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Born July 8, 1914 • India
Died January 17, 2010 (aged 95) • Kolkata • India
Title / Office chief minister (1977-2000), West Bengal
Founder Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian social activist, lawyer, and politician
Jawaharlal Nehru, c. 1930s
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Amitabh Bachchan wearing a black tuxedo, bow tie, and glasses, with neatly styled hair and a trimmed beard, photographed in 2013.
Amitabh Bachchan
Indian actor
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Statue of Shaheed Udham Singh adorned with a garland, surrounded by numerous Indian flags held by people paying tribute in Amritsar.
Udham Singh
Indian revolutionary
A photo of Nirmala Sitharaman, seated and dressed in red.
Nirmala Sitharaman
Indian politician and economist
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi
prime minister of India
Vallabhbhai Patel
Vallabhbhai Patel
Indian statesman
Parkash Singh Badal
Parkash Singh Badal
Indian politician
Jayaprakash Narayan
Jayaprakash Narayan
Indian political leader
India's Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar wearing a suit and tie, standing among a blurred crowd at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane.
S. Jaishankar
Indian politician and diplomat
Kamal Haasan
Kamal Haasan
Indian actor, writer, filmmaker, and politician
Black and white illustrated portrait of a woman with a calm expression, wearing a headscarf and traditional clothing, representing Indian freedom fighter Aruna Asaf Ali.
Aruna Asaf Ali
Indian political activist
Charan Singh, Prime Minister of India, smiling and wearing a white cap and kurta, seated behind microphones in a 1979 black-and-white portrait.
Charan Singh
prime minister of India
Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian leader
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian political leader
Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee
Indian politician