Here are some examples of Biography writing for classes 9 and 10:
Important suggestion:
1) SIR JAGADISH CHANDRA BOSE
Jagadish Chandra Bose, well known as Sir J. C. Bose, was one of the great scientists of our country. He was born on 11 November, 1858 in the district of Mymemsingh, now in Bangladesh. He got his early education from the village Pathsala at Faridpur. Later he came to Calcutta and studied at St. Xavier’s School and then at St. Xavier’s College. He received his B. SC and D. SC degrees from the University of Cambridge in London. He returned to Calcutta and joined the Presidency College as a Professor. Sir J. C Bose made researches on electromagnet and plant life. These researches added a new dimension to the world of science. He was the first to discover that plants grow, feel and die like other living beings. For the advancement of scientific research, he set up the Bose Institute in Calcutta in 1917. It was a great achievement of the great scientist. Sir J. C Bose breathed his last on 23rd November, 1937 causing immeasurable loss to the would of science.
2) DR SARVEPALLI RADHAKRISHNAN
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was one of the greatest Indian philosophers. He was the first vice- President and the second President of India. He was born on 5th September, 1888. Chennai Presidency was his alma mater. Later Dr. Radhakrishnan became the professor of philosophy at Calcutta University and his own college, Chennai Presidency. He taught philosophy in Oxford University also. When India own independence, he was sent to the erstwhile USSR as Indian Ambassador. Later he became Vice- President and then President of the country. The great erudite person was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award of the country. Every year we observe his birthday as Teacher’s Day.
3) SISTER NIVEDITA
Sister Nivedita was an Irish by birth but Indian by choice. She was born Margaret Elizabeth Noble on 28 October, 1867 in Dangannon, Ireland. Her father, Richmond Noble, was a clergyman and her mother, Mary Isabel Hamilton was a pious lady. Since her childhood days she had a spiritual bent of mind. She wanted to dedicate her life to the cause of the poor. Margaret started her career as a teacher. But her meeting with Swami Vivekananda in London in 1895 changed her course of life. She came to India and met Sarada Devi. Swamiji renamed her as Nivedita. She started a girls’ school at Bagbazar in Kolkata. Nivedita dedicated her life to the distressed and the suffering humanity. She took keen interest in India’s struggle for freedom. She wrote many books like ‘The Master as I Saw Him ‘, ‘ Kali The Mother’ etc. In October, 1911, this great lady died . Indian will never forget her contribution in the fields of women’s education and the country’s struggle for independence.
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4) DESHBANDHU CHITTARANJAN DAS
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das was a great political leader in Pre- independent India. He was a true patriot, a famous lawyer, a poet and a high- souled man. Chittaranjan Das was born on November 5, 1870 at Telirbagh village, Dhaka. He passed the Entrance Examination in 1888 from a Missionary School in Calcutta. After passing the B. A Examination from the Presidency College he went to England and became a barrister. He fought the famous case of Aurobindo Ghosh. A very successful lawyer, Chittaranjan had a large practice. But at the call of the country he gave up practice and joined Gandhiji’s Non – cooperation Movement. In 1924, he formed the Sarajya Party and published ‘Forward’ , a dily. He was elected the first Indian mayor of the Calcutta Corporation. Chittaranjan was nobly generous. He gave away all his wealth for the service of the country. This great son of mother India passed away on June 16, 1925.
5) NELSON MANDELA
Nelson Mandela is the great South African leader who fought all his life against iniquity and injustice. He was born on July 18, 1918 in Transkei, South Africa. When he was twenty – one , he went to the university of Witwatersrand to study law. He became a lawyer in 1942, but soon gave up his profession. He joined the African National Congress and was involved in the struggle against apartheid. In 1962 Nelson Mandela was impressed by the Apartheid Government. He was released on 1990 after long twenty – sever years. Mandela won freedom for himself and all South African blacks. He became a symbol of freedom for millions of people around the world. In 1994 the living legend of South Africa became its first black President. After five years in 1999 he retired from his office to enjoy the freedom he had fought for. The whole world pays homage to this uncompromising fighter.