Category: Biography
Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor (1004-66), King of England from 1043. The second son of Ethelred the Unready, he grew up in Normandy. He devoted much of his …
Kananlata Baruah Kananlata Baruah, d. 1942, martyr. Daughter of Krishna Kant Barua of Assam, she was gunned down by the police while leading a procession on 20 September 1942, …
Edward VIII Edward VIII (1894-1972). King of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, George V, in January 1936. How-ever, …
Edward VII Edward VII (1841-1910), King of Great Britain and Ireland, eldest son of Queen Victoria. After the death of Prince Albert in 1861, Victoria retired from public life …
Purnima Banerjee Purnima Banerjee, political worker. A very prominent woman leader of U.P., she was very closely connected with the Congress movement, and was imprisoned many time. She also …
Bakshi Begum Bakshi Begum, later 18th cent, principal wife of Nizam Ali, Nizam of Hyderabad. She received a letter from Tipu Sultan of Mysore, in April 1791, to join …
Edward I Edward I (1239-1307), King of England from 1272, son of Henry III. During his reign he worked out a series of statutes designed to strengthen government aid …
Bakhtunnisa Begum Bakhtunnisa Begum, 1550, Mughal princess. She was the daughter of Humayun and Mah Chuchak Begun’, and a sister of Muhammad Hakim, the governor of Kabul. She was …
