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First Prime Minister of independent India, architect of modern Indian state and its democratic institutions

Chief architect of the Indian Constitution, champion of Dalit rights and social justice

First and only female Prime Minister of India, led the country during the 1971 war and declared Emergency in 1975

First Deputy Prime Minister, instrumental in unifying over 500 princely states into the Indian Union

Revolutionary freedom fighter who led the Indian National Army against British rule during World War II

First BJP Prime Minister to complete a full term, known for Pokhran nuclear tests and Lahore bus diplomacy

13th Prime Minister of India and economist who pioneered the 1991 economic liberalisation reforms

Youngest Prime Minister of India, modernised the country through technology and economic reforms in the 1980s

Second Prime Minister of India, led the country during the 1965 Indo-Pak war and coined Jai Jawan Jai Kisan

Home Minister of India and BJP president who masterminded the party's electoral dominance in the 2010s

Longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, key political figure for over two decades

Senior Congress leader and MP, prominent opposition figure and scion of the Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty

Early freedom fighter who declared Swaraj is my birthright, popularised Ganesh festival as a national platform

Prime Minister who initiated the landmark 1991 economic liberalisation and managed the post-Babri Masjid crisis

13th President of India, veteran Congress statesman who held nearly every major cabinet portfolio

Senior Congress leader, first Education Minister of India and key figure in the independence movement

Moderate nationalist leader and social reformer, political mentor to Mahatma Gandhi

Founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, forerunner of the BJP, and champion of Hindu nationalist politics