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Politicians from British Raj

52 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Abul Mansur AhmedAuthor · BooksAbul Mansur Ahmad (born Ahmad Ali Farazi, 3 September 1898 – 18 March 1979) was a Bangladeshi politician, lawyer, journalist, and writer.
Afzal Ahsan RandhawaAuthor · BooksKamal-e-Fun (Lifetime Achievement Award) by Pakistan Academy of Letters in 2013
Ajmal KhattakAuthor · BooksAjmal Khan Khattak (15 September 1925 – 7 February 2010) was a Pakistani politician, writer and Pashto language poet from North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), who served…
B. R. AmbedkarArtist · PaintingsBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (14 April 1891 – 6 December 1956) was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer and politician who chaired the committee that drafted the Constitution of India…
Bal ThackerayArtist · PaintingsBal Keshav Thackeray (23 January 1926 – 17 November 2012), also known as Balasaheb Thackeray, was an Indian cartoonist and politician who founded the original Shiv Sena, a right-wing…
Bhagwati Charan VermaAuthor · BooksBhagwati Charan Verma (30 August 1903 – 5 October 1981) was a Hindi author. He wrote many novels, his best work was Chitralekha (1934), which was made into two successful Hindi films in…
Bhupen HazarikaPerson · Film memorabiliaBhupendra Kumar Hazarika (8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011), widely known as Bhupen Hazarika (pron), was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam.
Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeAuthor · BooksBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee (1 March 1944 – 8 August 2024) was an Indian communist politician, statesman and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), who served as…
Chittaranjan DasAuthor · BooksChittaranjan Das (5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925), popularly called Deshbandhu (friend of the country), was a Bengali freedom fighter, political activist and lawyer during the Indian…
Dasari Narayana RaoPerson · Film memorabiliaDasari Narayana Rao (4 May 1942 – 30 May 2017) was an Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, lyricist, and politician, primarily known for his work in Telugu cinema.[1] Over…
Dinakara DesaiAuthor · BooksDinakara Desai was a poet, writer, educationist, and political activist. He was famous for his poetry form called chutuka (also known as Chutuka Brahma).
Gopal Krishna GokhaleAuthor · BooksGopal Krishna Gokhale ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|[ˈɡoːpaːl ˈkrɪʂɳə ˈɡoːkʰleː]]] 9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915) was an Indian political leader and a social reformer during the Indian…
Gopinath BordoloiAuthor · BooksGopinath Bordoloi (6 June 1890 – 5 August 1950) was an Indian politician and independence activist who served as the 1st Chief Minister of Assam from 1946 to his death in 1950.
Indira GandhiAuthor · BooksIndira Priyadarshini Gandhi (Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian stateswoman who twice served as the Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until…
Jamiluddin AaliAuthor · BooksNawabzada Mirza Jamiluddin Ahmed Khan PP, HI (20 January 1925 – 23 November 2015), also known as Jamiluddin Aali or Aaliji, was a Pakistani poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist,…
Javed AkhtarAuthor · BooksJaved Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian screenwriter, lyricist, poet, and political activist.
Jawaharlal NehruAuthor · BooksJawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the…
KannadasanAuthor · BooksMuthiah Sathappan Chettiar, better known as Kannadasan (pronunciation; 24 June 1927 – 17 October 1981), was a poet, film song lyricist, producer, actor, script-writer, editor,…
Khushwant SinghAuthor · BooksPunjab, Punjabis & Punjabiyat: Reflections on a Land and its People
Lokesh ChandraAuthor · BooksLokesh Chandra (born 11 April 1927 in Ambala, India) is a prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Between 1942 and 2004, he published 576 books and 286 articles.
M. F. HusainPerson · Film memorabiliaMaqbool Fida Husain (17 September 1915 – 9 June 2011) was an Indian painter and film director who painted narrative paintings in a modified Cubist style.
