Purno Agitok Sangma was an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990 and Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1996 to 1998. He was the candidate for the 2012 Indian presidential election, supported by BJP and AIADMK, however he lost to Congress politician Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, posthumously in 2017 in the field of Public Affairs and was the first recipient of Padma Vibhushan from Meghalaya.
Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. His son Purushottam Mavalankar was later elected to the Lok Sabha twice from Gujarat.
Shankersinh Laxmansinhji Vaghela is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was the Leader of Opposition in 13th Gujarat Legislative Assembly.
Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava is an Indian politician associated with Bharatiya Janata Party and former Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs in the Government of India under the Prime Ministership of Narendra Modi. He is a senior leader of the bharatiya janata party. He first got elected to 12th Lok Sabha in a by-election held on 25 November 1998 from the Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency of Gujarat, once a stronghold of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's political advisor Ahmed Patel. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the same constituency ; five times in a row. He also served in the Government of Gujarat in 1994 as a Deputy Minister. He holds a master's degree in Social Work (M.S.W.) from Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahemadabad and was graduated (B.A.) from South Gujarat University.
Kashiram Rana was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of India. In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Surat constituency in Gujarat. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency. He served as a union cabinet minister in the department of textiles, twice, in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee led NDA govt during 1998–2004. He died on 31 August 2012.
Manikrao Hodlya Gavit was an Indian politician from Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, India. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he represented the Nandurbar constituency from 1980 to 2014, winning the Indian general elections consecutive nine times, marking a record.
Vijaybhai Ramniklalbhai Rupani is an Indian politician who served as the 16th Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021 for two terms. He is a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly, representing Rajkot West. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Satyapal Singh was a former minister of state in Government of India. He was minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999 and held the portfolio of food and consumer affairs. He was elected as MLA 5 times from Tilhar constituency, 3 times to Lok Sabha from Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He has 3 children.
Amritlal Kalidas Patel is an Indian politician and physician. He is a former union minister of state in Government of India. He served as Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government from 1998 to 1999. He was a senior leader of Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party. He represented Mehsana constituency in the Lok Sabha from 1984 to 1999.
Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in Gujarat, a state in Western India. Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat. It is one of the most prestigious parliamentary constituencies in India, being represented by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and the current Home Minister and former BJP chief Amit Shah. The constituency was created in 1967 and its first member of parliament (MP) was Somchandbhai Solanki of the Indian National Congress (INC).
V.M. Sudheeran is an Indian politician, who was a former President of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), former Speaker of Kerala Legislative Assembly, Health Minister of Kerala, and a prominent political leader in Kerala. He was a member of the 6th, 11th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha representing Alappuzha each time and a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1996 representing Manalur.
Dr. Padmasinha Bajirao Patil is a former member of 15th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India.
Ninong Ering is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He represented the Arunachal East in Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from 2009 to 2019. He was the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs from 2012 to 2014.
South Gujarat, also known as Dakshin Gujarat, is a region in the Indian state of Gujarat. The region has a wetter climate than other regions of Gujarat. The western part is almost coastal and is known as Kantha Vistar, and the eastern part is also known as Dungar Vistar, which ranges from 100 to 1000 metres, with the highest peak at Saputara in the Dang district.
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members,the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed.
Nitinbhai Ratilalbhai Patel is an Indian politician from Gujarat. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat from 5 August 2016 to 11 September 2021. He was formerly the Minister for Water Supply, Water Resources, Urban Development and Urban Housing. He was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from Mehsana in 2012 and 2017.
Charan Das Mahant is an Indian politician from Indian National Congress who serves as the Speaker of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. He was the member of the Indian Parliament, representing Korba constituency. He is the former Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing.
Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor is a former Minister of State for Tribal affairs in the Government of India, an Indian politician, and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha and the 17th Lok Sabha from Dahod, Gujarat. He won the 2014 Indian general election, being a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
Shantilal Purshottamdas Patel was an Indian politician from Gujarat. He served as deputy minister in the Ministry of Commerce in Chandra Shekhar cabinet. He was member of Lok Sabha from Godhra in Gujarat, India.
V. Krishna Rao was a leader of Indian National Congress from Karnataka. He served as member of the Lok Sabha representing Chikkaballapur. He was elected to 8th, 9th and 10th Lok Sabha.
