TOP INFLUENTIAL LEADERS IN INDIA

hello friend in this post i am gone talk about top influential political leaders in modern india specially i am eliminating some of our legentary leaders like nehru,gandhi and bose

1 ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
Born:             December 25, 1924, Gwalior
Education:     DAV College, Kanpur
Books:         A Constructive Parliamentarian, Foreign affairs, More
Awards:        Padma Vibhushan
Parents:        Krishna Devi, Krishna Bihari Vajpayee
      atal is one of the top leaders in modern india when nehru heared his speech in they said that you would be pm one day no one never dreamed that this will become true in future
 he is called as one of best pm in indian history he is the only non congres pm who was able to complete his 5 years
he is one of the founder of political party jan sangh he was president of the  party.he is known for his polite nature
he was elected to loksabha 9 times and to rajyasabha 2 times

he had tremendous capacity of taking decisions and with his diplomatic nature he united more than 16 parties to form stable government he was leader who took big decisions like atomic test under international as well as political pressure

2 JAYPRAKASH NARAYAN

Born	11 October 1902 Sitabdiara, Bengal Presidency, British India (Now in Saran, Bihar)
Died	8 October 1979 (aged 76) Patna, Bihar
Nationality	Indian
Other names	JP, Lok Nayak
Organization	Indian National Congress Janata Party
Movement	Quit India Sarvodaya JP Movement
Religion	Hinduism

referred to as JP or Lok Nayak

jp has poneer role in the revolution in indian politics during 80s he was the one who tooked stand against the autocracy of indira gandhi in those days

3INDIRA GANDHI

14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984
President	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Zail Singh
Preceded by	Charan Singh
Succeeded by	Rajiv Gandhi
In office 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977
President	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Zakir Hussain V. V. Giri Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Deputy	Morarji Desai
Preceded by	Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Succeeded by	Morarji Desai
Minister of External Affairs
In office 9 March 1984 – 31 October 1984
Preceded by	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Succeeded by	Rajiv Gandhi
In office 22 August 1967 – 14 March 1969
Preceded by	M. C. Chagla
Succeeded by	Dinesh Singh
Minister of Defence
In office 14 January 1980 – 15 January 1982
Preceded by	Chidambaram Subramaniam
Succeeded by	R. Venkataraman
In office 30 November 1975 – 20 December 1975
Preceded by	Sardar Swaran Singh
Succeeded by	Bansi Lal
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 27 June 1970 – 4 February 1973
Preceded by	Yashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded by	Uma Shankar Dikshit
Minister of Finance
In office 16 July 1969 – 27 June 1970
Preceded by	Morarji Desai
Succeeded by	Yashwantrao Chavan
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
In office 1964–1966
Preceded by	Satya Narayan Sinha
Succeeded by	Kodardas Kalidas Shah
Personal details
Born	Indira Priyadarshini Nehru 19 November 1917 Allahabad, United Provinces,British India (now in Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	31 October 1984 (aged 66) New Delhi, Delhi, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Feroze Gandhi
Children	Rajiv Gandhi Sanjay Gandhi
Parents	Jawaharlal Nehru Kamala Nehru
Religion	Hinduism
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4 RAJIV GANDHI

President	Zail Singh R. Venkataraman
Preceded by	Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by	V. P. Singh
Leader of the Opposition
In office 18 December 1989 – 23 December 1990
Prime Minister	V. P. Singh
Preceded by	Vacant
Succeeded by	L. K. Advani
President of the Indian National Congress
In office 1985–1991
Preceded by	Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Member of Parliament for Amethi
In office 17 August 1981 – 21 May 1991
Preceded by	Sanjay Gandhi
Succeeded by	Satish Sharma
Personal details
Born	Rajiv (Sharma) Gandhi 20 August 1944 Bombay, Bombay Presidency,British India (now Mumbai, Maharashtra,India)
Died	21 May 1991 (aged 46) Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu,India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Sonia Gandhi
Children	Rahul, Priyanka
Parents	Feroze Gandhi Indira Gandhi
Religion	Hinduism

5ANNADURAI

Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
Chief Minister of Madras State(from August 1968 onwards, Tamil Nadu)
In office February 1967 – 3 February 1969
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Governor	Sardar Ujjal Singh
Preceded by	M. Bakthavatsalam
Succeeded by	V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), India
In office 1962–1967
President	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi
Member of Madras Legislative Council
In office 1967–1969
Premier	C. N. Annadurai
Governor	Sardar Ujjal Singh
Member of Madras State Legislative Assembly
In office 1957–1962
Premier	K. Kamaraj
Governor	A. J. John, Anaparambil Bhishnuram Medhi
Preceded by	Deivasigamani
Succeeded by	S. V. Natesa Mudaliar
Constituency	Kanchipuram
Personal details
Born	15 September 1909 Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu,British India
Died	3 February 1969 (aged 59) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
Spouse(s)	Rani Annadurai
Children	None, but adopted his sister's grandchildren
Occupation	Politician

6BALASAHEB THAKRE

Bal Keshav Thackeray
Founder and President of the Shiv Sena
In office 19 June 1966 - 17 November 2012
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Uddhav Thackeray
Personal details
Born	23 January 1926 Pune, Bombay Presidency,British India (now in Maharashtra, India)
Died	17 November 2012 (aged 86) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Shiv Sena
Spouse(s)	Mina Thackeray
Children	Bindumadhav Thackeray Jaidev Thackeray Uddhav Thackeray[1]
Profession	Journalist Cartoonist Political activist
Religion	Hinduism