Pujya Sahebji

(March 23, 1940, Sokhda, Baroda, India-Alive). Founder of Anoopam Mission. Born Jashbhai Patel. Active in Swaminarayan Movement. Follower of Brahmaswarup Param Pujya Yogiji Maharaj. Became a Vratdhari Sadhak (a sadhu who wore plain clothes and practiced renunciation from within). Leader of Anoopam Mission.

His Holiness Bhagavan Sri Satya Sai Baba

(November 23, 1926, Puttaparthi, India-Alive). Hindu Holy Man. Noted for performing public miracles, including the materialization of "holy ash" (vibhutti) and small objects like crucifixes from "thin air." Lives at Prasanthi Nilayam ashram, Puttaparthi, India. Considered the reincarnationof Shridi Sai Baba.

Sankara Saranam

Founder, Pranayama Institute. Disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda. Initiated into the advanced techniques of Raja Yoga Pranayama as a monastic in the Self-Realization Fellowship Order of Kriya Yogis. Poet. Composer. Classical guitarist. Author of God Without Religion and Yoga and Judaism (1997).

Chandrasekhar Trimbak Sarwate

(July 22, 1920, Sagor, Madhya Pradesh, India-December 23, 2003, Indore, India). Cricketeer and Test Player, 1938-1970. Known as Chandu Sarwate. Played for India, Central Provinces and Berar, Hindus, Holkar, Madhya Bharat, Madhya Predesh, Maharastra, Mumbai, and Vidarbha. Right-hand batter. Enjoyed one of the longest first class careers for an Indian player. Had a record of 4923 runs (43.18), including 12 centuries and 281 wickerst (27.42) in Ranji Trophy competition. Represented India in 9 tests, scoring 208 runs and taking three wickets. In his 32 year first-class career, he played 171 matches, taking 494 wickets with his mix of offspin and legspin bowling at an average of 23, while scoring 7430 runs at a shade under 33.

Swami Sastrananda

(c. 1917-Alive). Hindu Swami. A senior monk of the Ramakrishna Order. Taught Vedantic Hinduism for 50 years. Now retired at Vivekananda Ashram, Bangalore, India.

Sri Swami Satchidananda

(December 22, 1914, Chettipalayamm, Coimbatore, India-August 19, 2002, Madras, India). Hindu Swami. Born Ramaswamy. Yoga Master. Disciple of Sivananda, who initiated him into the holy order of Sannyasa, July 10, 1949. Opened Divine Life Society ashram in Sri Lanka, 1953. Delivered opening address at the Woodstock Festival. Founder of Integral Yoga International, October 7, 1966. Spiritual Teacher, Yogaville, Virginia. Founder, Light of Truth Universal Shrine (LOTUS).

Anand Satyanand

(July 22, 1944, Auckland, New Zealand-Alive). 19th Governor General of New Zealand, 2006-Current. Attorney. An Indo-Fijian whose grandparents arrived in Fiji from India in 1911. His father emigrated to New Zealand in 1927.

Dalip Singh Saund

(September 20, 1899, Amritsar, India-April 22, 1973, Hollywood, California). U.S. Representative (D-CA), 1957-1963; first person born in India to serve in the U.S. Congress. A Sikh. Author of Congressman From India (1960).

His Highness Madhavrao Scindia III, Maharaja of Gwalior

(March 10, 1945, Bombay, India-September 29, 2001, near Mota, Uttar Pradesh, India). Maharaja of Gwalior, 1961-2001. Son of Maharaja Jiyajirao Scindia and Rajmata Vijayraje Scindia. Husband of Maharani Pratima Rajya Laxmi Devi, May 9, 1966. Father of Jyotiraditya Scindia, the present Maharaja. Maharaja of Gwalior, 1961-2001. An independent supported by the Jan Sangh until 1977, then joined the Congress Party. Member of the Lok Sabha, 1971-2001. Union Minister of Railways, 1984-1989. Union Minister for Civil Aviation, to 1992. Union Minister for Human Resource Development, 1995. Died in a plane crash. Note: some authorities give March 26, 1945 or May 10, 1945 as his birthdate and September 30, 2001 as his date of death.

Amartya Kumar Sen

(November 3, 1933, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India-Alive). Indian-American Economist. Nobel Prize in Economics, 1998. Lamont University Professor, Harvard University.

Sushmita Sen

(November 19, 1975, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India-Alive). Actress. Named Miss India, 1994. First Indian Miss Universe, 1994. Has appeared in more than 25 films, including Dastak (1996), Zor (1997), Sirf Tum (1999), Aaghaaz (2000), Filhaal (2002), Samay: When Time Strikes (2003), Main Hoon Na (2004), Paisa Vasool (2004), and Main Aisa Hi Hoon (2005).