Yogi Hari

(June 22, 1945, Guyana-Alive). Hindu Yoga Master and Teacher. Land surveyor. Born Hari Narine Sukhu. Contracted incurable disease, which was cured by traditional remedies. Joined the Sivananda organization under Guru Vishnudevananda. Studied nada yoga music under Swami Nadabrahmananda. Founded an ashram in Florida and entered into the life of a renunciate. After seven years, re-engaged the world as a Hatha Yoga Master. Founder, Nada Productions. Mystical and devotional singer.

Paramahamsa Hariharananda

(c. 1908-Alive). Disciple of Shri Yukteshwar and Kriya Yoga Master. Took vow of celibacy at age 11. Initiated into Jnana Yoga at age 12. Initiated into Kriya Yoga, c. 1933. Received first Kriya under the guidance of Shri Yukteshwar and second Kriya from Paramahamsa Yogananda. Also received higher Kriyas from Sanyal Mohasaya and Swami Satyananda. Attained supreme state of nirvikalpa samadhi in 1948. Considered a highly God-realized teacher and the greatest living Kriya Yoga Master. Reputedly memorized the Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Holy Bible, and the Koran.

Mohammed Hidayatullah

(December 17, 1905-September 18, 1992). Indian Jurist and Politician. Judge, Supreme Court of India, December 1, 1958-December 16, 1970 (Chief Justice, February 25, 1968-December 16, 1970); Acting President of India, July 20-August 24, 1969; Vice President of India, August 31, 1974-August 30, 1979

Zakir Husain

(February 8, 1897, Hyderabad, India-May 3, 1969, New Delhi, India). 3rd President of India, 1967-1969. Member, Indian National Congerss. A Founder, Jamia Millia Islamia (National Muslim University), 1920. Economist. Governor of Bihar, 1957-1962. Vice President of India, 1962-1967. 3rd President of India, May 13, 1967-May 3, 1969. Received Bharat Ratna, 1963.

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Janaab Inam Hasam

(1958-Alive). Muslim Cleric and Sufi Mystic. Also known as Inam Hasan Gudri Shah Baba V and Hazrat Inam Hasan Gudri Shah. President of the Society of Mystics. Founder, Usmani Moini Gudri Shahi Khankah. Chairman, Sufi Saint School of Ajmeer, India. Sajjada Nashin (Spiritual Successor) of the Gudri Shahi Order of Sufis.

Her Holiness Goswami Indira Betiji

(1939-Alive). Hindu Religious Leader and 16th Descendant of Sri Vallabhacharya. Regarded as the embodiment of Goddess Yamunaji, the Goddess of Grace. Known as "Jiji." A leader of the Shuddhadvait Pushti Vaishnav sect. Daughter of His Holiness Goswami 108 Shri Madhusudanlalji.

Most Reverend Bishop Chinna Addagatla Innayya

(May 2, 1937, Ravipadu, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ordained Priest, January 4, 1965. Bishop of Nalgonda, India, April 17, 1989. Bishop of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India, July 1, 1993-Current.

(October 4, 1935, Pursawalkam, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Dharmapuri, India. Ordained Priest, Salesians of Saint John Bosco, April 20, 1965. Bishop of Dharmapuri, India, January 24, 1997-Current.

(December 14, 1918, Bellur, Karnataka, India-Alive). Yoga Master. One of the foremost Yoga teachers in the world. Studied under Sri T. Krishnamacharya. Asked by his Guru to go to Pune, India, to teach yoga, 1936. After a long struggle with poverty and limited success as a teacher, he gained recognition. Met with Yehudi Menuhin in 1952, and the resultant publicity launched his international career. Author of Light on Yoga (1966) and other works. Founder, Ramamani Iyengar memorial Yoga Institute, Pune, India, 1975. Retired, 1984.

(1955, Punjab, India-Alive). Jain. Secretary-General, World Council of Religious Leaders, 2002-Current. Founder, World Movement for Nonviolence. Conceived the Gandhi-King Award. Vice President, Interfaith Center of New York, 1997-2000. Co-Director, Season for Nonviolence, 1998-2000. Co-Founder, Global Commission for the Preservation of Sacred Sites. Secretary-General, Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, 2000. Secretary-General, World Council of Religious Leaders, 2002-Current.

Kenia Jayantilal

(January 13, 1948, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India-Alive). Cricketeer. Played with India and Hyderabad. Right-hand batter and right-arm offbreak bowler. Only played in one test, West Indies v. India at Kingston, 1971. First-class career spanned 1967-1979, finishing fourth in the averages with 506 runs (56.22). In his debut in the Ranji Trophy, he made 153 against Andhra, 1968-1969.

Right Reverend Dr. Subramaniam Jebanesan

(1940-Alive). Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Church of South India. Ordained Priest, Church of South India. Teacher, Jaffna College, 1969, Principal, 1988. Bishop of Jaffna, Sri Lanka, 1993-Current. Visiting Scholar, Princeton Theological Seminary, 2003

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

(December 25, 1876, Karachi, India-September 11, 1948, Karachi, Pakistan). Founder of Pakistan. Known as Quaid-e-Azam ("Great Leader"). Initially an muslim Indian nationalist who worked alongside Hindu nationalists. Member of the Indian National Congress, 1906-1920. Member, Legislative Council of India, 1910. Critic of Gandhi. He later became a Muslim nationalist favoring a separate Islamic state. President of the Muslim League, 1916, 1920-1930, 1937-1947. President, All-India Home Rule League. President of the Constituent Assembly, August 11, 1947. 1st Governor-General of Pakistan, August 14, 1947-September 11, 1948.

(October 7, 1942, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. Ordained Priest, December 14, 1971. Bishop of Khammam, India, December 21, 1991. Bishop of Vijayawada, India, November 8, 1996. Archbishop of Hyderabad, January 29, 2000-Current.

Manohar Joshi

(December 2, 1937, Deshastha, India-Alive). Shiv Sena Politician. Known as Joshi Sir. Shiv Sena Mayor of Mumbai, 1976-1977. Shiv Sena/BJP Chief Minister of Maharashtra, 1995-1999. Shiv Sena Member of the Lok Sabha, 1999-2004 (Speaker, 2002-2004). Shiv Sena member of the Rajya Sabha, 2006-Current.