Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi

male, deceased (1948)
Indian, civil disobedience, non-violence, Indian independence movement, activist, death by firearm…Time Magazine Person of the Year, Indian civil rights activist, Indian activist, Indian National Congress, national holiday
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. In India, he is recognized as the "Father of the Nation" and October 2nd, his birthday, is commemorated each year as...
Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi

female, 62 years old
14th Lok Sabha Member, Indian National Congress leader, Congress President, Roman Catholic, Nehru-Gandhi family, United Progressive Alliance…The 100 Most Powerful Women, The World's 100 Most Powerful Women, office of profit, Italian Indian, Indian National Congress politician
Sonia Gandhi, born Sonia Antonia Maino on December 9, 1946, is an Italian-born Indian politician, the President of the Indian National Congress and...
Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru

male, deceased (1964)
Indian activist, Indian politics, Politics of India, rajiv, From Allahabad, Independent India…prime minister of india, Indian independence movement, Discovery of India, Indian National Army Trials, Template First Indian Cabinet
Jawaharlal Nehru (November 14, 1889 - May 27, 1964) was a political leader of the Indian National Congress, a pivotal figure in the Indian...
Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

female, deceased (1984)
Nehru dynasty, Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi, politician, prime minister, Opration Blue Star, PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress…heads of government, University of Oxford, Indian independence movement, Indian National Congress, Indian
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (November 19, 1917 - October 31, 1984) was an Indian politician who served as Prime Minister of India for three...
Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu

female, deceased (1879) (hyderabad)
telugu, Indian National Congress, Naidu, child prodigy, Bharatiya Kokila, brahmos…The Nightingale of India, PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress, Alumni of Girton College, Cambridge, Alumni of King's College London, Indian
Sarojini Naidu was born February 13, 1879 in Hyderabad . Her father, Aghorenath Chattopadhyaya, was a celebrated scientist, poet and social...
Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi

male, deceased (1991)
prime minister, prime minister of india, Nehru-Gandhi family, Assassinated Indian politician, Bofors scandal, assassinated politician…Terrorist attacks attributed to the LTTE, Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge, Alumni of Imperial College London, Indian National Congress, Indian Airlines
Rājiv Ratna Gāndhī (August 20, 1944 - May 21, 1991), the eldest son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the 9th Prime Minister of India (and the 3rd...
Annie Besant

Annie Besant

female, deceased (1933)
Theosophist, Non-fiction writer, theosophy, Birth control activist, English women writer, From Varanasi…Alumni of Birkbeck, University of London, PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress
Annie Wood Besant was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator.
Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose

male, deceased (1945)
Azad Hind, Shubhash Chôndro Boshu, bangla, Axis powers of World War II, Indian independence activist, axis…Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, Indian National Army, Indian activist, PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress, Indian National Congress
Subhash Chandra Bose, (Bangla: <big>নেতাজী সুভাষ চন্দ্র বসু</big> (सुभाष चदंर वसु) "Shubhash Chôndro Boshu") (January 23, 1897 - presumably August...
Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad

male, deceased (1963)
Firsts in India, constitution, Bharat Ratna recipient, president of india, independence activist, Constituent Assembly of India…Indian independence activist, PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress, Constitution of India, Congress Party, University of Calcutta alumni
Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of India. Rajendra Prasad was an independence activist and, as a leader of the Congress Party, played a...
Dadabhai Naoroji

Dadabhai Naoroji

male, deceased (1917)
Indian merchants, Poverty and Un-British Rule in India, Business Person, PresidentoftheIndianNationalCongress, politician, mathematics…Indian National Congress, member of the United Kingdom Parliament, member of parliament, British House of Commons, Indian
Dadabhai Naoroji was a Parsi intellectual, educator, cotton trader, and an early Indian political leader. His book, "Poverty and Un-British Rule in...