Maharaja Ranjit Singh
In the 1770s, the Punjab was sixty-eight pieces of a wild and prosperous land inhabited by a brutal and querulous people making a living by plunder even as invasion after invasion from the north-west frontier trampled it. Ranjit Singh stemmed these Afghan raids by capturing all the passes on the Hindu Kush and wresting from Kabul the fairest of its provinces. His matchless and modern army comprised 100,000 disciplined and well-armed men and 300 canons that stood between expansionist Britain and imperial Russia.
Sardar Patel : Unifier of Modern India
Sardar Patel : Unifier of Modern India
Vallabhbhai Patel left his mark not only on the map of India but also on the minds of her people. He is said to have bequeathed the idea of an integrated India to the nation and is often called the ‘Iron Man’, with an uncanny foresight and a clear vision of where independent India’s future lay.