Biography of Acharya Kuber Nath Rai
Acharya Kuber Nath Rai was born on March 26, 1933 in Matsa Village, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, British India & died on June 5, 1996, was a writer and scholar of Hindi Literature and Sanskrit. He … read more
Biography of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Maulana Abul Kalam Muhiyuddin Ahmed was born on 11 November 1888 in Mecca & died on 22 February 1958 Delhi, India, was an Indian Muslim scholar and a senior political leader of the Indian independence … read more
Biography of Thirunalloor Karunakaran
Thirunalloor Karunakaran was born on October 8, 1924 in Kollam, Kerala, India & died on July 5, 2006 in Kollam, Kerala, India, was a renowned poet, scholar, teacher and leftist intellectual of Kerala, India. Thirunalloor … read more
Biography of (Dr.) M. Visvesvaraya
Sir Mokshagundam Visveswaraiah KCIE, popularly known as Sir MV on 15 September 1860 in Muddenahalli, Chikballapur, Kingdom of Mysore (now Karnataka) & died on 14 April 1962 in Bangalore, was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, … read more
Biography of Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar was born on July 6, 1837 in Malvan in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra & died on August 24, in 1925, was an Indian scholar, orientalist, and social reformer. After his early … read more
Biography of (Dr.) B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born on 14 April 1891 in Mhow, Central Provinces, British India (now in Madhya Pradesh) & died on 6 December 1956 in Delhi, India, popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an … read more
Biography of Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman was born in New York City on 31 July, 1912, the fourth child and only son of working class Jewish immigrants from a Hungarian community in what is now Ukraine. When he was … read more
Biography of Candy Cummings
William Arthur “Candy” Cummings (October 18, 1848 – May 16, 1924) was a 19th century professional baseball pitcher in the National Association and National League. Cummings had a brief but influential career. During a career … read more
Biography of Sheikh Saleh Ibn Fawzan Al-Fawzan
He is the noble Sheikh Dr. Saleh Ibn Fawzan Ibn Abdullah from the family of Fawzan from the people/tribe of ash-Shamaasiyyah. He was born in 1354H (1933 AD). His father died when he was young … read more
Biography of Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Saleh Al-Uthaymeen
He was, Rahimahu Allah, Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Saleh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen at-Tamimi an-Najdi. Sh. Uthaymeen, as he was most known, was born in the city of Unayzah, Qaseem Region, Saudi Arabia, on 27th … read more
Biography of Sheikh Nasiruddin Albani
Sheikh Muhammad Nasiruddin, al-Albani as he was most famously known, was born in the city of Ashkodera, then the capital of Albania in the year 1332H (1914 AD) into a poor family. His father al-Haaj … read more
Biography of Muhammad Ilyas
Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas, the founder of the Tablighi Jama’at of South Asian subcontinent, is arguably one of the most influential, yet least well-known , figures of the twentieth century Islam. Despite his enormous contribution towards … read more
Biography of Ibn al-Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
He is Muhammad Ibn Abi Bakr, known as Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, named after his father who was an attendant (Qayyim) at a local school named Al-Jawziyya. He was born in Damascus, Syria in 1292 C.E. … read more
Biography of Dr. Bilal Philips
"There is no time for holidays", says Bilal Philips, "when you realise how little time there is, and how much work has to be done for Islam."Bilal Philips, once a Christian, is now an Renowned … read more
Biography of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, born at Delhi, India on 17th October, 1817, Muslim educator, jurist and author, founder of the Anglo-Mohammedan Oriental College at Aligarh, UP, India, and principal motivating force behind the revival of … read more