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B. R. Ambedkar
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India based on the debates of the Constituent Assembly of India and the first draft of Sir Benegal Narsing Rau. Ambedkar served as Law and Justice minister in the first cabinet of Jawaharlal Nehru. He later renounced Hinduism and converted to Buddhism, inspiring the Dalit Buddhist movement.
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Indian political leader and social reformer (1866–1915)
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian scholar, social reformer and author (1842-1901)
Henry Bartle Frere
British colonial Welsh administrator (1815-1884)
Badruddin Tyabji
prominent lawyer, Indian independence movement activist and politician
Pherozeshah Mehta
Indian politician (1845-1915)
Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar
Indian academic (1837–1925)
James Fergusson
British politician (1832-1907)
Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote
British politician (1846-1911)
George Harris, 4th Baron Harris
British amateur cricketer, colonial administrator and Governor of Bombay (1851-1932)
Kashinath Trimbak Telang
Indian judge
Albert Abdullah David Sassoon
British-Indian businessman
Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet
British politician (1826-1902)
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
Indian politician (1844–1936)
William Mansfield, 1st Baron Sandhurst
British Army general (1819–1876)
Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay
British colonial governor (1839–1921)
N. G. Chandavarkar
Indian politician (1855–1923)
Gopal Hari Deshmukh
social reformer from Maharashtra, India (1823-1892)
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
British politician (1860-1940)
Dosabhai Framji Karaka
Indian newspaper editor (1829–1902)
William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst
British Liberal politician and colonial governor (1855–1921)
William Vesey-FitzGerald
British politician and colonial administrator
R. P. Paranjpe
Indian academic and diplomat (1876-1966)
Jagannath Shankarseth
Indian businessman
Philip Edmond Wodehouse
British empire colonial governor (1811-1887)
Rahimtulla M. Sayani
Indian politician
Rafiuddin Ahmed
Indian politician
Hassan Ali Effendi
educationist from South Asia (1830-1895)