1. Indian heroesByAravind Narayan

2. Guess the leader! I will give you clues for every one with the maximum of 5, If you get it in one, you get five points, Two, you get four points Three you get three points Four you get two points Finally if it takes five, you get one point, If you still cant get it you get no points. 3. Freedom is not worth having unless you also have the freedom to make mistakesAssassinated by Nathuram GodseStudied law in LondonLed the Dandi MarchWorked in South Africa as a lawyer 4. It was Gandhiji 5. She was a distinguished poet.She was famously known as Bharatiya KokilaShe wanted women's rights and Indian national movementin the wake of partition of Bengal in 1905Her collections included "The golden threshold (1905)", "Thebird of time (1912)", and "The broken wing (1912)" She was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress 6. It was Sarojini Naidu 7. He was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1924 His work was on the scattering of light He joined the Indian Finance Department in 1907 He was the first Indian scholar who studied fully in India andreceived the Nobel Prize. The British made him a knight of the British Empire in 1929 8. It was CV Raman 9. Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength liesI do not pray for success, I ask for faithfulness She was honored with the Nobel Prize for her work. She was a Catholic nunShe received the Bharat Ratna 10. It was Mother Teresa 11. He established Viswabharati University He was a supporter of Gandhiji but he stayed out of politicsTwo songs from his collection are now the national anthems of India andBangladeshHe became the first Asian to became Nobel laureate when he won Nobel Prize for his collection of poemsIn 1915 he was knighted by the British King George V 12. It was Rabindranath Tagore 13. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for The Guide , Padma Bhushan ,and AC Benson Medal by the Royal Society of Literature His writing style was simplicity and subtle humour He told stories of ordinary people trying to live their simple lives in a changing world He began his writing career with Swami and Friends He was also given honorary doctorates by the University of Mysore,Delhi University and the University of Leeds. 14. It was R.K. Narayan 15. He provided spiritual enlightenment to the people of Bengal He played a key role in the social reform movement in Bengal in 19th centuryHe prayed to Goddess Kali to reveal Herself to him. One day he was so impatient to see Goddess Kali that he decided to end his life. Heseized a sword hanging on the wall and was about to kill himself with it, when he is reported to have seen light coming from the deity inwaves. He is said to have been soon overwhelmed by the waves and fell unconscious on the floor.He taught non-stop for fifteen years the basic truths of religion through metaphors, songs and by his own life experiencesHis original name was Gadadhar Chattopadhyay 16. It was Ramakrishna Paramhansa 17. He played a major role in the spiritual enlightenment of masses He showed a beacon of light to a nation that had lost faith in its ability under British rule and inspired self-confidenceHe reached Kanyakumari, the southern most tip of the Indian subcontinent on December24, 1892. He swam across the sea and started meditating on a rockSwami Vivekananda went to America to attend the Conference of World Religions in Chicago. He got wild applause for beginning his address withthe famous words, Sisters and brothers of AmericaAs a child Narendra had great respect for holymen. He would give away anything to anybody if asked for 18. It was Swami Vivekananda 19. He had the honor of being India's first pilotHe launched Air India International as India's first internationalairlineHe received Bharat Ratna in 1992.He was elected Chairman of Tata & Sons making him the head of the largest industrial group in IndiaOn his death, the Indian Parliament was adjourned in his memory, an honor not usually given to people who are not Members of Parliament 20. It was JRD Tata 21. He became first Prime Minister of independent IndiaHe received education in some of the finest schools and universities of the world. He did his schooling from Harrow and completed hisLaw degree from Trinity College, CambridgeHis real initiation into politics came when he came in contact with MahatmaGandhi in 1919He played a key role in building modern India He was one of the foremost leaders of Indian freedom struggle. 22. It was Jawaharlal Nehru 23. In the year 1979, she was chosen as the representative of India to the UN Human Rights Commission She was the first woman to hold a prestigious position in the cabinetShe was elected to the provincial legislature of the United ProvincesShe had an interest in writing. Her writings consist of The Evolutionof India and The Scope of Happiness: A Personal MemoirFrom 1962 to 1964, she served as the governor of Maharashtra 24. It was Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit 25. He was so great a person that he dedicated his entire life to the care of leprosy patients Baba Amte started the Unite India movement beginning from Kanyakumari toKashmir and then again from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh. The main objective was to reinstate peace and to create environmental awarenessThe Government of India presented him with the Padma Shree Award, then the Padma Vibhushan in the year 1986, then the Welfare of the Disabled award was presented to him and the Gandhi Peace PrizeHe was of the greatest social reformers in IndiaOften he sacrificed his health to help experiments to help against leprosy 26. It was Baba Amte