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Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati

The later part of Swami Chinmayananda’s life was dedicated to disseminating the knowledge of Advaita Vedanta across India and the world. By giving discourses in English, he made the teachings of Advaita Vedanta accessible to the modern educated elite of the nation. As days passed he started attracting huge crowds...
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Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is one of those rare individuals who restored life and vitality into their less daring compatriots who might have surrendered before the tragedies of life. Shivaji Maharaj and his journey is a source of courage and inspiration for people.
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Republic Day: Sāmrājya Nibandhanam by Vasishtha Kavyakantha

Vasishtha Kavyakantha Ganapati Muni was a seer who dedicated his life to revive and renew ancient Indian wisdom. Sāmrājyanibandhanam is a Sanskrit text composed by the Muni and proposed as the constitution for India.
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Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose: Father of Plant Neurobiology

Indian civilisation has always considered trees to be a living being but Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose was the first scientist in the world to prove that they are living being by detecting the nervous response of plant tissues.
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Maharishi Valimiki: Adkavi of Adkavya, Ramayan

Mahaṛṣi Vālmīki is remembered as ādi Kavi in the Indian kāvya tradition who composed, the widely read Indian epic Ramayan, based on the life of Lord Ram. He is deeply revered and worshipped to this day as a supreme sage and lord.
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APJ Abdul Kalam: From Rameshwaram to Rashtrapati Bhawan

Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam was one of those rare public figures whose love and concern for India and its people were heartfelt and nor merely pretentious. In a long and distinguished career as a scientist and then as the President of India, Kalam contributed immensely to the Nation.
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Remembering The Greats: Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an Indian civil engineer and statesman who served as the 19th Diwan of Mysore, from 1912 to 1919.
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Indic Knowledge Systems

By Vinay HA, Research Associate at Rashtram नास्ति विद्यासमं चक्षुः नास्ति विद्यासमं बलम्‌ nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣur nāsti vidyāsamaṃ balam Mahābhārata 12,169.033 Just as the eyes light up the physical world before us and guide all our activities, vidyā (knowledge) shows us the true nature of the various phenomena of life....
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