Highlights of the book
Includes articles about thousand prominent universal personalities extending over the period
1001 to 2000 A.D. These have influenced and shaped the life of humankind.
Articles written by leading writers. Useful both for research scholars as well as the common reader.
Analysis of positive deeds as well as those that have affected the world adversely.
Structured articles - details of various personalities e.g. year and place of birth, major influences
that shaped their persona, social milieu, turning points in lives, noteworthy contributions and
consequences thereof.
Detailed Indexes – Title-wise, Author-wise, Section-wise
Artistic sketches of personalities
The volume is divided into nine main sections as follows:-
Travellers / Sailors / Archaeologists / Excavators / Surveyors
Includes: Marco Polo, Ibna Batuta, John Kabo, Christopher Columbus, Vasco Da Gama, Jack Kartie,
William Baffin, James Cook, Merewether Lewis, Mathew Perry, James Clark Ross, Robert Bruce Foot,
Nikolay Prezilevaski, Robert Peary, Robert Scott, Ernest Henry Shackleton……
Politcal leaders / Invaders / Kings and Monarchs / Revolutionaries / Warriors
Includes: Mehmood of Ghazani, Henry II, Razia Sultana, Joan of Arc, Tokugava Iyasu, Akbar, Louis XIV,
Chhatrapati Shivaji, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, V.I. Lenin, Mao Zedong, Jawaharlal Nehru,
Mahatma Gandhi, Adolph Hitler, Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Lech Walessa, Jaiprakash Narayan,
Osama Bin Laden ……
Philosophers / Thinkers / Researchers / Economists / Religious Preachers
Includes: Thomas Beckett, Ramanujacharya, Thomas Aquinas, Ibna Khaldun, René Descartes,
Adam Smith, Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, Max Mueller, Fredrich Nietzsche, Swami Vivekanand,
Arvind Ghosh, Joseph Schumpeter, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Karl Popper, J Krishnamurthy, Ernst Schumacher,
Noam Chomsky, Edward Syed…
Sociologists / Social activists / Reformers / Educationalists / Women libbers /Labour leaders / Dalit leaders
Includes: William Wilberforce, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Luis Brel, Merry Sicol, Florence Nightingale,
Jyotiba Phule, Henry Duna, Yukichi Fukuzova, Baden Powell, Maria Montessori, Shahu Maharaj,
Helen Keller, Maulana Azad, B.R. Ambedkar, Mother Teresa, Verghese Kurien, Paolo Frerie, Ila Bhat,
Ket Millet, Mohammed Yunus….
Litterateur / Authors / Poets / Playwrights
Includes: Omar Khayyam, Dante, Dnyaneshwar, Kabir, Tomas More, Tulsidas, William Shakespeare,
John Milton, Matsuo Basho, Kao Chan, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Mirza Ghalib, Ralph Emerson,
Browning, Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw, P.L.Deshpande, John Steinbeck, Chekov, Ravindranath Tagore,
Albert Camus, Sartre, Franz Kafka, Arundhati Roy……
Artists / Painters / Sculptors / Architects / Musicians / Dancers/ Directors / Actors (Film & Drama)
Includes: Amir Khusro, Zao Meng Fu, Leonardo Da Vinci, Tansen, Beethoven, Vincent Van Gogh,
Charles Chaplin, Stalinslavasky, Ravi Shankar, Pablo Picasso, Le Corbuiser, Greta Garbo, Salvador Dali,
Ingmar Bergman, Bismilla Khan, Laurie Baker, Dilip Kumar, Satyajit Ray, R.K. Laxman, John Lennon,
Zakir Hussein….
Scientists / Discoverers / Mathematicians / Medical Researchers / Astronomers
Includes: Al Biruni, Avisenna, Bhaskaracharya, Copernicus, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Joseph Pristler,
John Dalton, Andre Ampere, C.J. Thomson, Michel Farade, Alfred Nobel, Sigmund Freud, Marie Curie,
Albert Einstein, Ramanujan, Meghnad Saha, Salim Ali, Tereskova, Hideki Yukava, Neil Armstrong,
Hargovind Khorana, Stephen Hawking …
Industrialists / Entrepreneurs / Professionals / Businessmen
Includes: Isaac Singer, Levi Straus, Jamshedji Tata, Karl Benz King Camp Gillette, Gerard Phillips,
Henry Ford, Walchand Hirachand, Konosuke Matsushita, Chester Carlson, Rupert Murdock,
Dhirubhai Ambani, N.R. Narayanmurthy, Rahul Bajaj, Bill Gates ….
Section 9: Kreeda - Jagat
TCricketers / Tennis Players / Badminton Players / Hockey Players / Football Players /
Chess Players / Golf Players / Athletes
Includes: W.G. Grace, Tyres Kobe, Web Ruth, C.K. Naidu,Jessie Ovens, Stanley Mathews, Bob Matthias,
Mihir Sen, Michel Ferreira, Erapalli Prasanna, Pele, Arthur Ash,Sunil Gavaskar, Jimmy Connors,
Prakash Padukone, Maradona, Geet Sethi, Garry Kasparov, Mike Tyson, Sachin Tendulkar
…
