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01	Kabirdas	Hindi poet who was one of the greatest exponents of the Bhakti movement socio-religious movement. He believed in he equality of all religions and unity of Hindus and Muslims.
02	Karl Marx(1818-83)	German journalist and philosopher who propounded the doctrine of Communism, also known as Marxism. He was the author of Das Kapital.
03	K M Munshi	A writer, educationalist and constitutional law expert; he played an active role in India's freedomm struggle.
04	Khalid Bin Walled	A great Muslim General. Who died at Hams. He fought many battles for Islam. He remained undefeated throughout his career.
05	Kublai Khan(1216-1294)	A Mongolian emperor who conquered most of Asia. He was the grandson of Ch Ghengiz Khan.
06	Rani I.akshmibai of Jhansi(1835-58)	The ruler of Jhansi, she was a great warrior who take part in the first war of independence in 1857 (Indian Mutiny)
07	Lal Bahadur Shastri(1904-66)	Indian statesman, who succeeded Pandit Nehru as the second Prime Minister of India(1964-66): He signed the Tashkent Agreement with Ayub Khan for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan.
08	Liaquat Ali Khan	The first Prime Minister of Pakistan. He was killed in 1951.
09	Leonardo da Vinci(1452-1519)	The great Italian painter, sculptor and architect who has been described as a genius of the Renaissance. His masterpiece Mona Lisa brought him universal fame. The Last Supper is also one of his well known paintings. Over and above he excelled as an inventor, mathematician, engineer, naturalist and anatomist. In anatomy, he learnt the working of the body by dissecting more than 30 corpses. He also created moulds of organs such as the heart, lungs and womb.
10	Leo Tolstoy(1828-1910)	Tolstoy is among the greatest Russian literary figures. Mahatma Gandhi was greatly influenced by his works which include Anna Karenina and War and Peace.
11	Leon Trotsky(1879-1940)	Russian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the Bolshevist revolution, he was assassinated in 1940 when in exile in Mexico.
12	Louis Pastuer(1822-95)	Pasteur was the French scientist who discovered that germs exist and are the cause of infection. The technique of pasteurising milk is named after him. He also conducted research in areas of hydrophobia, bacteriology, cholera, etc.
13	Louis Braille(1809-52)	French inventor of the Braille system (raised point lettering), a system of writing and printing for the blind. He himself became blind at the age of 3 and became a teacher for the blind in 1828.