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Tantia Tope : the brave Commander of Nana Sahib’s forces during the first War of Indian Independence, 1857. He was one of the heroes of this war.
Tata, Jamshedji (1813-1904) : Indian industrialist, founder of the Tata Iron and steel Company, one of the largest integrated steel works in the world. He also founded the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore and built the Taj Hotel in Bombay. He was a man of high social ideals and was a pioneer in his attitude to labour.
Tayabji, Badruddin : He was the first President of the Indian National Congress, elected in 1887 at the Madras session.
Tegh Bahadur, Guru : son of Hargobind whose tercentenary of martyrdom was celebrated throughout the country on the 7th December, 1975 was the ninth Guru of the Sikhs. He was ordered by Emperor Aurangzeb to embrace Islam ; he refused and was executed.
Tilak, Bal Gangadhar : ‘Father of the Indian Unrest’ – a great political leader and profound religious scholar ; author of Gita Rahasya – a commentary on the Bhagwat Gita, founded the Home Rule League in 1916. He was the first Indian to demand freedom as his birthright. He was called as extremist. He started the magazine Kesari.
Tipu Sultan : Raja of Mysore. He had his capital at Sringapatnam. He died fighting the British in the fourth Mysore war in 1799. This was the real beginning of British territorial dominion in South India.
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