Famous Personalities & Their Theories

Indian Leaders & Thinkers

• Mahatma Gandhi: Non-violence, Satyagraha, swaraj, trusteeship
• B.R. Ambedkar: Social justice, annihilation of caste, constitutional morality
• Jawaharlal Nehru: Democratic socialism, secularism, non-alignment
• Subhas Chandra Bose: Nationalism, radical independence, the INA, and the alternate path
• Raja Ram Mohan Roy: Social reform, education, women's rights
• Basavanna (Basaveshwara): 12th-century social reformer, anti-caste, Lingayat tradition, Anubhava Mantapa
• Jyotirao Phule: Anti-caste activist, women's education pioneer, Satyashodhak Samaj
• Narayana Guru: Kerala renaissance, 'One Caste, One Religion, One God', SNDP Yogam
• Rabindranath Tagore: Literature, universal humanism, education, critique of nationalism
• V.D. Savarkar: Hindutva, revolutionary nationalism, and the majoritarian vision of India
• Savarkar vs Gandhi: Hindutva vs inclusive nationalism — a comparative analysis of two competing visions of Indian nationalism

World Thinkers

• Karl Marx: Historical materialism, class struggle, critique of capitalism
• Adam Smith: Free markets, division of labor, invisible hand
• John Maynard Keynes: Government intervention, fiscal stimulus, aggregate demand
• Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil rights, non-violent resistance
• Nelson Mandela: Anti-apartheid, reconciliation, constitutional democracy
• E.V. Ramasamy (Periyar): Rationalism, anti-caste, social justice
• Che Guevara: Revolutionary socialism, anti-imperialism

Women Leaders & Social Reformers

• Savitribai Phule: India's first woman teacher, pioneering educator and social reformer
• Women Freedom Fighters & Social Reformers: Sarojini Naidu, Bhikaji Cama, Aruna Asaf Ali, and the ongoing struggle for gender equality in India

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