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Giovanni di Paolo - Blessed Peter of Siena (Aartsbisschoppelijk Museum, Utrecht) Peter of Siena (died 1321) was a 14th-century Franciscan missionary and martyr. He is reverenced in the Latin Church in India as one of the Four Martyrs of Thane , on April 9.
The Apostle of India, who came to Tamilakam, present day Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and was martyred on St.Thomas Mount. 3 July (solemnity in India) St. Bartholomew the Apostle: 1st century AD: Cana, Galilee: 1st century AD: Armenia: According to tradition, he did missionary activity in the region near Bombay on the Konkan coast. 24 August
Today in Kottar, India, Devasahayam Pillai, a faithful layman, who lived in the 18th century and died a martyr, was proclaimed Blessed. Let us join in the joy of the Church in India and pray that this newly Beatified sustain the faith of the Christians of that great and noble country. Then he addressed the crowds in English:
Veeramangai Kuyili (died 1780) was an army commander of queen Velu Nachiyar who participated in campaigns against the East India Company in the 18th century. She belongs to the Arunthathiyar(sakiliyar) community . She is considered the first suicide bomber and "first woman martyr" in Indian history. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sonia Gandhi, is an Italian Indian politician mother of politicians Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and wife of late husband former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi. George Fernandes, He was an Indian trade unionist, statesman, journalist, freethinker. [17] K. M. George (politician), Founder of Kerala Congress
Google Books website, A History of Christianity in India: 1707-1858, by Bishop Stephen Neill; Google Books website, The Missionary conference: south India and Ceylon, 1879, Volume 2; Anglican History website, Our Oldest Indian Mission: A Brief History of the Vepery (Madras) Mission, by The Rev. A. WESTCOTT, M.A. (1897) (online copy)
Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley – Master-General of the Ordnance, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, Lord High Admiral, also was the husband of Henry VIII sixth wife and widow Catherine Parr and the brother of Henry's third wife Jane Seymour (1549) – beheaded for treason at Tower Hill during the reign of Edward VI of England [19]
Sepoy/Honorary Captain Baba Harbhajan Singh [a] (1946–1968) was an Indian Army soldier who served from 30 June 1965 to 4 October 1968. He is said to serve the Indian Army even after his death by coming in dreams of soldiers and telling them the plans of their enemies. There is a temple dedicated to him in East Sikkim.