Born on 5 January 1955 in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee is the current Chief Minister of West Bengal and the first woman to hold the office. Popularly known as “Didi”, Banerjee is the chairperson of All India Trinamool Congress Party which she founded in 1997 after splitting from the Indian National Congress. She served as Minister of Coal, Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports, Department of Women and Child [...]
Govind Ballabh Pant born on August 30,1887, in the hills of Almora, Govind Ballabh Pant showed remarkable promise in school. After finishing school, young Govind went to Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh and enrolled at the Muir Central College. Soon, he became a known face among all his teachers and friends. While in college, Govind excelled in literature, mathematics and politics. During this period, Govind Ballabh Pant was immensely impressed by the speeches and ideals of Gopalkrishna [...]
Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was a notable politician of India. He was born on 24 August 1888 in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. After spending a few years of his childhood at Kundgol, he shifted to Pune to study at the New English School. In 1908, he passed the Bachelor of Arts examination from the Wilson College, Bombay with distinction and was awarded the Bhau Daji Lad prize for securing the highest marks in Sanskrit. Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher was [...]
Ashok Gehlot became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for his second term on December 13, 2008. The long term member of the Indian National Congress, active in politics since student days, is a five time Lok Sabha member from Jodhpur. He has served as a Union Minister in the cabinets of Indira Gandhi, her son Rajiv Gandhi, and then PV Narsimha Rao. He was elected to the 13th legislative Assembly elections in 2008 from Sardarpura, [...]
