Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) is remembered as the father of the Indian space programme, and his life is a study in how scientific ambition, industrial wealth, and nationalist purpose can be fused into institution-building. Early life and family He was born in Ahmedabad into one of India's most prominent industrialist families - the Sarabhais, Jain textile magnates w…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was a poet, journalist, parliamentarian, and three-time Prime Minister of India - the first non-Congress leader to complete a full five-year term. Early Life and Education Born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, to Krishna Bihari Vajpayee, a schoolteacher and poet, and Krishna Devi. The family originally hailed from Bateshwar, Uttar Pradesh. His f…
Early LifeBorn on 31 October 1909 in Bombay, now Mumbai. Son of a distinguished civil engineer, Poorav Bhabha, and his mother, Meher. Grew up in a cultured, educated household that valued learning. Education Attended Cathedral High School and later studied at Elphinstone College. Completed a degree in mechanical engineering at the University of Cambridge in 1934. Earned a PhD in theoretical physi…
Early Life and Origins Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born on 15 October 1931 in Rameswaram, a small pilgrimage town on Pamban Island in the Madras Presidency (now Tamil Nadu). He was born into a modest Tamil Muslim family. His father, Jainulabdeen Marakayar, was a boat owner and imam of the local mosque; his mother, Ashiamma, was a homemaker. The family was not wealthy - his father ferr…
