Tilka Manjhi tribal leader who led a major uprising against the British in and around Bhagalpur.

Vikram Sarabhai,  the father of India’s space program, regarded as one of the greatest scientists of modern India. And who also made a signficant contribution to the nuclear program.

Shivaji Maharaj routs the Adil Shahi forces once again at the Battle of Kolhapur in 1659, as their commander Rustom Zaman flees the battlefield. This victory would make Aurangzeb take notice of him.

Lance Naik Albert Ekka, the man who saved Agartala during the 1971  War, PVC recipient for his sheer courage under fire during the capture of Gangasagar, one of Jharkhand's most famous icons.

Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, founder of Benares Hindu University, educationist, thinker, freedom fighter, social reformer, a truly great soul or Mahamana as he was called.

Srinivasa Ramanujan, one of the greatest mathematicians of  the modern era. A genius, and a true maverick.

Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqullah Khan, Thakur Roshan Singh are hanged to death on this date for ther involvement in the Kakori Conspiracy.

The commander of the Maratha Army at the 3rd Battle of Panipat, a hero often judged harshly for that one failure.