M. G. RamachandranPerson · Film memorabiliaMaruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987), popularly known by his initials M. G.
Madhu LimayeAuthor · BooksIllustration — Limaye on a 1997 stamp of India
Mahadev Govind RanadeAuthor · BooksRao Bahadur Mahadev Govind Ranade (18 January 1842 – 16 January 1901), popularly referred to as Nyayamurti Ranade (lit.
Mahatma GandhiAuthor · BooksMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer,[2] anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the…
Minoo MasaniAuthor · BooksMinocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani (20 November 1905 – 27 May 1998) was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party.
Muhammad Habibur RahmanAuthor · BooksHabib ur Rahman
Muthuvel KarunanidhiAuthor · BooksMuthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018), popularly known as Kalaignar was an Indian politician, writer and screenwriter who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five terms…
N. T. Rama RaoAuthor · Books
Piloo ModyDesigner · DesignPiloo Mody (14 November 1926 – 29 January 1983) was an Indian architect and politician and one of the founding members of the Swatantra Party.
Prem ChowdhryArtist · PaintingsPrem Chowdhry is an Indian social scientist, historian, and Senior Academic Fellow at the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.
Raghunath MohapatraArtist · SculptureRaghunath Mohapatra (24 March 1943 – 9 May 2021) was an Indian architect, sculptor, and a Nominated Member of Rajya Sabha. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1975 and Padma Bhushan in 2001.
Rajesh KhannaPerson · Film memorabiliaRajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna; 29 December 1942 – 18 July 2012) was an Indian actor, film producer and politician who worked in Hindi films.
Ravi ShankarPerson · Music memorabiliaPandit Ravi Shankar (Bengali: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury;
S. K. PottekkattAuthor · BooksSankarankutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature, traveller, and politician from Kerala.
Sajjad ZaheerAuthor · BooksSyed Sajjad Zaheer (5 November 1905 – 13 September 1973) was an Indian Urdu-language writer, Marxist ideologue, radical revolutionary and a member of the Communist Party of India.
Sheikh Muhammad AbdullahAuthor · BooksSheikh Mohammad Abdullah (5 December 1905 – 8 September 1982) was an Indian politician who played a central role in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir.[1][3] Abdullah was the founding leader…
Sheikh Mujibur RahmanAuthor · BooksSheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1920 – 15 August 1975) was a Bangladeshi politician, revolutionary, statesman, activist, and diarist who was the founding president of Bangladesh.
Singireddy NarayanaReddyAuthor · BooksCingireddi Narayana Reddy (29 July 1931 – 12 June 2017), popularly known as CiNaRe, was an Indian Telugu-language poet, writer, and critic.
Subhas Chandra BoseAuthor · BooksSubhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his…
Sunil DuttPerson · Film memorabiliaBalraj Raghunath Dutt (6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005), publicly known as Sunil Dutt, was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi cinema.
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Name in kannada -ತಾರಶಂಕರ ಬಂಡೋಪಾಧ್ಯಯAuthor · BooksTarasankar Bandyopadhyay (23 July 1898 – 14 September 1971) was an Indian novelist who wrote in the Bengali language.
V. O. Chidambaram PillaiAuthor · BooksValliappan Olaganathan Chidambaram Pillai (5 September 1872 - 18 November 1936) was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, businessman, Tamil scholar, and politician.
Victor BanerjeePerson · Film memorabiliaVictor Banerjee (Bengali pronunciation: [bʱikʈɔɾ bɔnd̪opad̪ʱːae̯]; born 15 October 1946) is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 100 films in English, Hindi, Bengali, and Assamese…
Vinayak Damodar SavarkarAuthor · BooksVinayak Damodar Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966) was an Indian politician and ideologue.
Zafar Ali KhanAuthor · BooksZafar Ali Khan (1873 – 27 November 1956) was a Pakistani writer, poet, translator and a journalist who used his journalism against the British rule.

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