Ramon Magsaysay Award Indian Winners

Ramon Magsaysay Award Indian Winners

Year : Name (Category)

1958 : Vinoba Bhave (CL)

1959 : Chintaman Deshmukh (GS)

1961 : Amitabha Chowdhury (JLCCA)

1962 Mother Teresa PIU

1963 : Dara Khurody (CL)

1963 : Verghese Kurien (CL)

1963 : Tribhuvandas Patel (CL)

1964 : Welthy Fisher (PIU)

1965 : Jayaprakash Narayan (PS)

1966 : Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (CL)

1967 : Satyajit Ray (JLCCA)

1971 : M.Sambasivan Swaminathan (CL)

1974 : M.S.Subbulakshmi (PS)

1975 : Boobli George Verghese (JLCCA)

1976 : Henning Holck-Larsen (PIU)

Nanasaheb Peshwa: Great Freedom Fighter

Nanasaheb Peshwa: Great Freedom Fighter

Nana Sahib was born as Dhondu Pant, a paramount leader in Indian Mutiny. He was a Maratha soldier and led the Kanpur rebellion during the battle of 1857. He had in himself inbuilt leadership qualities which led to the breakout. The best thing about him was that he was spontaneous, vigilant, agile and a strong decision maker. He never had to plan any move or any trick in advance. These things were never taught to him but were inside him. He led a big team of soldiers.

Childhood

He was an adopted child by Maratha Peshwa Baji Rao II. He was born on May 19, 1824 as Nana Govind Dhondu Pant to Narayan Bhatt and Ganga Bai. But following his defeat in the Third Maratha War the East India Company had exiled Baji Rao II, the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederation, to Bithoor near Cawnpore (now Kanpur), where he maintained a large establishment paid for in part out of a British pension. In childhood he had friends named Tantya Tope, Azimullah Khan and Rani Lakshmibai.