Indian Politics

Politics & Leadership

Shashi Tharoor

Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, author and former UN Under-Secretary-General

Born 1956

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

Rajnath Singh

Union Defence Minister of India since 2019

Born 1951

Politics & Leadership

Rajendra Prasad

First President of India (1950–1962)

1884 – 1963

Politics & Leadership

Rahul Gandhi

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha since 2024

Born 1970

Politics & Leadership

Pranab Mukherjee

Thirteenth President of India (2012–2017)

1935 – 2020

Politics & Leadership

Pinarayi Vijayan

Chief Minister of Kerala (2016–2026) and CPI(M) Politburo member

Born 1945

Politics & Leadership

Nitin Gadkari

Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2014

Born 1957

Politics & Leadership

Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Finance Minister of India since 2019

Born 1959

Politics & Leadership

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India since 2014

Born 1950

Politics & Leadership

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh since 2024

Born 1950

Politics & Leadership

Morarji Desai

Fourth Prime Minister of India and the first from outside the Congress

1896 – 1995

Politics & Leadership

Manmohan Singh

Thirteenth Prime Minister of India (2004–2014) and architect of the 1991 reforms

1932 – 2024

Politics & Leadership

Mallikarjun Kharge

President of the Indian National Congress since 2022

Born 1942

Politics & Leadership

M. K. Stalin

President of the DMK; Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (2021–2026)

Born 1953

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

L. K. Advani

Former Deputy Prime Minister of India and co-founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Born 1927

Politics & Leadership

Jyoti Basu

Chief Minister of West Bengal (1977–2000)

1914 – 2010

Politics & Leadership

Himanta Biswa Sarma

Chief Minister of Assam since 2021

Born 1969

Politics & Leadership

Droupadi Murmu

15th President of India and the first from a tribal community

Born 1958

Politics & Leadership

Devendra Fadnavis

Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 2024

Born 1970

Politics & Leadership

B. R. Ambedkar

Principal architect of the Constitution of India and India’s first Law Minister

1891 – 1956