KNOWN BY GANDHI

Abinava Gandhi -  Anna Hazare 
African Gandhi - Kenneth Kaunda 
Bihar Gandhi - Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Bardoli Gandhi - Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Modern Gandhi - Baba Amthe
Andhra Gandhi -  T .Prakasham
Frontier Gandhi -  Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
Srilankan Gandhi -  A.T. Ariyaratne
Kenyan Gandhi -  Jamo Keniyatha
Japan Gandhi -   Kagawa
Ghana Gandhi - Kwame Nkrumah
U.P. Gandhi -  Purushotham Das Tandon
Young Gandhi -  Harilal Gandhi
German Gandhi - Jerald Fischer
Argentinian Gandhi - Che Guevara
Kerala Gandhi - K. Kelappan
Tanzanian Gandhi - Julius Narera
South Indian Gandhi - K.Kamaraj
Latin American Gandhi - Simon Boliver
Burmese Gandhi -  Aung Sansuukyi
 Balcon Gandhi -   Ibrahim Rugova
Kosova Gandhi -  Ibrahim Rugova 
Delhi Gandhi - Neyyattinkara Krishnan Nair
Indonesian Gandhi - Ahmed Sukarno
Mayyazhi Gandhi - I.K.Kumaran Master
Vedaranyam Gandhi - C.Rajagopalachari
Kenyan Gandhi - Jomo Kenyatta 
Czech Gandhi - Vaclav Havel

SARDAR VALLABHAI PATEL

* Born on - October 31/1875
* Born at - Nadiad (Gujarat)
*Died on - December 15,1950
*Died at - Bombay
*The person known as Iron man of India
*The person known as Indian Bismark
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*The title 'Sardar' was given to Patel by
Ans : Gandhiji
*The chairman of the committee on fundamental rights and minorities in the Constituent Assembly
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*First Deputy Prime Minister
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*First Home Minister of independent India
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel was the minister for Home and Information and Broadcasting in the Interim Government formed on
Ans : September 2,1946
*The prominent person behind the unification of princely states in India
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*The Malayalee who supported Patel for the unification of princely states
Ans : V.P.Menon
*Father of All India Services
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
*First Union Minister and first Deputy Prime Minister to die in harness 
Ans :  Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*Sardar Vallabhai National Institute of
Technology is situated at 
Ans : Surat
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel University of
Agriculture and Technology is situated at 
Ans : Meerut
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel Police Academy 
Ans : Hyderabad
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel Police Museum 
Ans : Kollam
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel Airport 
Ans : Ahmedabad
*Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Memorial
Ans : Ahmedabad
*The person known as Architect of Fundamental Rights
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel
*Main leader behind Kheda agitation (1918) and Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
*The person known as Bardoli Gandhi 
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
*Sardar Patel became the President of INC in 
Ans : Karachi Session (1931)
*"I know only one culture that is Agriculture" was a quoting of 
Ans : Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
*Resting place of Sardar Vallabhai Patel 
Ans : Karamsad
*Justice Party was renamed as Dravida Kazhagam in 1944 by
Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker
*Vallabhai Patel was awarded Bharat Ratna in 
Ans : 1991
*The statue of Sardar Vallabhai Patel which is proposed to install on the banks of the river Narmada
Statue of Unity 
*Height of Statue of Unity 
Ans : 182 Mtr
*The birth day of Vallabhai Patel is observed as 
Ans : National Unity Day (Rashtriya Ekata Diwas)

