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01	Sarojini Naidu(1879-1948)	Also called 'Nightingale of India', she was a great poetess in English. She participated in India's freedom struggle and became President of the Indian National Congress in 1925 and the first woman Government of a state (UP).
02	Shahjahan(1592-1666)	Mughul emperor in India, brought the Mughul empire to its golden age. A great patron of art, architecture and literature, he built the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved Mumtaz Mahal. He was deposed by his son Aurangzeb and imprisoned in Agra.
03	She Shah Suri	He ruled India between 1540-45 and was the first Muslim king who paid special attention to administrative reforms. The Grand Trunk highway was constructed during his rule. He also introduced currency in India.
04	Sigmund Freud(1856-1939)	A renowned Austrian psychologist, who developed the theory of psychoanalysis. He anthoured The Interpretation of Dreams and The Ego and the Id.
05	Sir Syed Ahmed(1817-98)	An educationist and reformer of the Muslim community in India, he established the MAO College at Aligarh in 1875, which later became the Aligarh Muslim University.
06	Stalin(1879-1953)	Soviet Statesman and architect of the former USSR, he became premier in 1941 and triumphed as a leader during World War II. An active revolutionary leader from the age of 17, he took part in the civil war, and rose to become an outstanding figure in Soviet Russia.
07	Sun Yat Sen(1866-1925)	The founder and the first president of Chinese Republic in 1912. In 1905 Sun Yat Sen founded the China Revolutionary League in Europe and Japan and played a prominent part in the revolution of 1911.