Dayananda Saraswati

Dayanand Saraswati (pronunciationⓘ) (born Mool Shankar Tiwari; 12 February 1824 – 30 October
[3]

1883), was an Hindu philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform
movement of Hinduism. His book Satyarth Prakash has remained one of the influential text on the
philosophy of the Vedas and clarifications of various ideas and duties of human beings. He was the
first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.[3]
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Denouncing the idolatry and ritualistic worship, he worked towards reviving Vedic ideologies.
Subsequently, the philosopher and President of India, S. Radhakrishnan, called him one of the
"makers of Modern India", as did Sri Aurobindo.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: ‫[ ;محم==د علی جن==اح‬mʊɦəmːəd̪ əli d͡ ʒɪnɑː(ɦ)]; born Mahomedali
Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician and
the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until
the inception of Pakistan on 14 August 1947, and then as the Dominion of Pakistan's first Governor-
General until his death.
 Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī;[pron 1] 2 October 1869 –
30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who
employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's
independence from British rule. He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
The honorific Mahātmā (from Sanskrit 'great-souled, venerable'), first applied to him in South Africa in
1914, is now used throughout the world.

Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām

Ghūrid ruler of India
Also known as: Muʿizz ad-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām, Muḥammad Ghūrī, Muḥammad of Ghur, Shihāb-al-Dīn
Muḥammad Ghūrī

Muʿizz al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Sām (died March 15, 1206, Damyak, India) the Ghūrid conqueror
of the north Indian plain; he was one of the founders of Muslim rule in India.Muʿizz al-Dīn’s elder
brother, Ghiyāth al-Dīn, acquired power east of Herāt in the region of Ghūr (Ghowr, in
present Afghanistan) about 1162. Muʿizz al-Dīn always remained his brother’s loyal subordinate. Thus
Muʿizz al-Dīn expelled the Oğuz Turkmen nomads from Ghazna (Ghaznī) in 1173 and came as
required to his brother’s assistance in his contest with Khwārezm for the lordship of Khorāsān.
 Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (/ˈneɪru/ or /ˈnɛru/;[1] Hindi: [ˈdʒəʋɑːɦəɾˈlɑːl ˈneːɦɾuː] ⓘ; juh-WAH-hurr-
LAHL NE-hǝ-ROO; 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist,
statesman, secular humanist, social democrat,[2] and author who was a central figure in India during
the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the
1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime
minister for 16 years.[3] Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and
technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international
affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, his books
written in prison, such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936)
and The Discovery of India (1946), have been read around the world.