Born on June 6, 1890 Gopinath Bordoloi did his schooling from the Cotton Collegiate School in Guwahati in Assam and graduated from the Scottish Church College in Kolkata. While in college, Gopinath got associated with the Congress Party and soon took the leading role in the establishment of the Congress Party in north-east India, particularly Assam. All the regional political parties of Assam were asked to merge with the Congress Party with Gopinath becoming its [...]
Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi is the present Governor of West Bengal. Throughout his career he has held numerous important administrative posts and was appointed as the Ambassador and High Commissioner of India in several countries. Shri Gopal Khrishna Gandhi was born in 22nd April 1945. His parents were Devdas Gandhi and Laxmiben Gandhi. He is the youngest grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. Shri Gopal Krishna Gandhi completed his master’s degree in literature from St Stephens College, [...]
Giani Zail Singh was the first Sikh to hold the position of the President of India. He was a man of many parts- a freedom fighter, Congress leader, Chief Minister of Punjab as well as Union Home Minister. The tall and handsome Giani Zail Singh believed in democratic traditions very strongly, was a God-fearing person and was a true son of the soil. He fought vehemently against feudalism and against colonial rule in India’s pre-independence [...]
Ghulam Nabi Azad is a politician and a senior leader of Indian National Congress. He was born on 7th March 1949 in a village Soti in Doda district of Kashmir. In 1972, he passed his M.Sc degree in Zoology from Kashmir University. He is married to Shrimati Shameem Dev Azad and has a son and a daughter. In 1973, Ghulam Nabi Azad actively participated in politics and from 1973 to 1975 he was the Block [...]
Last Updated – 11 July 2019 ***** Gegong Apang Biography: Gegong Apang is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh. He was born on July 8, 1949 in Rumgong, in the West Siang district in Arunachal Pradesh. He held the office of the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh from January 18, 1980 to January 19, 1999 and again from August 2003 to April 2007. Replacing Gegong Apang, on April 9, 2007, Dorjee Khandu took the oath as [...]
Sheila Dikshit Sheila Dikshit served as the chief minister of Delhi for three consecutive terms, lasting from 1998 to 2013. She was the second woman chief minister of Delhi, after succeeding the previous Delhi chief minister, Sushma Swaraj. Dikshit is an alumni of the Miranda House College in Delhi and holds a Master of Arts degree. She has also been honoured with the Doctor of Philosophy (Honouris Causa) from the University of Delhi. Dikshit was [...]
P.V. Narasimha Rao was the 12th Prime Minister of India, the first Prime Minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve office for five years. He is credited with resurrecting India’s economy. He entered the record books by winning the elections with a record majority of 5 lakh votes. Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao or P.V.Narasimha Rao was born on June 28, 1921, in a village named Vangara in the Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh. He did [...]
About Meira Kumar Meira Kumar, United Progressive Alliance’s nominee for President of India in the 2017 election, has been a five-time member of the Parliament during her political career. Kumar also holds the honour of being the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha during the period 2009-2014. A lawyer by profession and also a former diplomat, the 72-year old Meira Kumar has served as a Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Social Justice and [...]
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 [...]
