This is a well-documented set of a hundred short biographies of people who haveeft their footprintsin the sands of Indian history in different ways. The figures includedived in theast two hundredyears, but are noonger alive. Included are persons from almost every field of activity—writers,artists, scientists, social reformers, educationalists, politicians and freedom fighters. Several Britishpeople who spent a major part of their adultives in India and contributed in a major way to thecountry are also included.This is a unique volume for all those interested in thearger-than-life figures in India’s turbulenthistory over the past two centuries.