Famous Birthdays 1483-02-15 – Babur, founder of Mughal dynasty in India (1526-30) 1506-04-07 – Francis Xavier, saint/Jesuit missionary to India, Malaya, & Japan 1542-10-14 – Abul-Fath Djalal-ud-Din, 3rd Mogol emperor of India (1556-1605) 1542-10-15 – Djalalud-Din Mohammed Akbar, emperor of India (1556-1605) 1569-08-31 – Djehangir/Jahangir, great mogol of India 1592-01-05 – Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-58), built Taj Mahal 1592-01-14 – Sjihab al-Din Sultan Choerram Sjah Djahan, leader of India 1618-11-03 – Aurangzeb, [Alamgir], Emperor of India (1658-1707) 1643-10-14 – Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712) 1682-07-10 – Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719) 1685-01-07 – Gerard George Clifford, Dutch director of East India Company 1725-09-29 – Robert Clive, English explorer/founder (British empire in India) 1725-09-29 – Robert Clive, founder (British empire in India) 1732-12-06 – Warren Hastings, England, 1st governor-General of India (1773-84) 1750-11-20 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799) 1767-05-04 – Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847) 1787-06-28 – Henry G W Smith, leader of British-Indian forces 1796-12-27 – Mirza Ghalib, Indian poet (d. 1869) 1809-01-23 – Veer Surendra Sai, Indian Freedom Fighter 1809-12-24 – Christopher “Kit” Carson, KY, Union brig-general/indian fighter 1817-05-15 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian religious reformer (d. 1905) 1817-10-17 – Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder (Pakistan) 1823-06-30 – Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Indian industrialist (d. 1901) 1824-02-12 – Arya Samaj Maha Rishi Dayanand Sarsvati, Indian hindu leader 1825-05-08 – George Bruce Malleson, Indian officer (d. 1898) 1825-09-04 – Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament 1827-07-19 – Mangal Pandey, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1857) 1831-11-08 – Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India 1832-06-10 – Edwin Arnold, English writer (Light of India) 1833-11-02 – Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904) 1835-11-19 – Rani Lakshmi Bai, Indian Queen (d. 1858) 1836-02-18 – Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic/hindu leader 1839-03-03 – Jamsetji Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1904) 1845-11-04 – Vasudeo Balwant Phadke, The First Indian Revolutionary (d. 1883) 1848-04-16 – Kandukuri Veeresalingam, Social Reformer of Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1919) 1849-09-21 – Maurice Barrymore, Indian-born patriarch of the Barrymore family (d. 1905) 1850-09-09 – Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1853-12-06 – Haraprasad Shastri, Indian academic, Sanskrit scholar, archivist and historian of Bengali literature (d. 1931) 1856-04-01 – Acacio Gabriel Viegas, Indian physician (d. 1933) 1856-04-11 – Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India 1856-07-23 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak, British-Indian Hindi leader 1858-10-21 – Ramabai Dongre’ Medhavi, India, social reformer 1858-11-07 – Bipin Chandra Pal, Indian freedom fighter, (d. 1932) 1858-11-30 – Jagdish Chandra Bose, Indian physicist (d. 1937) 1860-08-10 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (d. 1936) 1860-09-15 – Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya, Indian engineer (d. 1962) 1861-05-06 – Motilal Nehru, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1861-05-07 – Rabindranath Tagore, First Indian to win Nobel Prize for Liturature. (d. 1941) 1861-12-25 – Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, Indian founder of Banaras Hindu University (d. 1946) 1865-01-28 – Lala Lajpat Rai, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1928) 1865-01-31 – Shastriji Maharaj, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1951) 1866-05-09 – Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915) 1867-12-16 – Amy Carmichael, missionary in Dohnavur, India (d. 1951) 1868-08-12 – Frederick JNT lord Chelmsford, viceroy of British-India (1916-21) 1869-10-02 – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Porbandar Kathiawad India, pacifist and spiritual leader 1872-04-14 – Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born Islamic scholar and translator (d. 1953) 1873-11-22 – Leopold CMS Amery, British minister of Colonies (India) 1875-10-31 – Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian freedom fighter and statesman (d. 1950) 1876-09-15 – Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938) 1877-11-24 – Kavasji Jamshedji Petigara, Indian CID Commissioner of Police (d. 1941) 1878-02-21 – The Mother, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1973) 1878-11-27 – Jatindramohan Bagchi, Indian (Bengali) poet (d.1948). 1878-12-10 – Rajaji, India’s freedom fighter and the first Governor General of independent India (d.1972) 1879-02-13 – Sarojini Naidu, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1949) 1879-09-17 – Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, Indian Social Reformer (d. 1973) 1880-07-31 – Munshi Premchand, Indian Author (d. 1936) 1880-10-08 – Ernest F E Douwes Dekker, Dutch founder (National-India Party) 1882-07-05 – Inayat Khan, Indian sufi (d. 1927). 