Jayalalitha became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time in May 2011. The former popular Tamil film star has had a rollercoaster journey in Indian politics. Starting as a political disciple of the late MG Ramachandran, she rose to head the AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and finally became the Chief Minister of the state. She contested the State Legislative Assembly elections from Srirangam in May 2011. Background Born on [...]
Jaswant Singh is a well-known Indian politician and a member of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). Jaswant Singh is one of the few Indian politicians to have been the Minister for Defence, Finance and External Affairs. He is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, from July 2004 onwards. Jaswant Singh was born on 3rd January, 1938 in the village of Jasol in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India. He is the [...]
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik was the governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. Representing the Indian National Congress (INC), he also served as the Chief Minister of Odisha thrice, that is, from 1980-1989 and then from 1995-1999. Born in 1927, Patnaik completed his schooling at Khurda High School. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Sanskrit from Utkal University in 1947 and then earned his master’s degree in Sanskrit from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 1949. He [...]
Jagannath Pahadia is a senior Congress politician. He has been the Governor of Haryana and Bihar, a Union Minister, and the Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Background He was born on 15 January 1932 in village Bhusawar in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. His father, an agriculturist by profession, was Shri Nathilal Pahadia and his mother was Smt Chanda Devi. Mr Pahadia , who also lists agriculture as his profession, has an MA and an LLB degree. [...]
Jagadish Shettar replaced Sadanand Gowda as the Chief Minister of Karnataka in July 2012, as several BJP MLAs owing adherence to B.S. Yeddyurappa called for the replacement of D.V. Sadananda Gowda with Shettar. After much uproar, BJP High Command agreed to make him the Chief Minister and he was sworn in on July 12, 2012. The next elections to the state assembly are due in May 2013 so Shri Jagadish Shettar has tenure of a [...]
The Chief Election Commissioner of India from June 14, 2001 to February 7, 2004, James Michael Lyngdoh was selected for the Indian Administrative Service(IAS) at the age of twenty-two. Known for his courage and uprightness, he raised the hackles of the high and mighty, during his many postings all over the country. He served as Secretary, Coordination and Public Grievances, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India, before he was named in 1997 as one of India’s [...]
J. Dringwell Rymbai is the former Chief Minister of Meghalaya and a member of Indian National Congress. He was born on 26th October 1934 in Meghalaya. During his graduation he was forced to discontinue his education due to poverty. Though later he continued his studies and received his B. Ed (Bachelor of education) degree. He became an assistant teacher in a government school and gradually rose to the level of a head master of a [...]
Indira Gandhi, the first and the only female Prime Minister of India, was born on 19th November 1917. She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, and Kamala Nehru. As a child of a freedom fighter she was also involved in India’s freedom struggle. She organized the Vanar Sena of boys and girls who used to help in the circulation of messages and banned publications of the members of the [...]
Inder Kumar Gujral served as the Prime Minister of India from 21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998. Born on 4 December 1919, in Jhelum, Pakistan, he actively participated in India’s freedom struggle. He served as India’s ambassador to Russia. Gujral left the Congress Party in the mid-1980s to join the Janata Dal. After the 1989 elections, he served as the Minister of External Affairs in V.P.Singh’s ministry. One of the main issues during his [...]
Hans Raj Bhardwaj is the current governor of the states of Karnataka and Kerala. Mr. Bhardwaj was sworn in as governor of Karnataka on June 29th 2009 and later as the Governor of Kerala on January 16th 2012, owing to the death of the then Governor of the State Mr. M.O.H Farook. Bhardwaj represents the Indian National Congress and was the minister of state for Law and Justice for five years. Mr. Bhardwaj was first [...]