E.V.RAMASAMY NAICKER

* Born on - September 17.1879 .
* Born at - Erode (Tamil Nadu)
* Died on - December 24,1973
*Tamil Nadu for Tamilians was raised for the first time by
Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker 
*E.V.Ramasamy Naicker is otherwise known as 
Ans : Periyor or Periyar 
*Thanthai Periyor is the other name of 
Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker 
*The personality known as Vaikom Hero 
Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker 
*E.V.Ramasamy Naicker is otherwise known as 
Ans : E.V.R
*The Socrates of South East Asia 
Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker 
*E.V.Ramasamy Naicker was described as the prophet of modern year by 
Ans : UNESCO
*The Indian renaissance leader who won the award of UNESCO in 1970 
Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker 
*Tamil leader who criticised against Hindi becoming the official language
 Ans : E.V.Ramasamy Naicker 
*The organisation started by E.V.Ramasamy Naicker in 1925
Ans : Self Respect Movement 
*E.V.Ramasamy Naicker became the member of INC in 
Ans : 1919
*E.V.Ramasamy became the President of Justice Party in’
Ans : 1938
*The statue of E,V.Ramasamy is situated at 
Ans : Vaikom

THE PUBLICATIONS OF E.V.RAMASAMY NAICKER  

*Puratchi
*Viduthalai
*Kudiyarash

V. D.SAVARKAR

*Born on : May 23,1883 
*Born at : Nasik (Maharashtra)
*Full name :  Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
*Died on : February 26,1966  
*Died at : Bombay
*The organisation 'Mithramela' was started by
Ans : V.D.Savarkar
*The leader who was acquitted in the trial of the assassination of Gandhi 
Ans : V.D.Savarkar
*The prominent leader behind the formation of RSS
Ans : V.D.Savarkar
*Free India Society was founded by 
Ans : V.D.Savarkar
*Free India Society was started by the inspiration of
Ans : Giuseppe Mazzini
*The leader who died by fasting (Prayopavesa)
Ans : V.D.Savarkar
*V.D.Savarkar started the revolutionary organisation named'Abhinav Bharat' in 
Ans : 1904
*The revolt of 1857 was described as the first war of Indian Independence by 
Ans : V.D.Savarkar
*The book of Savarkar in which the revolt of 1857 was described as the first war of Indian independence
Ans : 1857 First War Indian Independence
*V.D.Savarkar was described as the Revolutionary Patriot by
Ans : Gandhiji
*Veer Savarkar Airport is situated at
Ans : Port Blair
(Andaman Nicobar Island)
*V.D.Savarkar became the President of Hindu Mahasabha in
Ans : 1937

MAULANA ABDUL KALAM AZAD

* Born on - November 11,1888
* Born at - Mecca (Saudi Arabia)
* Died in -1958
*Autobiography
Ans : India Wins Freedom
*The youngest person to become the INC President
Ans : Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
*Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad became the President of INC in
Ans : 1923 (Delhi)
*The Urdu news started by Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans : Al-Hilal
*Al-Hilal was started in
Ans : 1912
*Al-Hilal was banned in
Ans : 1914
*Albalagh, the weekly started in
Ans : 1914
*The Urdu monthly jou Kalam Azad
Ans : Lissan-us-Sidq
*The longest serving INC President before independence
Ans : Abdul Kalam Azad 
*First Education Minister of free India
Ans : Abdul Kalam Azad 
*National Educational Day is observed on the birthday of
Ans : Abdul Kalam Azad
*National Educational Day 
Ans : November 11
*The Quran interpretation of Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans : Tharjumanul Quran 
*The collection of letters of Abdul Kalam Azad
Ans : Ghubar-e-khatir

DR.B.R.AMBEDKAR 

* Born on -April 14,1891
* Born at - Mhow (Madhya Pradesh]
*Childhood name - Bhimrao Ambavadekar
*Full name - Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
* Guru - Jyotirao Phule
* Died on - December 6,1956
* Died at - Delhi
*The weekly started by Ambedkar
Ans : Mooknayak (1920)

