India

8 leaders

Mahatma Gandhi

India1915

The leader of Indias independence movement through nonviolent civil disobedience. Gandhi led the Salt March of...

Jawaharlal Nehru

India1947

The first Prime Minister of independent India, serving from 1947 to 1964. Nehru was a secular socialist who sh...

Jawaharlal Nehru Detail

India1947

See Nehru main entry. Nehrus Non Aligned Movement positioned India between the US and Soviet blocs. He founded...

Indira Gandhi

India1966

The first and only female Prime Minister of India. Daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi was a powerful and con...

Sardar Patel

India1947

The Iron Man of India who unified the nation after independence. Patel was Nehrus deputy but was more conserva...

Rajiv Gandhi

India1984

The Indian Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989. Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister after his mother Indira Gandhi...

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

India1998

The Indian Prime Minister from the Hindu nationalist BJP party, serving from 1998 to 2004. Vajpayee conducted ...

Narendra Modi

India2014

The Indian Prime Minister since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat during the 2002 anti Muslim riots...