10 Heroes From West Bengal Who Changed The Course Of History

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A tender soul from the very beginning, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was Albanian by blood but Indian by citizenship. She received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979 and Bharat Ratna in 1980.

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Born and brought up in Kolkata, Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, singer, producer, writer, social worker, entrepreneur, and a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament.

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Born & brought up in Mirati in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, Pranab Mukherjee was the 13th and current President of India, in office since July 2012.

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Born in Kanpur but Bengali by origin, actress Sharmila Tagore also happens to be a distant relative of poet Rabindranath Tagore.

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Born & brought up in Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, and affectionately known as Dada, Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national team.

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Born and brought up in Kolkata, Leander Paes’s parents were both sports persons. Paes is a noted Lawn tennis player and is one of the best doubles & mixed doubles players in the world.

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Born & brought up in Calcutta, Jyoti Basu was an Indian politician & former Chief Minister of West Bengal.

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An Indian filmmaker born & brought up in the city of Calcutta, Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries, and shorts.

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Born & brought up in Calcutta, Manna Dey was an Indian playback singer who held a record of singing more than 4000 songs between 1942 and 2013.

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Born in Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore is easily the most iconic figure in the history of Indian literature in recent times.

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10 Heroes From West Bengal Who Changed The Course Of History

A tender soul from the very beginning, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was Albanian by blood but Indian by citizenship. She received the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979 and Bharat Ratna in 1980.

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Born and brought up in Kolkata, Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, singer, producer, writer, social worker, entrepreneur, and a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament.

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Born & brought up in Mirati in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, Pranab Mukherjee was the 13th and current President of India, in office since July 2012.

Pranab Mukherjee

Born in Kanpur but Bengali by origin, actress Sharmila Tagore also happens to be a distant relative of poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Sharmila Tagore

Born & brought up in Behala, Kolkata, West Bengal, and affectionately known as Dada, Sourav Ganguly is a former Indian cricketer and the former captain of the Indian national team.

Sourav Ganguly

Born and brought up in Kolkata, Leander Paes’s parents were both sports persons. Paes is a noted Lawn tennis player and is one of the best doubles & mixed doubles players in the world.

Leander Paes

Born & brought up in Calcutta, Jyoti Basu was an Indian politician & former Chief Minister of West Bengal.

Jyoti Basu

An Indian filmmaker born & brought up in the city of Calcutta, Ray directed 36 films, including feature films, documentaries, and shorts.

Satyajit Ray

Born & brought up in Calcutta, Manna Dey was an Indian playback singer who held a record of singing more than 4000 songs between 1942 and 2013.

Manna Dey

Born in Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore is easily the most iconic figure in the history of Indian literature in recent times.

Rabindranath Tagore

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