Rabindranath Thakur 7 May 1861,, Poet, Short Story Writer, Song Composer, Novelist, Playwright, Essayist, Painter, English

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Born

Rabindranath Thakur
7 May 1861
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency,British India

Occupation

Poet, short story writer, song composer, novelist, playwright, es

Language

Bengali, English

Nationality

British India

Ethnicity

Bengali

Literary movement

Contextual Modernism

Notable works

Gitanjali, Gora, Ghare-Baire,Jana Gana Mana, Rabindra Sange


Bangla(other works)

Notable awards

Nobel Prize in Literature


1913

Died
Born

7 August 1941 (aged 80) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British I


Kailash Sharma[1]
11 January 1954 (age 60)[2]
Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India

Nationality

Indian

Education

Electrical engineering[1]

Alma mater

Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha[3][4]

Occupation

Activist

Known for

Activism for children's rights andchildren's education

Religion

Hinduism[5]

Awards

The Aachener International Peace Prize, Germany (1994)


Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award (1995)
Alfonso Comin International Award (2008)
Medal of the Italian Senate (2007)
Defenders of Democracy Award (2009)
Nobel Peace Prize (2014)[6]

Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman


FRS

Born

7 November 1888
Thiruvanaikoil, Tiruchirappalli,Madras Province, British
India

Died

21 November 1970 (aged 82)


Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Nationality

Indian

Fields

Physics

Institutions

Indian Finance Department[1]


University of Calcutta
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science
Indian Institute of Science
Central College, Bangalore University
Raman Research Institute

Alma mater

University of Madras

Doctoral students

G. N. Ramachandran
Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai

Known for

Raman effect

Notable awards

Knight Bachelor (1929)


Hughes Medal (1930)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1930)
Bharat Ratna (1954)
Lenin Peace Prize (1957)
Fellow of the Royal Society[2]

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