Most Reverend Bishop Sebastianappan Singaroyan

(April 13, 1952, Mel Kathadikuppam, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, 2000-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, May 27, 1978. Bishop of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, July 5, 2000-Current.

Choudhary Charan Singh

(December 23, 1902, Noorpu, Uttar Pradesh, India-May 29, 1987, New Delhi, India). 5th Prime Minister of India, 1979-1980. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, 1967-1968, 1970. Union Home Minister, 1977-1978. Deputy Prime Minister of India, 1979. Bharitiya Lok Dal Prime Minister of India, July 28, 1979-January 14, 1980. During his tenure as Prime Minister, the Lok Sabha never met. Known as Chaudharysahib. An advocate for farmers and peasants. Author of Abolition of Zamindari, Co-Operative Farming X-rayed, India's Poverty and Its Solution, Peasant Proprietorship or Land to the Workers, and Prevention of Division of Holdings Below a Certain Minimum.

Dr. Karan Singh

(March 9, 1931, Cannes, France-Alive). Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir and Indian Political Leader. Regent of Jammu and Kashmir, June 20, 1949-1952. Elected Sadar-I-Riyasat of Jammu and Kashmir, November 15, 1952-1964. Governor of Kashmir, 1964-1967. Union Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, March 13, 1967-1973. Member, Lok Sabha, 1971-1984. Union Minister for Health and Family Planning, 1973-1973, 1976-1977. Union Minister for Education and Culture, 1979. Founder, Virat Hundu Samaj, 1981. Indian Ambassador to the United States, 1989-1990. Resigns from Rajya Sabha, 1996. Member, Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir, 1997. Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2002. Received Padma Vibhushan, 2005. Author and philosopher. Member of the Indian National Congress.

Manmohan Singh

(September 26, 1932, Gah, Punjab, India-Alive). 17th Prime Minister of India, 2004-Current. An economist. Worked with the International Monetary Fund. Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, 1982-1985. Deputy Chairperson, Planning Commission of India, 1985-1987, Chairman, 2004-Current. Union Minister of Finance, 1991-1996. Congress Party member of the Rajya Sabha, 1991-Current. Minister for External Affairs of India, 2005-2006. 17th Prime Minister of India, 2004-Current. Noted for his economic liberalization program and movement away from the traditional socialist program of the Congress Party.

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Vishwanath Pratap Singh

(June 25, 1931, Allahabad, India-Alive). 10th Prime Minister of India, 1989-1990. Congress Party Member of the Lok Sabha, 1971-1974, 1980, 1988-1991. Union Minister of Commerce, 1976-1977, 1983-1984. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, 1980-1982. Member of Rajya Sabha, 1983-1988. Union Minister of Finance, 1984-1987. Union Minister of Defence, 1987. Resigned from Congress Party. Founder, Jan Morcha Party. Merged Party with Janata, Lok Dal and Congress (S) for form Janata Dal Party, 1988. National Front/Janata Dal 10th Prime Minister of India, 1989-1990. Union Minister of the Environment, 1989-1990.

Zail Singh

(May 5, 1916, Sandhwan, India-December 25, 1994, Chandigarh, India). 7th President of India, 1982-1987. Given the religious education title of Giani. Freedom fighter. Member of the Indian National Congress. Minister of Revenue, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, 1949-1951. Minister of Revenue, Patiala and East Punjab States Union, 1951-1956. Member, Rajya Sabha, 1956-1962. Chief Minister of Punjab, 1972-1977. Member, Lok Sabha, 1980. Union Minister of Home Affairs, 1980-1982. President of India, July 25, 1982-July 25, 1987. First Sikh elected President of India. Noted for his crusades against communalism, economic inequalities and social injustice. Died from injuries in an auto accident.

Dr. Harbhajan Singh Ji Maharaj

(d. September 25, 1995, Ludhiana, India). Sant Mat Leader of Unity of Man, 1974-1995. Disciple of Sant Kirpal Singh. Known as "Bhaji." Husband of Surinder Kaur ("Bhiji"). Received written instructions and directions from the dying Sant Kirpal Singh, April 4, 1974. Leader and successor of Sant Kirpal Singh, Unity of Man, 1974-1995. Chairman, Kirpal Sagar, 1982-1995.

