World Famous Personalities - Study Material for EFLU 2021 and JNUEE Preparation

 

 Study Material for EFLU 2021 and JNUEE Preparation

WORLD FAMOUS PERSONALITIES

                

No. ....	Name	Details
1	Aesop	He is the Greek author of ''Aesop Fables'' which are moral tales with Animal Protagonists.
		The famous tales are ' The Tortoise and the hare.'
2	Albert Einstein	He was born in 1879 in Germany.
		He gave the 'Theory of Relativity' in 1909.
		He won the noble prize winner in Physics in 1921.
3	Andre Marie Ampere	A French scientist who formulated 'Ampere's law.
4	Alexander Fleming	He was a Scottish The scientist who discovered Penicillin in 1928.
5	Alexander Dumas	A French romantic Novelist who wrote Novel " The Three Musketeers."
6	Alexander Gustav Eiffel	He was a French engineer remembered for 'Eiffel tower' and 'Panama canal Locks.'
7	Bachendri Pal	He is an Indian mountaineer who become the first Indian woman to reach or Scaled Mt. Everest in 1984.
8	Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan	He was born in 1879 in Germany.
		He was born in 1890.
		Also called 'Frontier Gandhi'
		He organised the people of NorthWest Frontier Province of undivided India on Gandhian Principles.
		He was the first foreigner who got the Bharat Ratna Award in 1987.
		He died in 1988.
9	Adolf Hitler	He was born in 1889.
		He was the Australian born Dictator. he served as a German army in the World war I.
		He later founded the Nazi Party and became the chancellor of Germany in 1933.
		He pushed the countries of the world in World war II in which Five million people lost their lives.
		He married his mistress, Eva Braun in April 1945 and the very next day they we're said to have committed suicide.
10	Abraham Lincoln	He was the 16th President of the USA. He was re-elected in 1864 and assassinated by John Wiles Booth in 1865.
		He was born in 1809 and died in 1865.
11	Akbar	He was born in 1542.
		He is the greatest Mughal emperor of India who reigned from 1556.
		The famous Arab historian, Alberuni who visited India along with the army of Mahmud Ghani.
		Akbar died in 1605.
12	Aryabhatta	He was born in 476.
		He was the Indian Astronomer who attend the court of Chandragupta.
		India's first satellite is named after him.
13	Bankim Chandra Chatterjee	He is the author of Vande Mataram, the national song of India.
		He was a celebrated Bengali Novelist.
14	Bhagat Singh	He was a Patriot and a revolutionary leader is known as ''Shahid-e-Azam'' who along with Sukh Dev and Raj guru became a Martyr on 23 March 1931.
15	B.R Ambedkar	He was born in 1893 and also known as the father of the Indian Constitution.
		He receive Bharat Ratna Award in 1990
16	Gautam Buddha	He was born in 563 in Lumbini village near Nepal.
		He was the founder of Buddhism.
		Sudhodana, king of Kapilvastu in Nepal, was his father.
		He left his home and family andbecome 'The Lord Buddha.'
17	Jamshed Ji Tata	He was born in 1813 and died in 1904.
		He was the founder of Tata Iron and The steel company, one of the largest integrated steelworks in the world.
		He also found the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and also built the Taj Hotel in Bombay.
18	Lal Bahadur Shastri	He was born in 1904 and died in 1966.
		He was also known as 'Man of peace'.
		Ayub Khan and he signed the Tashkent Agreement for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
19	Mahatma Gandhi	He was born in 2nd Oct 1869 and died on 30 January 1948.
		He was a Lawyer who supports non- violence to lead a successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
20	Zakir Husain	He was the third president of India. He was also India's second vice president from 1962-1967.
		He died in office on May 3, 1969.