Politicians
51 profiles
Politics & Leadership
Vallabhbhai Patel
First Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India
1875 – 1950
Politics & Leadership
Nitish Kumar
Longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar and president of the Janata Dal (United)
Born 1951
Politics & Leadership
Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017
Born 1972
Politics & Leadership
Uddhav Thackeray
President of Shiv Sena (UBT); Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2019–2022)
Born 1960
Politics & Leadership
Sushma Swaraj
Former External Affairs Minister of India (2014–2019)
1952 – 2019
Politics & Leadership
Subhas Chandra Bose
Freedom fighter and leader of the Indian National Army
1897 – 1945
Politics & Leadership
Sonia Gandhi
Longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress
Born 1946
Politics & Leadership
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Union Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; longest-serving Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Born 1959
Politics & Leadership
Rajiv Gandhi
Sixth Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)
1944 – 1991
Politics & Leadership
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Member of Parliament for Wayanad and Congress general secretary
Born 1972
Politics & Leadership
Omar Abdullah
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir since 2024
Born 1970
Politics & Leadership
Mayawati
Four-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and president of the Bahujan Samaj Party
Born 1956
Politics & Leadership
Mamata Banerjee
Founder of the Trinamool Congress; Chief Minister of West Bengal (2011–2026)
Born 1955
Politics & Leadership
Mahatma Gandhi
Leader of India’s independence movement and pioneer of non-violent resistance
1869 – 1948
Politics & Leadership
M. Karunanidhi
Five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and screenwriter
1924 – 2018
Politics & Leadership
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Second Prime Minister of India (1964–1966)
1904 – 1966
Politics & Leadership
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
1889 – 1964
Film & TV
J. Jayalalithaa
Six-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and actress
1948 – 2016
Politics & Leadership
Indira Gandhi
Third Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office
1917 – 1984
Politics & Leadership
Bal Thackeray
Founder of the Shiv Sena and political cartoonist
1926 – 2012
Politics & Leadership
Asaduddin Owaisi
President of AIMIM and Member of Parliament for Hyderabad
Born 1969
Politics & Leadership
Arvind Kejriwal
Founder of the Aam Aadmi Party; Chief Minister of Delhi (2013–14, 2015–2024)
Born 1968
Politics & Leadership
Arun Jaitley
Former Finance Minister of India (2014–2019) and senior advocate
1952 – 2019
Politics & Leadership
Akhilesh Yadav
President of the Samajwadi Party and MP for Kannauj; former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Born 1973