Historical figures in Kanpur
The atlas holds 4 people and 5 moments here, from 1905 to 1944. The most recorded lives are Premchand, B. R. Ambedkar and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Across the Interwar Period and World War II.
Notable people
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 1940
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
B. R. Ambedkar
in 1944
1 moment here
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, politician, principal architect of India’s Constitution, and a leading…
Premchand
from 1905 to 1931
2 moments here
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (1880–1936), known by the pen name Premchand, was an Indian Hindi and Urdu writer.…
Sarojini Naidu
in 1925
1 moment here
Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…
Moments
- 1905 Kanpur teaching and literary period Premchand
- 1925 President of the Cawnpore Congress session Sarojini Naidu
- 1931 Teacher at Marwari College Premchand
- 1940 Postgraduate study at DAV College Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 1944 Scheduled Caste Federation meeting B. R. Ambedkar