Important Personality and

their Authored Books

- By Mahesh Kumar Nag
 Booker Prize
➢ Man Booker Prize
➢ International Booker Prize

Man Booker Prize or The Booker Prize:

- Literary Award.
- Established in 1969
- Booker- McCaonnell Prize
- The prize is awarded annually for fiction writing in English, including both novels and collections of short stories.
- Published in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Till 2013 awarded to only commonwealth, Ireland, south Africa and Zimbabwe citizens.
- After 2019 awarded to 2 person annually.
- Prize Money £50,000

International Booker Prize:

- First Awarded in 2005
- From 2005 untill 2015 the Award was given every 2 years for Work Published Or Translated in English
- From 2016 Awarded annually
- Prize Money £50,000
- First Winner Ismail Kadare( Albania)
- Kairos – Jenny Erpenbeck & Micheal Hofmann(Tran.)
 Man Booker Prize Winner Indian Authors
VS Nainpaul:
- Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul

- Born in Trinidad, the Indian-origin author.

- In 1971 for In a Free State

A collection of three short stories that interweave the aspirations,

complexes, and hopes of characters struggling with the

post-colonial mindset.

- Also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001.

Salman Rushdie:
- The Indian-British novelist

- In 1981 for his book - Midnight's Children

- The book shows India's identity through a prism of politics,

religion, and culture.

- This Book Banned in India.

- Film by Deepa Mehta in 2012 (Satya Bhabha and Shriya Saran)

- Recent Book – Knife (Autobiography)

Arundhati Roy:
- In 1997 for Roy's debut novel - God of Small Things.

- First Indian Author to win the Booker Prize.

- Born In Shillong

- PEN Pinter Prize – 2024

- Also won the national Film award for best screenplay in 1988

Other novel - The Ministry of Utmost Happiness.

Kiran Desai:
- In 2006 for Her book – “The Inheritance of Loss”

- youngest-ever woman to win the Booker Prize.

- Is set in the 1980s when northeastern cities like Darjeeling and

Kalimpong were grappling with the Gorkhaland movement.

Other notable works – Hullabaloo in the Guava orchard

Aravind Adiga:
- In 2008 for Book - The White Tiger

- Belongs to Chennai

- Other notable works- Last Man in Tower, Selection Day

 International Booker Prize Indian Author
Geetanjali Shree:
- In 2022 with Daisy Rockwell (Translater)
- for the Book - रे त समाधि (Tran.- Tomb of Sand)
- First Book Originally Written in Indian Language to win
this Prize.
- Born in Uttar Pradesh
- First Indian Author (Indian Language Author)
to win the International Booker Prize or
The Booker Prize .
Other Novel - Mai, खाली जगह (Empty Space),
हमारा सहारा उस बरस
 Other Important Personality
Han Kang
- South Korean Writer
- Won The Noble Prize in literature 2024
- Won the International Booker Prize in 2016
for Novel - The vegetarian
- First Korean Writer and First Female Asian Writer
to win the Noble Prize.
Other Notable Works – Human Acts, The White Book
Rabindranath Tagore:
- FRAS (Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society)
- Noble Prize in Literature in 1913
Literature Works – Gitanjali, Gora, The Crescent Moon, The Home Coming
Ghare-Baire (Home and the World)
- Jana Gana Mana ( First Publicly Sung On 27 Dec.1911, Culcutta)
- Bharoto Bhagya Bidhata ( Song)
- National Anthem Of Bangladesh (10 Apr.1971 & officialy 26 Mar.1972)
- The Sri lankan National Anthem was also inspired by his work.
- Banglar Mati Banglar Jol (West Bengal State Song, Ad. 7 Sep. 2023)
Other Important Facts
- Visva- Bharati University (शान्तिनिकेति)
- शान्तिनिकेति, UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2023

- Establish Agriculture Bank in 1905

- His Relative Surendranath Tagore Founded the Hindustan Insurance Society
Kailash Satyarthi –
- Noble Peace Prize In 2014 with Malala Yousafzai

- Activist For Children’s Rights and Children’s Education

- The Book Of Compassion (2021), Will for Children

Every Child Matters, Because Words Matter

 Person Related to Economics, Banking & Finance
Adam Smith – Wealth of Nations(1776), The Invisible Hand
The Theory of Moral Sentiments(1959)
Karl Marks – Das Kapital (Vol.I/II/III – 1867/1885/1894)
- Theory of Surplus Value
Alfred Marshal – Principles of Economics(1890), Economics of Industry
- Money,Credit and Commerce
Dadabhai Nairoji – Poverty and Un-British Rule of India
Amartya Sen – Collective Choice and Social Welfare(1970),
The Argumentative Indian, On Ethics and Economics, Poverty and Inequality
- Noble Prize in Economics in 1998
- Born in Shantiniketan
Abhijit Banarjee – Poor Economics: Rethinking Poverty & the Ways to End it, Good Economics for Hard Times,
Poverty and Income Distribution in India, Making Aid Work, Cooking to save your Life
- Noble Prize in Economics in 2019
C.D.Deshmukh – Reflection on Finance, Education and Society,
The Balance Between Monetary Policy and Other Instruments,
Of Economic Policy in a Modern Society,
The Course Of My Life, Meher Baba The Awakner
D.Subbarao – Who Moved My Interest Rate? , Just a Mercenary?
- Former RBI Governor.
Ashok Lawasa – Echoes of Faith (with Novel Lawasa), An Ordinary Life, एक साधारण सी नजिंदगी
- Former ECI
- Former Vice-President of Asian Development Bank(ADB)
S.Raman - From A Car Shed to The Corner Room & Beyond
- Whole Time Member of Board of SEBI
- Former CMD, Canara Bank
Bimal Jalan – India’s Economic Policy, Emerging India, India’s Economic Crisis: The Way Ahead
The India Story: An Epic Journy of Democracy and Development
- Former RBI Governor & Rajya Sabha MP
.
Sir Chintaman Dwarakanath Deshmukh –
- First Indian Governor of RBI, 1943 -1949 (3rd Governor of RBI)
- Finance Minister In The Union Cabinet (1950-1956)
- Founding Member of Governing Body of NCAER
- National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi 1956
- India’s First independent economic Policy Institute – NCAER
- Chairman Of UGC (1956-1961)
- President of Indian Statistical Institute (1945-1964)
- Honorary Chairman of National Book Trust (1957-1960)
- 10th Vice-Chancellor of University of Delhi (1962-67)

