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Xuanzang

Buddhist monk

Ram Mohan Roy

Indian religious leader

Kumarajiva

Buddhist scholar

Harsha

Indian emperor

Sir Alexander Cunningham

British army officer and archaeologist

Kongara Jaggayya

Indian actor, broadcaster, political leader, and poet

Pietro della Valle

Italian traveler and writer

Mahatma Gandhi

Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician

Alexander the Great

king of Macedonia

Jawaharlal Nehru

prime minister of India

Annie Besant

British social reformer

Amit Shah

Indian politician

Narendra Modi

prime minister of India

Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay

English politician and author

Lord Curzon

British foreign secretary

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Pakistani governor-general

al-Bīrūnī

Persian scholar and scientist

Vasco da Gama

Portuguese navigator

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian actor

Khushwant Singh

Indian writer