The Ganges River is the longest river in India with a length of approximately 2,525 km.
It originates in the Himalayas and flows through the Indo-Gangetic Plain before emptying into the Bay of Bengal.
The Brahmaputra is the second-longest river in the Indian subcontinent.
Gujarat has the longest coastline among Indian states, stretching approximately 1,600 km along the Arabian Sea.
It is followed by Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu.
Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, an American writer and humorist renowned for 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.
His works are celebrated for their satire, realism, and vivid portrayal of American life along the Mississippi River.
In '1984', the protagonist Winston Smith lives in Oceania, a totalitarian superstate that includes the British Isles.
The novel depicts a dystopian world divided into three superpowers: Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia, each engaged in perpetual warfare.
'My Experiments with Truth' is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, not Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Krishnamurti was a spiritual philosopher known for works like 'The Awakening of Intelligence' and 'Freedom from the Known' that focus on consciousness and human transformation.
Gabriel García Márquez, a Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate, authored 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' published in 1967.
This novel is considered a masterpiece of magical realism and tells the multi-generational saga of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo.
Arundhati Roy's debut novel 'The God of Small Things' won the Booker Prize in 1997, making her one of the youngest recipients of this prestigious award at age 31.
The novel is set in Kerala and explores themes of love, caste, and politics in post-colonial India.
Dr.
Kallam Anji Reddy founded Dr.
Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) in 1984 and is credited as a pioneer in the Indian pharmaceutical industry, significantly contributing to India's emergence as a global pharmaceutical powerhouse.
His company became one of the world's largest generic pharmaceutical manufacturers and APIs producers.
His vision of affordable medicines for common people transformed the pharmaceutical landscape and earned him recognition as a visionary industrialist.
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) was a legendary sitar player who revolutionized Indian classical music and brought it to international prominence, collaborating with Western musicians like George Harrison and Yehudi Menuhin.
He received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, in 1999 and established the Ravi Shankar Foundation for cultural preservation.
His contributions to music transcended geographical and cultural boundaries, making him a global cultural ambassador for India.
Savitribai Phule (1831-1897) was a pioneering social reformer who established one of the first schools for girls in India and fought against child marriage and for widow remarriage.
She worked alongside her husband Jyotirao Phule in the Phule Movement, which aimed at social equality and education for all sections of society, particularly women and marginalized communities.
Her efforts made her a precursor to modern feminism in India.