This remains one of the more important volumes in this series of 24 books. This revised edition looks at the lives of 101 successful men & women in their respective fields:

*Social Reformers: Nana Saheb Karve & Kabir *Revolutionaries: Vir Savarkar & Rasbehari Bose
*Statesmen: Disraeli & Bismarck
*Scientists: Madam Curie & Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
*Artists & Scholars: Birju Maharaj, Allauddin Khan, Venkatesh Aiyyer, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee & Amrita Pritam
*Heads of States: Charles De Gaulle & Anwar Sadat
*Sport stars: Martina Navaratilova & P.K. Banerjee.

Infact, these mini-biographies in all offer the life-sketches of 101 famous personalities in a nutshell.