Personalities & Biographies (Set 4)

Cunha studied electrical engineering at the Sorbonne. In Paris he shared a residence with Ho Chi Minh.

He was first held at Fort Aguada in Goa. He was later sent to Peniche Fortress in Portugal.

The Denationalisation of Goans appeared in 1944. Another booklet was Four Hundred Years of Foreign Rule.

He used the name Akhtarpiya for his musical compositions. His poetic name is given elsewhere as Akhtar.

Dutta studied chemistry at Presidency College. He was sent away after hitting a British professor who insulted Bengalis.

Dwijadas Duttagupta was a Brahmo Samaj member. He held an agriculture degree from the University of London.

After marrying in 1957 he moved to Kolkata and later settled at Silchar in Cachar district. He died there on 17 May 1965.

On 15 August 1947 he raised the Indian flag over Pune. It was the first time the city saw it as a free nation.

The stamp was issued on 31 December 2008. It shows her in royal dress with a sword.

He became chief musliyar of Mampuram mosque in 1907. This was after years of study at Ponnani and in Mecca.

After his studies at Ponnani, he went to Mecca for further learning. He spent about seven years there.

Rajiv Gandhi said the nation owed a great debt to Narendra Dev. Jawaharlal Nehru also paid a moving tribute in the Rajya Sabha after his death.

Acharya Narendra Dev College was named after him in 1991. A university of agriculture and technology also bears his name, from 1975.

Pyarelal held a large cache of Gandhi’s personal papers privately. They were brought into the public domain only in 2007.

He took the finance portfolio in a cabinet that cut across communal lines. It was a rare cross-party experiment.

She took charge after her son Male Rao died in 1767. She ruled until her death in 1795.

Maheshwar was her working seat on the Narmada. Indore was also important to the Holkars.

Records date the present Kashi Vishwanath structure to 1780. She is credited with building it.

Her father Mankoji Shinde was a village headman in Chondi. She was not born into a ruling family.