■ AMBEDKAR IS KNOWN AS

*Abhinav Buddha 
*Modern Manu
*Baba Saheb
*The person who started the publication Bahishkrit Bharat
Ans : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*The person who attended all the three Round Table Conferences
Ans : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*All India Scheduled Caste Federation was founded by
Ans : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*Ambedkar and Gandhiji signed the Poona Pact in
Ans : 1932
*Independent Labour Party was founded (1936) by
Ans : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*All India Scheduled Caste Federation was founded in
Ans : 1942
*The founder of People Education Society (1945)
Ans : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*The lower caste which was noticed through the activities of B.R.Ambdekar
Ans : Mahar
*The chairman of the Drafting Committee of Constituent Assembly
Ans : B.R.Ambedkar
*Ambedkar was described as the unforgettable man in History by 
Ans : Gandhiji
*Ambedkar accepted Buddhism at 
Ans : Deeksha Bhumi at Nagpur 
*The person who formulated the Hindu Code Bill in 1952
Ans : Dr.B.R.Ambedkar
*The year in which Ambedkar accepted Buddhism 
Ans : 1956
*Ambedkar described Quit India Movement as 
Ans : Irresponsible Act of Madness 
*The article of Indian Constitution which was described as Heart and Soul by Ambedkar
Ans : Article 32
*Ambedkar got Bharat Ratna in 
Ans : 1990
*Commemorative coin of Dr.Ambedkar was issued in
Ans : 2015 (125th birth anniversary of Ambedkar)
*Commemorative coin of Dr.Ambedkar was issued by
Ans : Narendra Modi
*The resting place of Dr.Ambedkar 
Ans : Chaitra Bhumi

BOOKS OF DR.AMBEDKAR 

*The untouchables 
*Buddha and his Dharma 
*Buddha or Karl Marx 
*Who were Sudras

QUOTES OF DR.AMBEDKAR

 *"Work like a bull live like a hermit"
 *"I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity"
* "I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved"
 "Cultivation of mind should be the ultimate aim of human existence".
*The film Baba Saheb Ambedkar was  directed by
Ans : Jabbar Patel
*The role of Ambedkar in the film Baba Saheb Ambedkar was played by
Ans : Mammootty
*The death day of Ambedkar is observed as
Ans : Mahaparinirvan Diwas

VINOBA BHAVE

*Born on - september 11,1895
*Born at - Gagoda (Maharashtra )
*Died on - November 15, 1982
*The spiritual successor of Gandhiji
Ans : Vinoba Bhave
*The person considered the National Teacher of India
Ans : Vinoba Bhave
*The person who was appointed by Gandhiji as an observer to Vaikom Satyagraha 
Ans : Vinoba Bhave
*Gandhiji gave the incharge of the Wardha Ashram to
Ans : Vinoba Bhave
*The person who was chosen by Gandhiji for Individual Satyagraha (1940)
Ans : Vinoba Bhave
*The National emergency of 1975 was described as the Time for discipline by
Ans : Vinoba Bhave
*First Indian to win Ramon Magsaysay award
Ans : Vinoba Bhave

MAJOR BOOKS OF VINOBA BHAVE

*Swarajya Sastra
*The Essence of Quran Thoughts of Education The Essence of Christian Teachings
*The place where Vinoba Bhave started his Bhoodan Movement
Ans : Pochampally (Telengana)
*Bhoodan Movement was started in
Ans : 1951
*Vinoba Bhave started Sarvodaya Samaj in
Ans : 1948
*Vinoba Bhave got the Bharat Ratna posthumously in
Ans : 1983
*The resting place of Vinoba Bhave is at
Ans : Dham

SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE

* Bom on - January 23,1897
*Born at -  Cuttack (Orissa)
*Guru -  C.R.Das
*The Indian political leader who is popularly known as Netaji
Ans : Subash Chandra Bose
*Netaji was described as Prince among the patriots by
Ans : Gandhiji
*Bose called Gandhiji as
Ans : Father of Nation
*The birth day of Subash Chandra Bose is observed as
Ans : Desh Prem Diwas
*Desh Prem Diwas is observed in India on 
Ans : January 23
*First elected President of INC 
Ans : Subash Chandra Bose
*The candidate of Gandhi who stood against Bose in the Tripuri INC President election
Ans : Pattabhi Seetharamaiah
*Forward Block was formed by
Ans : Subash Chandra Bose
*First division of INA or Azad Hind Fauj was formed in 1942 with the help of
Ans : Japan
*First Commander in Chief of INA
Ans : Mohan Singh
*Subash Chandra Bose passed the Indian Civil Service Examination in
Ans : 1920
*Bose was elected as the mayor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation in
Ans : 1924
*Bose became INC president in Haripura Session in
Ans : 1938
*Bose became the first elected President of INC in Tripuri session in
Ans : 1939
*Bose formed the Forward Block in
Ans : 1939
*Bose formed the first division of INA or Azad Hindu Fauj in
Ans : 1942
*INA troops surrendered before the British Army in
*Rani of Jhansi Regiment, the separate women's Unit of INA was headed by 
Ans : Captain Lakshmi
*The unfinished auto biography of Netaji 
Ans : An Indian Pilgrim
*The mysterious disappearance of Subash Chandra Bose was enquired by
Ans : Shah Nawaz Commission (1956), G.D.Khosla Commission (1970-74) and A-N. Mukherjee Commission (1999-2005)

BOOKS OF SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE

*The Indian struggle  Letters to Emilie Schenkl 

SYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE

* Born on - July 6,1901
* Born at -Calcutta
* Died on -June 23,1953
* Died at - Jammu Kashmir
*''Give me blood,I will give you freedom''
*''Dilli Chalo''
*Jai Hind''
*''A true solidier needs both military and spiritual training''
*''Freedom it is not given, It is taken''.
*First Minister of Industry in India 
Ans : Syama Prasad Mukherjee
*Leader of Bharatiya Jan Sangh

Ans : Syama Prasad Mukherjee
*First person to demand to divide states in accordance on linguistic base
Ans : Syama Prasad Mukherjee
*The industries minister who took initiative to start Chitharanjan Locomotive Works, Sindhri Fertilizer Plant
Ans : Syama Prasad Mukherjee
*Syama Prasad Mukherjee served as the Vice Chancellor of
Ans : Culcutta University
*Prominent founder of Hindu Mahajan Sabha
Ans : Syama Prasad Mukherjee

JAYA PRAKASH NARAYAN

*Born on - October 11, 1902
*Born at - Sitab diara (Bihar)
*Died on - October 8 ,1979
*The person popularly known as Lok Nayak
Ans : Jaya prakash Narayan
People's Union for Civil Liberties was founded by
Jaya Prakash Narayan
*The idea of Total Revolution was put forward by
Ans : Jaya Prakash Narayan
 *The party which was founded by Jaya Prakash Narayan along with Acharya Narendra Deva
Ans : Congress Socialist Party
* Hero of Quit India
Ans : Jaya Prakash Narayan 
*Jaya Prakash Narayan got Bharat Ratna in 
Ans : 1999
*The organisation founded by Jaya Prakash Narayan in 1974
Ans : Citizen for Democracy
*Jaya Prakash Narayan got Ramon Magsaysay award in 
Ans : 1965
*The book 'Prison Diary' was authored by 
Ans : Jaya Prakash Narayan 
*The Lok Nayak Express connects 
Ans : Chhapra - Delhi
*The man behind the Bihar Movement
Ans : Jaya Prakash Narayan
*The person who started the Sarvodaya Plan 
Ans : Jaya Prakash Narayan

