1. Pranab Mukherjee…
Pranab Mukherjee served as the 13th President
of India from 2012 until 2017. A veteran
congressman, Pranab Mukherjee had held
various key portfolios like Finance, Defence
and External Affairs as Union Minister. He is
the outstanding statesman of the present
time. Pranab Mukherjee was born in a Bengali
family. Pranab Mukherjee earned an MA
degree in Political Science and History and
LL.B. from the University of Calcutta. He has
also served as a professor of Political Science
at Vidyanagar College in West Bengal. Before
entering Politics, he was working as a
journalist with ‘Desher Dak’.
2. Nanaji Deshmukh...
Nanaji Deshmukh laid great emphasis on
education as a social worker. The first
Saraswati Shishu Mandir was established by
him at Gorakhpur in 1950. He was a member
of RSS and also served as general secretary
of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Nanaji Deshmukh
took part in Jai Prakash Narayan movement
during the Emergency. He got elected as a
member of Lok Sabha from Balrampur in
1977.He has also served as a nominated
member of Rajya Sabha. Nanaji was
awarded Padma Vibhushan in 1999.
3. Bhupen Hazarika…
Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika was a
playback singer, lyricist, musician, singer,
poet and film-maker from Assam, widely
known as Sudhakantha. He mainly wrote
and sang in the Assamese language. His
works were marked by humanity and
universal brotherhood and have been
translated and sung in many languages.
He also served as a channel to introduce
the culture and folk music of Assam
and Northeast India to Hindi cinema at
the national level.
