Poets

Literature

Sri Aurobindo

Philosopher, yogi, poet and early nationalist leader

1872 – 1950

Historical Figures

Guru Nanak

Founder of Sikhism and the first of the ten Sikh Gurus

1469 – 1539

Music

Rabindranath Tagore

Poet, writer and composer; first non-European Nobel laureate in Literature

1861 – 1941

Politics & Leadership

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Tenth Prime Minister of India and a founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party

1924 – 2018