Personalities
Saints, scholars, poets, scientists, reformers, freedom fighters, travellers and commanders who shaped the history of Bharat. Rulers are listed on each polity's page.
2nd century CE · 1
5th century CE · 1
6th century CE · 1
7th century CE · 1
12th century CE · 1
19th century CE · 3
Jagadish Chandra Bose
Scientist / mathematician · 1858 – 1937
Pioneer of radio science and plant physiology
M. Visvesvaraya
Scientist / mathematician · 1861 – 1962
Engineer and Diwan of Mysore whose birthday is Engineers' Day
Prafulla Chandra Ray
Scientist / mathematician · 1861 – 1944
Chemist who founded Bengal Chemicals
20th century CE · 11
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Scientist / mathematician · 1887 – 1920
Self-taught mathematician famed for the number 1729
C. V. Raman
Scientist / mathematician · 1888 – 1970
Physics Nobel laureate (1930) for the Raman effect
Meghnad Saha
Scientist / mathematician · 1893 – 1956
Astrophysicist of the Saha ionization equation
Satyendra Nath Bose
Scientist / mathematician · 1894 – 1974
Physicist of Bose-Einstein statistics
Homi J. Bhabha
Scientist / mathematician · 1909 – 1966
Father of India's nuclear programme
Vikram Sarabhai
Scientist / mathematician · 1919 – 1971
Father of the Indian space programme
Verghese Kurien
Scientist / mathematician · 1921 – 2012
Father of the White Revolution (Operation Flood)
M. S. Swaminathan
Scientist / mathematician · 1925 – 2023
Agricultural scientist who led India's Green Revolution
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Scientist / mathematician · 1931 – 2015
'Missile Man' and 11th President of India
Rakesh Sharma
Scientist / mathematician · born 1949
First Indian citizen in space (1984)
Kalpana Chawla
Scientist / mathematician · 1962 – 2003
First woman of Indian origin in space