Milton Friedman – Money Mischeif(1992), Price Theory

Why Government in The Problem(1993)
F.A.Hayek - The Road to Serfdom(1940&1943)
The Constitution of Liberty, The Pure Theory of Capital
Amartya Sen Abhijit Banerjee D.Subbarao

S.Raman Bimal Jalan Ashok Lawasa

C. Rangrajan – Former RBI Governor & Rajya Sabha MP
- Forks in The Road (2022), Changing India (2019)
Kausik Baasu – Former Chief Economic Advisor
Reason To Be Happy (2024), The Republic Of Beliefs(2018),
Of People Of Places
Arvind Subramanian - Former Chief Economic Advisor
Eclipse, India’s Turn
Famous Personality of India & Their
Books/Works
Jawahar lal Neharu – Glimpses of World History, Discovery Of India
M.K. Gandhi – Hind Swaraj, Navjeevan, Harijan, The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Madan Mohan Malviya – Abhyudaya, Hindi weekly
Maryada, Hindi Monthly
Leader, Eng. Daily
The Hindustan and Indian Union, Hindi Weekly
Shri Aurobindo Ghosh – Life Divine, Savitri, Karmyogi, The Future Poetry
Essay on Gita
Yugantar, Bengali Weekly newspaper
Balgangadhar Tilak - Gita Rahasya, Karmgog Shastra, The Arctic Home of the vedas
Keshar, Marathi Magzine
Maratha, Eng. Magzine
Lala Lajpath Rai – Young India, Eng. Weekly Journal
after 1916 Published By M.K.Gandhi
Gopal Krishna Ghokhle – Hitavada (The Peoples Paper), Eng. Weekly
Moulana Abul Kalam – India wins Freedom
- First Education Minister of India
S.C.Bose – The Indian Struggle
Maithili Sharan – Bharat Bharti
Shishir Kumar Ghoshe – Amritbazar
Indira Ghandhi – Eternal India
Premchand – Godan, Gaban, Karmbhoomi, Rangbhoomi

Vibhuti Bhushan – Pather Pancheli

Chitranjan Das – India for Indians
Motilala Nehru – The Voice of Freedom
V.R.Sawarkar – The War of Indian Independence, Hindutva
R.K.Narayan – Malgudi Days, Malgudi ka Tiger etc., All Malgudi Books
The Financial Expert, Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi
- Famous Writer And Novelist
Romeash Chunder Dutt – Economic History Of India, A History of Civilisation of Ancient India

Sarojani Naidu – Broken wing, Golden Threshold

M.N. Roy – Planning In India, India in Transition, Materialism

Jayaprakash Narayan – Why only Socisalism

Dr. S. Radhakrishnan – Religious and Culture, Indian Philosophy

Patanjali – Mahabhashya

Aryabhatt – Surya Sidhant

Panini – Astadhyayi

Bhanbhatta - Harshcharitra

Bhavabhuti - Uttaramacharita

Varahmihira - Brihant-Samhita

Abul Fazi – Akbarnama (Ain-e-Akbari)

Rajendra Prasad – India Divided

Raja Ram Mohan Rai – Samvad Kaumudi(weekly news paper), Mirut-ul-Akhbar(persian journal)

Sir Surendranath Banerjee (Rashtraguru) – A Nation is Making

Jyotirao Phule – Gulamgiri (Marathi, 1873)

Sachindra Nath Sanyal – Bandi Jeevan

Dr.B.R. Ambedkar – Gandhi and Gandhism, History of The Indian Currency and Banking

The Problem of The Rupee Its Origin and Its Solution, Annihilation of Caste

Valentine Chirol – India Unrest, India Old and New

Book - At The Wheel Of Reseaerch: An Exclusive Biography Of Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

Author – Anuradha Mascarenhas

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan – Former Chief Scientist & Deputy Director Of WHO

- Daughter Of M.S. Swaminathan (Bharat Ratna 2024)

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
– Agricultural Scientist, Administrator, Humanitarian
- Architect Of Green Revolution
- Bharat Ratna(2024), Padma Shri(1967), Padma Bhushan(1972),
Padma Vibhushan(1989), Ramon Magsaysay(1971), World Food Prize(1987)
Book – Hunger and Poverty, Groves of Beauty and plenty, From Green To Evergreen
and More
C. Dasgupta – Formel Civil Servant and Diplomat
War and Diplomacy in Kashmir, India and The Bangladesh Liberation War(2021)
Dilip Sinha – Legitimacy of Power, Imperial Game of Tibet
- Diplomat and Administrator(IFS)
Fly on the RBI Wall – Alpana Killawala
The Prisoners of Bhopal(2024) – Tim Walker
Sudipta Sengupta – Breaking Rocks and Barriers (2024)
P.S. Sreedharan Pillai – Governor of Goa
Basic Structure and Republic