Mother Teresa (1979) : Mother Teresa was a Catholic nun who dedicated her life to serving the poor, sick, and disadvantaged. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia in 1910 and joined the Sister of Loreto in Dublin, Ireland in 1928. She was sent to India in 1929 and spent most of her life working in Calcutta, helping the poor and sick. She became a naturalized Indian citizen in 1951. Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work in helping the poor and sick. She was also beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003, which is a step towards sainthood. Mother Teresa passed away in 1997 and is remembered for her selfless dedication to helping those in need.

Bachendri Pal is the first Indian woman to successfully climb Mount Everest. She achieved this feat on May 23, 1984.

Alam Ara (1931):

C. Rajagopalachari (1948):

Rabindranath Tagore (1913): Rabindranath Tagore was an Indian poet, philosopher, and polymath from the Indian subcontinent. He was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913, for his collection of poems Gitanjali (Song Offerings).

Sushmita Sen (1994):

Mihir Sen (1958):

Mihir Sen was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel. He completed the feat in 1958.

Aryabhatta (1975):

Kiran Bedi (1972):

Santosh Yadav (1992, 93) Santosh Yadav is an Indian mountaineer who is known for being the first woman to climb Mount Everest twice, and also for being the first woman to climb three of the world's eight highest peaks. She was born on December 16, 1964, in a small village called Gadh in the Haryana state of India. Yadav began her career as a mountaineer in 1988, and she has since gone on to achieve several notable feats, including becoming the first Indian woman to climb Mount Everest in 1992 and the first woman to climb both the north and south sides of the mountain. In addition, she has also climbed several other major peaks, including K2 and Makalu, and has received numerous awards and accolades for her achievements in the field of mountaineering.