Historical figures in India
The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, from 250 to 1975. The most recorded lives are V. S. Naipaul, Ho Chi Minh and Eleanor Roosevelt. Among them Political Leaders, across the Cold War and the Space Age.
Notable people
Alfred Deakin
in 1890
1 moment here
Australian barrister, journalist, federation advocate and Australia’s second prime minister.…
Bingu wa Mutharika
in 1964
1 moment here
Malawian economist and politician who served as Malawi's third president from 2004 until his death in office in 2012.…
Eleanor Roosevelt
in 1952
1 moment here
American political figure, diplomat, activist, and First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945.…
Errol Flynn
in 1949
1 moment here
Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn was an Australian-born actor who became a major Hollywood star in swashbuckling and adventure films.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1929
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Nāgārjuna
in 250
1 moment here
Indian Mahāyāna Buddhist scholar-monk, philosopher, and teacher traditionally dated c. 150–c. 250 CE.…
V. S. Naipaul
from 1962 to 1975
2 moments here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Moments
- 250 Death in India Nāgārjuna
- 1890 Irrigation journey to India Alfred Deakin
- 1929 Travel onward to India Ho Chi Minh
- 1949 Departure for India to film Kim Errol Flynn
- 1952 India visit Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1962 First year-long visit to India V. S. Naipaul
- 1964 Scholarship journey to India Bingu wa Mutharika
- 1975 Second Indian visit during the Emergency V. S. Naipaul