Devanand Konwar, a former English lecturer, political activist, advocate and Congress politician, became the governor of>Bihar in June 2009. The Assamese politician from Sibasagar district has been a member of the Indian National Congress party since his student days and has served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Assam twice; first under Hiteshwar Saikia in 1991 and then under Tarun Gogoi in 2001. He has also served as advocate in the Guwahati High [...]
D V Sadananda Gowda was sworn in as the 26th Chief Minister of Karnataka on 4th August 2011 following the resignation of the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janta Party and has served as the Karnataka state BJP President. He was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha from the Udipi Chikmagalur constituency. Background Born on 18th march 1953 at Mandekolu, Dakshin Kannada district of Karnataka to Shri Devaragunda Venkappa Gowda [...]
Choudhary Charan Singh was born on December 23,1902 in Noorpur district of Uttar Pradesh in a poor peasant’s family. He was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s non-violence and entered India’s independence movement. After India’s Independence he came to be associated with socialism in the rural areas. In 1952 he was Revenue Minister of Uttar Pradesh and one of his major contributions was that he did away with the Zamindari system and also brought in Land Reform [...]
Chandra Shekhar was the 11th Prime Minister of India from 10th November,1990 to 21st June,1991. He was preceded by V.P.Singh and succeeded by P.V.Narasimha Rao.Chandra Shekhar was born in 1st July,1927in Ibrahimpatti. He was an active member of the Socialist Party. But later he left it and joined the ruling Congress party. He became a member of the Rajya Sabha(1962-1967). He was also a member of the Lok Sabha from 1977-1979, 1980-1984 and from 1989 [...]
About Captain Amarinder Singh is an Indian politician and the current (26th) chief minister of Punjab. Prior to this, he served as chief minister of Punjab from 2002-2007. He is an elected Member of the Legislative Assembly from Patiala, as well as the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee, the state division of the Indian National Congress. He won seat in Lok Sabha for the first time in 1980. Besides politics, Singh worked for the [...]
About Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, also called as Rajaji or C.R., was an independence lawyer, politician, writer, statesman and independence activist. He was the last Governor-General of India, a leader of the Indian National Congress, Governor of West Bengal, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Chief Minister of of Madras state and Minister of Home Affairs of the Indian Union. He is the founder of the Swatantra Party. He acquired the nickname ‘Mango of Krishnagiri’. Early Life Rajagopalachari [...]
This article was updated on 11 July, 2019. ***** Jyoti Basu Biography Beginning of the Life of the Legend: The Jyoti Basu Serving as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in India for longest period of time between 1977 and 2000, Jyoti Basu soon became a guide, a friend, a philosopher and a much respected political figure for many of his old and contemporary colleagues and even for the opposition leaders, who liked to pay [...]
General Joginder Jaswant Singh has served as the Governor of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh . A distinguished and decorated army officer, he has served as a military attache to Algeria and was appointed the 22nd Chief of the Army Staff. He comes from a long lineage of army officers. He has served extensively in the northeastern state and other mountain states as an army officer, an experience which has molded his tenure as [...]
Jayalalitha became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the third time in May 2011. The former popular Tamil film star has had a rollercoaster journey in Indian politics. Starting as a political disciple of the late MG Ramachandran, she rose to head the AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) and finally became the Chief Minister of the state. She contested the State Legislative Assembly elections from Srirangam in May 2011. Background Born on [...]
Jaswant Singh is a well-known Indian politician and a member of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party). Jaswant Singh is one of the few Indian politicians to have been the Minister for Defence, Finance and External Affairs. He is currently the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, from July 2004 onwards. Jaswant Singh was born on 3rd January, 1938 in the village of Jasol in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, India. He is the [...]
