Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India (1950-1962), was from Ziradei in Bihar and was a prominent freedom fighter and Gandhian.

ISRO was formally established on August 15, 1969, under the leadership of Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, who is regarded as the architect of the Indian space programme.

Kalpana Chawla, born in Karnal, India, died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003, along with six other crew members during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.

Arundhati Roy won the prestigious Booker Prize in 1997 for her debut novel 'The God of Small Things', which remains one of India's most celebrated literary works.

Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, founded the Indian National Congress in 1885, which became the primary vehicle for India's independence movement.

Chandrayaan-3, India's lunar mission, successfully landed near the Moon's south polar region in August 2023, achieving a historic milestone and making India the fourth country to soft-land on the Moon.

Jagdeep Dhankhar has been serving as the Vice President of India since August 2022 and continues in this constitutional position as of 2024.

Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897.

Stephen Hawking, the renowned British physicist, authored 'A Brief History of Time' published in 1988.

Raja Ram Mohan Roy founded the Brahmo Samaj in 1828, a major socio-religious reform movement in India.