Sarojini Naidu Biography Sarojini Naidu, the Nightingale of India, was born on February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. She has many firsts to her credit, including being the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of an Indian state. The eldest daughter of Aghornath Chattopadhyaya and Barada Sundari Devi, she was fluent in many languages. Sarojini Naidu studied at the Madras [...]
Sanjay Gandhi was an Indian politician, who was expected to head the Indian National Congress after succeeding his mother. However, he died in a plane crash and his elder brother Rajiv Gandhi succeeded their mother as Prime Minister of India after her death. Personal Life Sanjay Gandhi was born on 14 December 1946 to former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi in New Delhi. He did his schooling from Welham Boys’ School and Doon [...]
N Rangasamy became the 18th Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Pondicherry (Puducherry) on May 16, 2011. He had earlier served as Chief Minister in 2001 and had continued for seven years. He was asked to step down as Chief Minister by the Congress in 2008. A former Congressman, N Rangasamy broke from the Indian National Congress to float his own party -the All India N R Congress (AINRC) – in 2011 and the [...]
Nara Chandrababu Naidu is the first CM of Andhra Pradesh after its division. He is holding the position since 2014. He also served as the CM for the united AP from 1994 to 2004. Currently, he is the president of Telugu Desam Party(TDP). He led his party to a thumping victory in the 2014 assembly elections, with the TDP winning 102 of the 175 assembly seats. In the Lok Sabha polls too, the TDP-BJP combine [...]
Dr. Mukul Sangma became the Chief Minister of Meghalaya on April 20, 2010. He is from the Indian National Congress party and was elected from Ampatigre constituency. Background Mukul Sangma was born on 20th April 1965 at Chengkompara, Ampati, in the West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya. His father is (late) Shri Binoy Bhushan Marak and his mother is Roshanara Begum. Mukul Sangama was educated in Government High School Ampati and St Anthony’s College Shillong. [...]
Muhammad Hidayatullah, the first Muslim Chief Justice of India, the second Muslim to hold the post of the President of India (July 20,1969-August 24,1969) was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in 1905. His father was Mirza Samiullah Beg, former Chief Justice of Hyderabad State.After completing his education in India at St. George’s Summer School, Hyderabad, he graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, England with Honors in Archaeological and Anthropological and Historical Triposes in 1934 followed by [...]
Morarji Desai rose to become the Prime Minister of India from a very humble background and was the first non-Congress candidate to be the Prime Minister of India. He was born on February 29,1896 in a small village in Gujarat. He joined the Civil Disobedience Movement and rose to become the leader of the Indian National Congress in Gujarat because of his excellent leadership skills. He also served as the Chief Minister of Bombay in [...]
Born on 1st April 1937, Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the 13th and current Vice President of India. He is also the President of the Indian Institute of Public Administration and the chancellor of Punjab University, Chandigarh. In his impressive career of over 45 years, Mr. Ansari has worked in different disciplines in the offices of Government of India.As a seasoned writer, he has also contributed in numerous news dailies and various print media. In 1984, [...]
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar, also known as Manohar Parrikar is the current Defence Minister of India. Born on 13 December 1955, Parrikar was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa on 9 March 2012 and is the first Chief Minister of the state from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Parrikar completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to gain a degree in metallurgical engineering from the prestigious IIT Bombay (Mumbai) and is the [...]
Dr. Manmohan Singh, the 14th Prime Minister of India, served at the PMO from 22 May 2004 till 17 May 2014. He was preceded by Atal Behari Vajpayee and is likely to be succeeded by Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the first Sikh Prime Minister of India. He also holds the distinction of being the first Prime Minister who has never been elected to the Lok Sabha. He revitalized India’s economy [...]