BHAGAT SINGH

*Born on : September 28,1907
*Born at - Punjab
*Died on - March 23,1931
*The prince among the Martyrs
Ans : Bhagat Singh
*Bhagat Singh was described as the prince among the martyrs by
Ans : Gandhiji
*The newspaper 'The Hindustan' was published from Ludhiana by
Ans : Bhagat Singh
*The person who started the magazine 'Comrade' in Lahore
Ans : Bhagat Singh
 *The slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' was first raised by
Ans : Bhagat Singh
*The publication in which the revolutionary articles of Bhagat Singh were published 
Ans : Keerthi
The publication of the organisation 'Workers and Peasants'
Ans : Keerthi
*The leaders who were arrested  on account of Lahore Central Hall Bomb Case
Ans : Bhagat Singh & Batukeshwar Dutt
*Lahore Central hall Bomb case was on
Ans : April 8,1929
*The person who was punished for Life time imprisonment in Lahore Cental hall bomb case
Ans : Batukeshwar Dutt 
*Other revolutionaries who were hanged to death along with Bhagat Singh 
Ans : Raj Guru and Sukhdev
*Bhagat Singh was hanged to death on
Ans : March 23,1931
*The jail In which Bhagat Singh was hanged to death
Ans : Lahore Central Jail 
*Bhagat Singh appeared in the Indian Postal Stamp in 
Ans : 1968

■ BOOKS OF BHAGAT SINGH

*Why I am an Atheist
*Idea of Nation
*Words of Freedom

WOMAN LEADERS IN NATIONAL MOVEMENT

ANNIE BESANT

*Born on - October 1, 1847
*Born at - London
*Died on - September 20,1933
*Resting Place - Garden of Remembrance (Adyar) (Madras Presidency)
*The grand old woman of Indian Nationalism
Ans : Annie Besant
*Annie Besant visited India for the first time in 
Ans : 1893
*Annie Besant started Central Hindu School at Banaras in 
Ans : 1898
*Annie Besant became the President of Theosophical Society in 
Ans : 1907
*The head-quarters of Indian Theosophical Society
Ans : Adyar (Chennai)
*The title Mickey Mouse was given to Gandhiji by
Ans : Sarojini Naidu
*First Indian woman to become the President of INC
Ans : Sarojini Naidu
*Dr.Palpu was described as the Silent Revolutionary in the Indian History by 
Ans : Sarojini Naidu
*First woman to become the Governor of an Indian State
Ans : Sarojini Naidu

NEWS PAPERS STARTED BY ANNIE BESANT

* Common Wheel * New India
*Home Rule League was started in 1916 at Adyar by
Ans : Annie Besant
*First woman President of INC
Ans : Annie Besant
* Annie Besant became the President of INC in
Ans : 1917 Kolkata
*First foreign woman who appeared in the Indian Postal stamp
Ans : Annie Besant
* The president of Brahma Sangha after the  death of Madame Blavatsky
Ans : Annie Besant

BHIKAIJI CAMA

*Born on - September 24,1861
*Born at -Mumbai
*Died on - August 13,1936 
*Died at -Mumbai
*The mother of Indian Revolution
Ans : Bhikaiji Cama
*The Indian woman leader who hoisted flag at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany (1907)
Ans : Bhikaiji Cama
*The news paper Bande mataram was started by
Ans : Bhikaiji Cama
*The organisation which was founded by Bhikaiji Cama, R.S.Rana and V.P.S.Iyer
Paris Group

sarojini naidu

*Bom on - February 13,1879
*Bom at - Hyderabad
*Died on - March 2,1949
*Died at - Lucknow
*House name - Golden Threshold
*Political teacher
Ans : Gopaia Krishna Gokhale
*Birthday of Sarojini Naidu is observed as
Ans : National Women's Day
*Muhammed Ali Jinnah was described as the prophet of Hindu Muslim Unity by
Ans : Sarojini Naidu
*The collection of the poems of Sarojini Naidu published in 1905
*Earlier poems of Sarojini Naidu were published in
Ans : The Indian Ladies
*The collection of poems of Sarojini Naidu published posthumously in 1961
Ans : The Feather of The Dawn
*The title the Nightingale of India was given to Sarojini Naidu by
Ans : Gandhiji
*National Women's day is observed on 
Ans : February 13
*International Women's day is observed on 
Ans : March 8

MAJOR WORKS OF SAROJINI NAIDU

*Golden Threshold
*The Bird of Time
*The Broken Wings
*The feather of the Dawn
*Sarojini Naidu

