Gujarat

Politics & Leadership

Vallabhbhai Patel

First Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India

1875 – 1950

Politics & Leadership

Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of India’s independence movement and pioneer of non-violent resistance

1869 – 1948

Science

Vikram Sarabhai

Physicist and father of India’s space programme

1919 – 1971

Business

Dhirubhai Ambani

Founder of Reliance Industries

1932 – 2002

Politics & Leadership

S. Jaishankar

Minister of External Affairs of India since 2019

Born 1955

Politics & Leadership

Amit Shah

Union Home Minister of India since 2019

Born 1964

Business

Gautam Adani

Founder and chairman of the Adani Group

Born 1962

Politics & Leadership

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India since 2014

Born 1950

Politics & Leadership

Morarji Desai

Fourth Prime Minister of India and the first from outside the Congress

1896 – 1995

Politics & Leadership

L. K. Advani

Former Deputy Prime Minister of India and co-founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Born 1927