8 Indian Cities That Gave Birth to The Most Famous Indians

Calcutta, West Bengal— Way too many names to list

From famous poets to economists Bengal has been the land of talent. Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, J. C. Bose, Amartya Sen and the list goes on till our current President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. And I’m pretty sure this legacy would be taken forth for the years to come.

Tamil Nadu— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Former President of India and a well known scientist with the DRDO and the ISRO, A.P.J Abdul Kalam’s native, Rameshwaram is indeed a beautiful city at the tip of Indian subcontinent. The city where little Kalam went from house to house to deliver newspapers early in the morning. Kalam is not the only President from the state, S. Radhakrishnan and R. Venkatraman from the state have also served as former Presidents of the nation.

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