RAJKUMARI AMRIT KAUR

* Born on - February 2,1889
* Born at - Lucknow
* Died on - February 6, 1964
* Died at - New Delhi
*First Health minister of the Central Cabinet 
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 
*First woman to hold the Cabinet rank 
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
*First Asian woman to become the President of World Health Assembly
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
*Rajkumari Amrit Kaur became the President of All India Women's Conference in
Ans : 1933
*The person who took the initiative for the establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur 
*First President of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Ans : Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDITT

* Born on: - August 18,1900
* Born at -Allahabad
* Died on - December 1, 1990
* Died at - Dehradun
* Earlier name - Swarup Kumari
*First Indian woman to hold a cabinet post in pre-independent India
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit
*Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected to the Constituent Assembly from the United Provinces in 
Ans : 1946
*First woman President of UN General Assembly (1953)
Ans : Vijayalakshmi Pandit

MAJOR WORKS OF VIJAYALAKSHMI PANDIT

*Prison Day
*The Evolution of India So I Became a Minister  A study of Nehru

DURGABAI DESHMUKH

* Born on -July 15,1909
* Born at - Rajahmundry
* Died on - May 9,1981
* Died at - Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh)
*Autobiography
Ans : Chintaman and I
*First woman to become the member of Planning Commission
Ans : Durgabai Deshmukh 
*First President of Central Social Welfare Board (1953)
Ans : Durgabai Deshmukh 
*First Chairperson of National Council of Women's Education (1958)
Ans : Durgabai Deshmukh 
*For the liberation of women, Andhra Mahila Sabha was founded by
Ans : Durgabai Deshmukh 
*The award which is given by Central Social Welfare Board
Ans : Durgabai Deshmukh Award for Women Development

ARUNA ASAF ALI

*Bom on - July 16,1909
*Bom at - Kalka (Haryana)
*Died on -July29,1996
*Died at - New Delhi
*The Heroine of Quit India movement 
Ans : Aruna Asaf Ali
*First woman who got Bharat Ratna posthumously (1997)
Ans : Aruna Asaf Ali
*The woman who got Lenin Prize for Peace in 1964
Ans : Aruna Asaf Ali
*Aruna Asaf Ali appeared in the Indian postal stamp in 
Ans : 1998
*The person who raised the Indian Flag at the time of Quit India Movement in 1942 
Ans : Aruna Asaf Ali

SUSHILA NAYYAR

*The Health Minister in the Ministry of Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans : Sushila Nayyar
Born in -1914 
Born at - Kunjah (Punjab now in Pakistan)
Died on - January 3,2000
Died at - Sevagram
*The private doctor of Gandhiji
Ans : Sushila Nayyar
*The campaigner of Gandhian Principles 
Ans : Sushila Nayyar
*The woman leader who was Imprisoned in Aga Khan palace at the time of Quit India Movement
Ans : Sushila Nayyar
*Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Science in Sevagram was founded by 
Ans : Sushila Nayyar

MAJOR WORKS OF SUSHILA NAYYAR

*The Story of Bapu's Imprisonment  Family Planning  In Gandhiji's Mirror  Role of Women in Prohibition  Mahatma Gandhi: India Awakened

CAPTAIN LAKSHMI SAHGAL

Bom on - October 24,1914 
Bom at - Malabar 
Died on - July 23, 2012
Died at - Kanpaur (up)
*The woman freedom fighter who was known as Captain
Ans : Lakshmi Sahgal
*The only woman in the Azad Hind Fauj founded by Netaji
Ans : Lakshmi Sahgal
*INA Jhansi Regiment, the women wing of INA was led by
Ans : Lakshmi Sahgal
*The woman leader who fought at South East Asian regions for the freedom of India 
Ans : Lakshmi Sahgal
* The opposition candidate of A.P.J Abdul Kalam in the Presidential election 
Ans : Lakshmi Sahgal