મહર્ષિ દયાનંદ સરસ્વતી --- Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati

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Dayananda Saraswati

Indian philosopher

Description

Dayanand Saraswati was an Indian social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a reform movement of the Vedic dharma. He was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak. Wikipedia

Born: 12 February 1824, Tankara

Literary works: Satyarth Prakash (1875)

Assassinated: 30 October 1883, Ajmer

Guru: Virajanand Dandeesha

Parents: Karshanji Lalji Tiwari, Yashodabai

Thomas Alva Edison --- થોમસ આલ્વા એડિસન

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Thomas Edison

American inventor

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Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures.Wikipedia

Born: 11 February 1847, Milan, Ohio, United States

Died: 18 October 1931, West Orange, New Jersey, United States

Children: Charles Edison, Theodore Miller Edison, MORE

Awards: Technical Grammy Award, Congressional Gold Medal, MORE

Quotes

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.