Here I want to compile my list of lesser known Indians who have accomplished something great and inspirational on the basis of their strength of character often at the expense of personal ambition.
- Hans Raj Khanna -- The HabeasCorpus Hero
- K. Subrahmanyam -- Indian Strategist Thinker
- Sam Manekshaw] -- The hero of Bangladesh War. Not really lesser known , but not text book material
- Pandit Ram Chandra Sharma -- The inventor of the Jaipur Foot
- Ajit B Joshi -- The brain behind "bhattashalas"
- Manzil Saini --Tough cop who bust the kidney scam
- Gopikrishnan -- The journalist who exposed the 2G telecom scam