Derek Introduces: 100 Iconic Indians

Red Turtle

Derek Introduces: 100 Iconic Indians

By: Derek O’Brien

195.00

  • ISBN: 978-81-291-2938-3
  • Pages: 351 pages
  • Published: February 2025
  • Format: PB
  • Imprint: Red Turtle
  • Language: English
In 100 Iconic Indians, read about a hundred great people who changed the history of our nation. The story of India is also the story of the extraordinary men and women who helped build this remarkable country. In this book, Derek O?Brien picks a hundred iconic Indians from among them and introduces them to a new generation of readers. From Chanakya to Mahatma Gandhi, Sachin Tendulkar to Narayana Murthy, 100 Iconic Indians contains succinct biographies along with interesting anecdotes, ?Good to Know? facts and fun quizzes on each personality. Divided into easy-to-refer sections such as Politics, Sports, Entertainment, Language and Literature, Art and Culture, History and General, these remarkable stories are brought alive in a clear, concise and immensely readable style by one of the country?s best known reference book writers.
DEREK O?BRIEN is Asia?s best-known quizmaster and the CEO of Derek O?Brien & Associates. He is the host of the longest-running game show on Indian television, the Bournvita Quiz Contest, for which he was voted the Best Anchor of a Game Show at the Indian Television Academy Awards for three years in a row. In 2011, he was voted to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament and is the Chief Whip of the Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha. He has written several best-selling reference and quiz books.

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