After
a long self-imposed silence,
Sonia Gandhi has rose to the helm
of Indian politics in 1999. Widow of the assassinated Indian former
Prime Minister, she has now matured in the game...
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Shri.
L.K. Advani was born on November 08, 1929 in Karachi (now Pakistan).
Charismatic Lal Krishna Advani has been in active politics for over half
a century. He began as Rajasthan state secretary in 1951...
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Projected
as the Congress(I)'s great hope in a country with an overwhelmingly
young population, the 33-year-old
Rahul Gandhi has a lot riding
on his shoulders. Rahul, son of the slain former Indian PM Rajiv
Gandhi...
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Lalu
Prasad Yadav is an Indian politician in Bihar and president of Rastriya
Janata Dal. He is famous for his charismatic leadership and mass appeal
among the backward castes and religious minorities.
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Narendra
Modi is the chief minister of Gujarat since 2001. He entered
politics in 1987 by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was
interested in social services since childhood.
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Mulayam
Singh Yadav, a veteran politician, entered electoral politics in the
1960s and won his first election in 1967 to become an MLA in UP
Assembly.
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Born
on 26th October 1933 in Kubatur, Distt. Shimoga (Karnataka) ,
Bangarappa
was Chief Minister during 1992-94. Since 1967, he has been a sure-shot
winner, particularly in...
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Bihar
ex-DGP
D.P. Ojha is contesting as an Independent from Begusarai
in Bihar after the NDA denied him a ticket for the coming Lok Sabha
polls. Ojha was the toast of the public as recently as four months ago
because of...
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Bollywood
star
Jayaprada sprang a surprise by becoming Samajwadi Party
candidate from Rampur Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh to upset the apple
cart of Congress stalwart Begum Noor Banu, who represented...
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Jyotiraditya
Scindia was born on January 1, 1971 in Mumbai which makes him among
the youngest in the Parliament. Elected to the Lok Sabha in February
2002 from his father the late Madhavrao Scindia's constituency...
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M.Veerappa
Moily was born at Mudubidre in the Karkala taluk of the Dakshina
Kannada district, then in the Madras Presidency, on 12th January 1940.
He completed his Primary and High School education...
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Maneka
Gandhi was born on 26th August 1956 in Delhi and educated at
Lawrence School, Sanawar. She is the widow of Sanjay Gandhi, the son of
Indira Gandhi (former Prime Minister of India)...
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Dr.
Murli Manohar Joshi was born on January 5th , 1934 in Nandavi,
Maharashtra. Dr. Joshi had his early education at Hindu High School,
Chandpur and completed his higher education from Meerut College...
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Nafisa
Ali, Winner of the Miss India crown at 19, runner up at the
subsequent Miss International contest, model, actress, celebrity wife,
TV star and the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award...
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Sachin
Pilot son of the late Rajesh Pilot was born on March 13th 1978 and
was educated at the Air Force School in New Delhi and at St. Stephen's
College, he also has a degree from the Wharton Business School in the
US...
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Mr.
Suresh Kalmadi was born on May 1st 1944 at Pune in Maharashtra. Mr.
Kalmadi has been Pune's man in Delhi for the last 22 years. He has
served on many committees and made important contributions...
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Vinod
Khanna was born on 6th October 1946 in Peshawar (now in Pakistan),
in a business family which migrated from Punjab to Delhi, to settle down
in Mumbai in 1947. He did his schooling in St. Xaviers High School
Mumbai...
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