Politics & Leadership
Heads of state, politicians and leaders.
51 profiles
Science
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Aerospace scientist and 11th President of India
1931 – 2015
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
Omar Abdullah
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir since 2024
Born 1970
Politics & Leadership
Uddhav Thackeray
President of Shiv Sena (UBT); Chief Minister of Maharashtra (2019–2022)
Born 1960
Politics & Leadership
Subhas Chandra Bose
Freedom fighter and leader of the Indian National Army
1897 – 1945
Politics & Leadership
Siddaramaiah
Two-time Chief Minister of Karnataka (2013–2018, 2023–2026)
Born 1947
Sports
Sharad Pawar
Four-time Chief Minister of Maharashtra and founder of the Nationalist Congress Party
Born 1940
Politics & Leadership
S. Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs of India since 2019
Born 1955
Politics & Leadership
Rajiv Gandhi
Sixth Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)
1944 – 1991
Politics & Leadership
Pranab Mukherjee
Thirteenth President of India (2012–2017)
1935 – 2020
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
Lalu Prasad Yadav
Founder of the Rashtriya Janata Dal; former Chief Minister of Bihar and Railway Minister
Born 1948
Politics & Leadership
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Second Prime Minister of India (1964–1966)
1904 – 1966
Politics & Leadership
Jyoti Basu
Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977–2000)
1914 – 2010
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
Amit Shah
Union Home Minister of India since 2019
Born 1964
Politics & Leadership
Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh since 2017
Born 1972
Politics & Leadership
Sushma Swaraj
Former External Affairs Minister of India (2014–2019)
1952 – 2019
Politics & Leadership
Sonia Gandhi
Longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress
Born 1946