1882-12-11 – Subramanya Bharathy, Indian poet (d. 1921) 1883-05-28 – Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Indian activist (d. 1966) 1884-12-03 – Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963) 1885-02-14 – Syed Zafarul Hasan, Prominent Muslim Indian/Pakistani philosopher (d. 1949) 1886-05-25 – Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945) 1886-11-02 – Philip Merivale, Rehutia India, actor (Nothing But Trouble) 1887-02-26 – Benegal Narsing Rau, India, pres of UN Security Council (1950) 1887-06-07 – William Walraven, Dutch journalist/writer (Indian Daily) 1887-12-22 – Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician (d. 1920) 1888-09-05 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishan, president (India)/philosopher 1888-11-07 – Chandrasekhara Raman, India, physicist (Nobel 1930) 1888-11-11 – Maulana Azad, 1st minister of education in independent India 1889-11-14 – Jawaharlal Nehru, 1st Indian PM (1947-64) 1891-04-14 – B. R. Ambedkar, Indian jurist (d.1956) 1893-01-05 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (d. 1952) 1894-01-01 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician (d. 1974) 1894-02-25 – Meher Baba, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1969) 1894-04-10 – Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian industrialist (d. 1983) 1894-05-20 – Chandrashekarendra Saraswati, Indian Hindu sage, Jivanmukta (d. 1994) 1894-06-23 – Edward VIII, King of Great Brit/N-Ireland/emperor of India (1936) 1894-08-10 – Varahagiri Venkata Giri, Fourth President of India (d. 1980) 1895-05-12 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [NS=May 22] 1895-05-22 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, India, philosopher (Songs of Life) [OS=May 12] 1895-06-03 – Kavalam Madhava Panikkar, India, diplomat (Asia & Western Dominance) 1895-09-01 – Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, Indian musician (d. 1974) 1896-02-29 – Ranchhodji Morarji Desai, premier of India (1977-79) 1896-09-01 – A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian theologian (d. 1977) 1896-11-12 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (d. 1987) 1897-01-23 – Subhas Chandra Bose, Indian politician 1897-04-19 – Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970) 1897-05-03 – V K Krishna Menon, India, minister of defense 1897-11-23 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri, Indian writer (d. 1999) 1898-12-02 – Indra Lal Roy, Indian pilot (d. 1918) 1898-12-05 – Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (d. 1982) 1902-06-04 – Richard Allen, India, field hockey goal tender (Olympic-gold-1928) 1902-10-11 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979) 1903-07-15 – Kumaraswami Kamaraj, Indian politician (d. 1975) 1904-02-29 – Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986) 1904-03-04 – Chief Tahachee, American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian stage and film actor (d. 1978) 1904-07-29 – J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993) 1904-10-01 – A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (d. 1977) 1904-10-02 – Shi Lal Bahadur Shastri, India premier (1964-66) 1905-09-09 – Hussain Sha – Indian Saint, Philosopher ,Pithapuram 1906-05-05 – Ursula Jeans, Simla India. actress (I Lived With You, Over the Moon) 1906-05-29 – Terence Hanbury White, Bombay India, novelist (England Have My Bones) 1906-07-23 – Chandrasekhar Azad, Indian revolutionary (d. 1931) 1906-10-10 – R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001) 1907-05-15 – Sukhdev Thapar, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1907-09-27 – Bhagat Singh, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1931) 1907-09-28 – Bhagat Singh, Indian activist (d. 1931) 1908-04-05 – Jagjivan Ram, Indian politician (d. 1986) 1908-06-24 – Guru Gopinath, Indian classical dancer (d 1987) 1908-07-25 – Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, Indian musician (d. 2003) 1908-10-22 – John Sutton, Rawalpindi India, actor (Tower of London, Return of Fly) 1909-10-30 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966) 1909-12-20 – Vakkom Majeed, Indian politician (d. 2000) 1910-01-30 – C Subramaniam, Indian politician (d. 2000) 1910-07-03 – Eric Franklin, Indian civil servant 1910-10-19 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, India, astrophysicist (Nobel 1983) 1910-12-04 – Ramaswamy Venkataraman, president of India (1987-92) 1911-02-19 – Merle Oberon, Calcutta India, actress (Assignment Foreign Legion) 1911-09-20 – Shriram Sharma Acharya, Indian spiritual leader (d. 1991) 1911-10-13 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (d. 2001) 1912-01-27 – Lawrence Durrell, Darjeeling, Indian/British writer (Private Country, Alexandria Quartet) 1912-02-27 – Kusumagraj, Indian writer (d. 1999) 1913-05-13 – Sanjiva Reddy, president (India) 1913-05-19 – Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, president of India 1914-01-01 – Noor Inayat Khan, Indian princess and SOE agent (d. 1944) 1914-07-08 – Jyoti Basu, Indian politician 1916-01-22 – Harilal Upadhyay, Gujarati Author, Poet, Astrologist (Gujarat is a State of India) (d. 1994) 1916-05-05 – Zail Singh, President of India (d. 1994) 1916-05-08 – Swami Chinmayananda, Indian spiritualist (d. 1993) 1916-08-03 – Shakeel Badayuni, Indian poet and lyricist (d. 1970) 1916-09-15 – Margaret Lockwood, Karachi India, actress (Lady Vanishes) 1916-09-16 – M.S. Subbulakshmi, Indian singer (d. 2004) 1917-01-12 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008) 1917-01-17 – Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, (MGR), Indian film star, politician 1917-02-11 – T.