Historical figures in Bengaluru
The atlas holds 12 people and 16 moments here, from 1883 to 2020. The most recorded lives are C. V. Raman, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Ronald Ross. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Ada Yonath
in 2020
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
from 1960 to 2005
2 moments here
Indian aerospace engineer, science administrator, author, and the eleventh president of India.…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 1975
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
C. V. Raman
from 1933 to 1970
3 moments here
Indian physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970), known for research on light scattering and for the Raman effect.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1974
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1991
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1915
1 moment here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Pranab Mukherjee
in 2015
1 moment here
Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th President of India from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.…
Rabindranath Tagore
in 1928
1 moment here
Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…
Ronald Ross
from 1883 to 1895
2 moments here
British physician, malariologist, mathematician, writer, and 1902 Nobel laureate. Ross established the mosquito’s role in malaria transmission…
Winston Churchill
in 1896
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Moments
- 1883 Acting Garrison Surgeon at Bangalore Ronald Ross
- 1895 Cholera investigation at Bangalore Ronald Ross
- 1896 Arrives in Bangalore Winston Churchill
- 1915 Received by Bangalore citizens Mahatma Gandhi
- 1928 Convalesces and writes in Bangalore Rabindranath Tagore
- 1933 Move to Bangalore to direct IISc C. V. Raman
- 1949 Raman Research Institute directorship C. V. Raman
- 1959 Stays in Bangalore Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1960 Joined Aeronautical Development Establishment A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 1970 Death in Bangalore C. V. Raman
- 1974 Scientific visit to Bengaluru Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1975 Emergency internment Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 1991 Arrival for Bengaluru concert Lata Mangeshkar
- 2005 Addressed Karnataka legislature A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2015 NIMHANS dedication ceremony Pranab Mukherjee
- 2020 Indian Science Congress attendance Ada Yonath