Noble family and served as the Prime Minister of Hyderabad State twice Raja Sukh Jiwan Mal, The ruler of Kashmir (1754-1762) Raja Todar Mal Tandon, finance minister of Akbar. He rebuilt the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in 1585. Haqiqat Rai Puri, beheaded at the age of 14 for refusing to convert to Islam by Governor Zakariya Khan. Puri stood up against his classmates ridiculing Hindu deities. Indian military Vikram Batra, Param Vir Chakra awardee during the 1999 Kargil War. General Pran Nath Thapar, 4th Chief of the Indian Army. General J.J Singh Marwah , 21st Chief of Indian Army Admiral Sardarilal Mathradas Nanda, 7th Chief of the Indian Navy. Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra, Chief of the Indian Air Force. Indian independence activists Sukhdev, Indian freedom fighter, he participated in several actions alongside Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru, and was hanged by the British authorities on 23 March 1931 at the age of 23. He was a Thapar Khatri. Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian freedom fighter, While studying in England, he assassinated William Hutt Curzon Wyllie, a British official. Prem Krishan Khanna, Indian freedom fighter and a member of the Hindustan Republican Association. One of the revolutionaries prosecuted for the Kakori Conspiracy. Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian freedom fighter who opposed the partition of India, British rule over India. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 1961. Science, technology and academics Satish Dhawan, former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize winner Harish-Chandra Mehrotra, Indian-American mathematician and physicist, recipient of the Padma Bhushan. He was considered for a Field's Medal in 1958. Daya Ram Sahni, first director-general of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Ram Nath Chopra, Father of Indian Pharmacology Birbal Sahni, Indian Paleobotanist and elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (FRS) Mahesh Prasad Mehray, Indian ophthalmologist and the founder of Sitapur Eye Hospital Mahatma Hansraj, co-founder of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools (D.A.V) on whose memory Hansraj College was established. Faqir Chand Kohli, also known as "father of Indian software Industry", founder of Tata Consulltancy Services (TCS) Business and finance J.C and K.C Mahindra ,founders of Mahindra & Mahindra.It is a part of the Mahindra Group,an Indian conglomerate Mohan Singh Oberoi ,founder and chairman of The Oberoi Group Karam Chand Thapar, of the Thapar Group of companies. HP Nanda, founder of Escorts Limited Ponty Chadha, founder of Wave Group Om