Biography of Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lankan (Ceylonese) prime minister (1960-5, 1970-77, 1994-2000), born in Ratnapura, S Sri Lanka. Following the assassination of her husband, S W R D Bandaranaike, in 1959, she became leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom … read more
Biography of Smriti Irani
Smriti Irani was born, the eldest of three sisters to a Delhi based family. Her father owned a courier business and her mother is a Bengali, related to Tripti Mitra a well known Bengali actress … read more
Biography of Vilasrao Deshmukh
Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (born May 26, 1945) is an Indian politician from the economically backward Marathwada region of the state of Maharashtra. He is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Term: October 2004 – October 2009). … read more
Biography of Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell, US Army General was born in Harlem on April 5, 1937. His parents were Jamaican immigrants who stressed the importance of education and personal achievement, Powell was raised in the South Bronx … read more
Biography of Carol Moseley Braun
Politician, Senator, lawyer, educator. Born Carol Elizabeth Moseley on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. A leading African American political figure, Moseley Braun’s career has been marked by great successes and missteps. She graduated from … read more
Biography of Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born October 7, 1950) is a Tanzanian politician and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born in Msoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanzania or as it was then known, … read more
Biography of Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro has been the leader of Cuba since 1959, and he became the leader by overthrowing the regime of Fulgencio Batista, and then transformed Cuba into the Western Hemispheres first communist state. Growing up … read more
Biography of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928-April 4, 1070) was a Pakistani politician who served as President, from 1971 to 1973, and as Prime Minister, from 1973 to 1977, of Pakistan. He has the rare distinction … read more
Biography of (Dr.) Zakir Hussain
Dr. Zakir Hussain (February 8, 1897-May 3, 1969) was the third President of India from May 13, 1967 until his death. Hussain was born in Hyderbad, India, where his father had migrated from Uttar Pradesh. … read more
Biography of Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat
Mohamed Anwar el-Sadat (December 25, 1918-October 6, 1981) was an Egyptian politician and President from 1970 to 1981. He was born in Mit Abu al-Kum, al-Minufiyah, Egypt. Anwar Sadat was 1 of 13 brothers and … read more
Biography of Abdul Gaffar Khan
Badshah Khan (1890-20 Jan, 1988), as Abdul Gaffar Khan was well known, was the founder of a party called Khudai Khidmatgar in 1929 – a great flower of Mahatma Gandhi. Badshah Khan was the President … read more
Biography of K.G.Balakrishnan
Konakuppakatil Gopinathan Balakrishnan was born at Thalayolaparambu, near Vaikom, in Kottayam, Kerala, on 12 May 1945 known as K. G. Balakrishnan, is the thirty-seventh Chief Justice of India. He is the only Dalit and the … read more
Biography of Somnath Chatterjee
Somnath Chatterjee was born July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, Assam is a politician in India. He is currently the Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha The father of Somnath Chatterjee, Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee, was the … read more
Biography of Jaya Bachchan
Jaya was born on April 10,1948 in a Bengali Kulin Brahmin family to Indira and Taroon Kumar Bhaduri, writer, journalist and stage artist. She studied in St. Joseph’s Convent School, Bhopal. She started her career … read more
Biography of Lalit Suri
Lalit Suri was the ‘uncrowned hotel king’ of India and a member of the Rajya Sabha (the Upper House of India’s Parliament). Born on April 15, 1947 in Rawalpindi (Pakistan), Lalit Suri is the Chairman … read more