Srinivas Kumar Sinha

(1926, India-Alive). Lieutenant General, Indian Army, and Civil Administrator. Lieutenant General, Indian Army, to 1983 Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, to 1983. Indian Ambassador to Nepal, 1990. Governor of Assam, 1997-2003. Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, June, 2003-Current. Author of A Soldier Recalls, Of Matters Military, Pataliputra, Veer Kuer Singh, and a history of the Jammu and Kashmir Operation of 1947-1948.

His Holiness Sri Swami Sivananda Maharaj

(September 8, 1887, Patamadai, India-July 14, 1963). Hindu Swami and Founder of the Divine Life Society. Born Kuppuswami Iyer. Physician in Malaya. Became a renunciate and resided in Rishikesh, India, 1924. Known as a great Yogi, Saint, Sage and Jivanmukta. Founder, Sivanandaashram, 1932. Founder, Divine Life Society, 1936. Preached a message of service and synthesis.

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Moderator and Bishop Shiblal Soren

(December 12, 1953, Koshalpur, India-Alive). Bishop and Moderator, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church of India. Assistant Program Director for Sound Recording, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church of India, April, 1982. Preacher and Pastor, 1986-1996. Bishop of Dumka, India, April 10, 1977. Moderator, Northern Evangelical Lutheran Church of India, October 9, 2001-Current.

Most Reverend Bishop Charles Soreng, S.J.

(August 18, 1934, Chirratoli, India-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Hazaribag, India. Ordained Priest, Society of Jesus, March 24, 1969. Bishop of Daltonganj, India, October 23, 1989. Bishop of Hazaribag, India, April 1, 1995-Current.

(July15, 1902-May 6, 1976). Indian Jurist. Chief Justice, Andhra Pradesh High Court, November 1, 1956-January 30, 1958. Judge, Supreme Court of India, January 31, 1958-June 29, 1966, Chief Justice of India, June 29, 1966-April 11, 1967.

Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami

(1927, California-November 12, 2001, Kauai, Hawaii). Hindu Gurudeva. Ballet Dancer, San Francisco, California. Renounced career and traveled to India and Sri Lanka in quest for "absolute truth." Became enlightened and ordained a sannyasa by his satguru Yogaswami, 1949. Founded Saiva Siddhanta Church (world's first Hindu Church), Sri Lanka, 1949. Returned to U.S., 1949. Founded, Himalayan Academy, 1957. Established Hindu Monastery, Kauai, Hawaii, 1970. Founder, Hinduism Today magazine, 1979. Devotees hold that he possessed gifts of clairvoyance and clairaudience. Author of numerous books promoting the renaissance of Hinduism. Named one of five Jagadacharyas (world teachers), World Religious Parliament, 1986. Elected one of three Hindu Representatives to the President's Assembly, Centennary Parliament of the World's Religions, 1993. Named Dharmachakra for his influential writings, World Religions Parliament, 1995. Recipient, U Thant Peace Award, United Nations, 2000.

His Holiness Acharya Sudhanshuji Maharaj

(May 2, 1955, Saharanpur, India-Alive). Hindu Saint and Spiritual Master. Known as Guruji. Founder, Vishwa Jagriti Mission, March 24, 1991. His Mission now consists of 25 Asrams and 65 Branches. He espouses Indology--Indian philosophical and Yogic sciences. Uses television to promote discourses and reach a wider audience.

Ram Vanji Sutar

(February, 1925, Gondur, Maharashtra, India-Alive). Sculptor. Noted for his bronze work, especially his heroic size bust of Mahatma Gandhi. Received the Padma Shree Award, 1999.

Swami Swahananda

(Habiganj, India [now Bangladesh]-Alive). Hindu Swami. Joined Ramakrishna Order, 1947. Initiated by Swami Vijnanananda. Received sannyasa, 1956. Served in Madras Math. Editor, Vedanta Kesari. Director, Delhi Center. Emigrated to the United States, 1968. Assistant Minister, San Francisco Vedanta Society, 1968. Minister, Vedanta Society of Berkeley, California. Head Minister and Spiritual Leader, Vedanta Society of Southern California, December, 1976-Current. Author of Meditation and Other Spiritual Disciplines (1983); Hindu Symbology and Other Essays; and Service and Spirituality.