Bimal Prasad (1923-2015) was an Indian historian known for his scholarship on modern Indian history. He was Indian ambassador to Nepal during 1991-1995.
Yann Martel is a Canadian author who wrote the Man Booker Prize–winning novel Life of Pi, an international bestseller published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies wor…
Czechoslovakian-born American diplomat Madeleine Korbel Albright, the first such woman, appointed secretary of state of United States in 1997, served in that position until 2001.