Information about famous and eminent personalities of the world.

1. FAMOUS KINGS AND
PERSONALITIES OF THE WORLD

2. MAHATMA GANDHI
• Born
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
(1869-10-02)2 October 1869
Porbandar, Kathiawar Agency, British Indian Empire[1]
• Died
• 30 January 1948(1948-01-30) (aged 78)
New Delhi, India
• Cause of death
• Assassination by shooting
• Resting place
• Cremated at Rajghat, Delhi
28°38′29″N 77°14′54″E / 28.6415°N 77.2483°E / 28.6415; 77.2483
• Other names
• Mahatma Gandhi, Bapu, Gandhiji
• Ethnicity
• Gujarati
• Education
• barrister-at-law
• Alma mater
• Alfred High School, Rajkot,
Samaldas College, Bhavnagar,
University College, London (UCL)
• Known for
• Leadership of Indian independence movement,
philosophy of Satyagraha, Ahimsa or nonviolence,
pacifism
• Movement
• Indian National Congress
• Religion
• Hinduism, with Jain influences
• Spouse(s)
• Kasturba Gandhi
• Children
• Harilal
Manilal
Ramdas
Devdas
• Parents
• Putlibai Gandhi (Mother)
Karamchand Gandhi (Father)

3. AKBAR
• Reign
• 11 February 1556 – 27 October 1605[1][2]
• Coronation
• 14 February 1556[1]
• Predecessor
• Humayun
• Successor
• Jahangir
• Regent
• Bairam Khan (1556–1561)
• Wives
• Ruqaiya Sultan Begum
Salima Sultan Begum
Mariam-uz-Zamani
Raj Kanwari Bai
Maharajkumari Nathi Bai
Qismiyah Banu Begum
Khandesi Begum
Kashmiri Begum
Qazwini Begum
other wives unnamed
concubines:
Aram Baksh Bibi
Salima Sultana Bibi
Daulat Shad Bibi
• Issue
• Hassan
Hussain
Jahangir
Murad
Daniyal
Aram Banu Begum
Shakr-un-Nissa Begum
Shahzadi Khanum
Maluki bai
• Full name
• Abu'l-Fath Jalal ud-din Muhammad Akbar
• House
• House of Timur
• Father
• Humayun
• Mother
• Hamida Banu Begum[3]
• Born
• Jalal ud-Din Muhammad
(1542-10-14)14 October 1542[4]
Umerkot, Sindh

4. ASHOKA THE GREAT
• Maurya Emperor
• Reign
• 269–232 BCE
• Coronation
• 269 BCE
• Predecessor
• Bindusara
• Successor
• Dasaratha
• Spouse
• Devi
• Karuvaki
• Padmavati
• Tishyaraksha
• Issue
• Mahendra
• Sanghamitra
• Tivala
• Kunala
• Jaluka[citationneeded]
• Charumati
• Dynasty
• Maurya
• Father
• Bindusara
• Mother
• Dharma or Shubhadrangi
• Born
• 304 BCE, Close to 7 Aug
Pataliputra, Patna
• Died
• 232 BCE (aged 72)
Pataliputra, Patna
• Burial
• Cremated 232 BCE, less than 24 hours after death[citationneeded]
Ashes immersed in the Ganges River, possibly at Varanasi[citationneeded]
• Religion
• Buddhism
•

5. RANI LAXMI BAI
• Predecessor
• Rani Rama Bai
• Successor
• British Raj
• Spouse
• Jhansi Naresh Maharaj Gangadhar Rao Newalkar
• Issue
• Damodar Rao, Anand Rao (adopted)
• House
• Maratha Empire
• Father
• Moropant Tambe
• Mother
• Bhagirathi Sapre
• Born
• Manikarnika Tambe
(1828-11-19)19 November 1828
Varanasi, India
• Died
• 17 June 1858 (aged 29)
Gwalior, India

6. ELIZABETH II
• Reign
• 6 February 1952–present
• Coronation
• 2 June 1953
• Predecessor
• George VI
• Heir apparent
• Charles, Prince of Wales
• Prime Ministers
• See list
• Spouse
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1947–present)
• Issue
Detail
• Charles, Prince of Wales
Princess Anne
Prince Andrew
Prince Edward
• House
• Windsor
• Father
• George VI
• Mother
• Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
• Born
• (1926-04-21) 21 April 1926 (age 88)
London, United Kingdom
• Religion
• Anglicanism
•
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7. MARTIN LUTHER KING jr.
• Born
• Michael King, Jr.
(1929-01-15)January 15, 1929
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
• Died
• April 4, 1968(1968-04-04) (aged 39)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
• Cause of death
• Assassination
• Monuments
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
• Alma mater
• Morehouse College (B.A.)
• Crozer Theological Seminary (B.D.)
• Boston University (Ph.D.)
• Occupation
• Clergyman, activist
• Organization
• Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
• Movement
• African-American Civil Rights Movement, Peace movement
• Religion
• Christianity
• Denomination
• Baptist (Progressive National Baptist Convention)
• Spouse(s)
• Coretta Scott King (m. 1953–1968)
• Children
• Yolanda Denise King (1955–2007)
• Martin Luther King III (b. 1957)
• Dexter Scott King (b. 1961)
• Bernice Albertine King (b. 1963)
• Parents
• Martin Luther King, Sr.
Alberta Williams King
• Awards
• Nobel Peace Prize (1964), Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977, posthumous),
Congressional Gold Medal (2004, posthumous)

8. MOTHER TERESA
• Religion
• Roman Catholic
• Institute
• Sisters of Loreto
(1928–1948)
Missionaries of Charity
(1950–1997)
• Personal
• Nationality
• Ottoman subject (1910–1912)
Serbian subject (1912–1915)
Bulgarian subject (1915–1918)
Yugoslavian subject (1918–1943)
Yugoslavian citizen (1943-1948)
Indian subject (1948–1950)
Indian citizen[1][2] (1948-1997)
• Born
• Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
(1910-08-26)26 August 1910
Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
(modern Skopje, Macedonia)
• Died
• 5 September 1997(1997-09-05) (aged 87)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
• Senior posting
•

9. NELSON MANDELA
• 1st President of South AfricaIn office
10 May 1994 – 14 June 1999DeputyThabo Mbeki
F. W. de KlerkPreceded byF. W. de KlerkSucceeded byThabo
MbekiSecretary General of Non-Aligned MovementIn
office
2 September 1998 – 14 June 1999Preceded byAndrés
Pastrana ArangoSucceeded byThabo MbekiPersonal
detailsBornNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
18 July 1918
Mvezo, Umtata (now Mthatha),South AfricaDied5
December 2013 (aged 95)[1]
Johannesburg, South AfricaNationalitySouth
AfricanPolitical partyAfrican National
CongressSpouse(s)Evelyn Ntoko Mase (1944–1957)
Winnie Madikizela (1957–1996)
Graça Machel (1998–2013)ChildrenMadiba Thembekile
Makgatho Lewanika
Makaziwe
Maki
Zenani
ZindziswaResidenceHoughton Estate,Johannesburg, South
AfricaAlma materUniversity of Fort Hare
University of London External System
University of South Africa
University of the
WitwatersrandReligionChristianity (Methodism)[2

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