Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. He was the Interim Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively. Both his terms ended after the ruling Indian National Congress's parliamentary party elected a new prime minister. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian award,in 1997.
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014. In 2023,Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian award of India.
Buta Singh was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the Union Home Minister of India,Governor of Bihar and was chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 2007 to 2010.
Jagjivan Ram,known popularly as Babuji,was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the All India Depressed Classes League,an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables,in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937,after which he organised the rural labour movement.
Sardar Swaran Singh was an Indian politician. He was India's longest-serving union cabinet minister.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Basawon Singh or Basawan Singh also known as Basawon Sinha,was an Indian independence activist and a campaigner for the rights of the underprivileged,industrial labourers and agricultural workers.
Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian politician and statesman,participant in the Indian independence movement,a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’movement during the Emergency and a former Chief Minister of Bihar. Affectionately called Chhote Saheb,he was also a seven-time Member of Parliament from the Aurangabad constituency,a three-term Member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly,and a Member of the Bihar Legislative Council once. Regarded to be one of India's most influential regional people of the time,his reputation was synonymous with being a strict disciplinarian and tough taskmaster.
Sharada Mukherjee (1919–2007) was an Indian socialite and politician who was member of Lok Sabha in 1960s,and later served as Governor of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat.
Digvijay Singh was an Indian politician from the state of Bihar,and an associate of George Fernandes of Janata Dal and later Samata Party,now led by Uday Mandal its President. He represented Banka in the Lok Sabha a few times. He was elected to Rajya Sabha twice. He died on 24 June 2010 in London after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
Ashoke Kumar Sen was an Indian barrister,a former Cabinet minister of India,and an Indian parliamentarian.
Cuttack Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India.
Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha was the Chief Minister of Coorg,Minister in Mysore State,Member of Parliament,Union Railway Minister of India and Governor of Madhya Pradesh and Governor of Orissa.
Tarkeshwari Sinha was an Indian politician and independence activist from Bihar. Among the first female politicians of the country,she took active role in the Quit India Movement. At the age of 26,she was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha from Patna East constituency in 1952. Subsequently,she was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1957,1962 and 1967 from Barh constituency. She was the first female Deputy Finance Minister in the union cabinet led by prime minister. Jawaharlal Nehru from 1958-64. She had also led a delegation to the U.N. and Tokyo. Gulzar’s critically acclaimed movie,Aandhi was partly inspired by Tarkeshwari Sinha,apart from Indira Gandhi.
Ram Subhag Singh was an Indian politician who was a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as a member of the 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha for Bikramganj and Buxar in the Bihar state of India in 1962 and 1967,respectively. After the split in the Congress party in 1969,he stayed with the Indian National Congress (Organisation). He was first leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha in 1969. He participated in the Indian independence movement. He was a cabinet minister in the Union Government led by the Congress party.
Manubhai Shah was an Indian politician who played an important political and developmental role in independent India for over half a century. He was the inugural minister of Ministry of Heavy Industries.
Anant Prasad Sharma was an Indian Railway Union leader,politician who became Minister of State for Industry,and Union Minister of the government of India. He was also the Governor of the State of Punjab and the State of West Bengal. He was a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha and 5th Lok Sabha from Buxar. He also remained member of the Rajya Sabha thrice,1968-1971,1978-1983 and 1984-1988.
Nityanand Rai is an Indian politician and the current Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Government of India. He was elected in the 2014 and 2019 General Election from Ujiarpur as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had continuously represented Hajipur constituency in Bihar legislative assembly winning elections since 2000 till he was elected for the parliament.
Khandubhai Kasanji Desai was an Indian politician who served as Union Minister of Labour from 1954 to 1957 and as Governor of Andhra Pradesh between 11 April 1968 until 5 January 1975.
Surendranath Dwivedy (1913-2001) was an Odia politician,journalist and social worker.
