Indian Independence Movement

The Muslim League was formed in 1906, and Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk and Salimullah Khan were instrumental; Salimullah Khan was the first President.

C. Rajagopalachari was a prominent Congress leader who opposed the Quit India Movement, believing it would be detrimental to India's interests during the ongoing World War II.

Hasrat Mohani was a prominent freedom fighter and poet who was known for his insistence on using Urdu and his refusal to speak in English during the proceedings of the Constituent Assembly.

Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, played a key role in the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885.

Dadabhai Naoroji is widely known as the 'Grand Old Man of India' for his pioneering work in economics and his role in the Indian National Congress.

Jawaharlal Nehru was a strong proponent of the Cabinet Mission Plan, as he believed it offered a viable framework for a united India with a strong center, despite the concerns of other leaders.

Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Indian National Congress only once, at the Belgaum session in 1924.

L.K. Advani served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) immediately before Rajnath Singh took over the position in 2006.

Professor N.R. Madhava Menon, a renowned legal educator, headed the committee that drafted the Equal Opportunity Commission report.

The First Lok Sabha was constituted on April 17, 1952 after India's first general election. Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, fondly remembered as Dadasaheb Mavalankar, on whom the title 'Father of the Lok Sabha' was conferred by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru was the Speaker of the First Lok Sabha of a new born nation. Mavalankar's role was not merely that of a moderator and facilitator of its proceedings, but of a statesman and a founding father invested with the responsibility to establish rules, procedures, conventions and customs that suited the ethos of the land.

Picked for the presidency by the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, in 1974, and on 20 August 1974, he became the second Muslim to be elected President. He is known to have issued the proclamation of emergency.

The first Speaker of the Lok Sabha was Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar (in office 15 May 1952 – 13 January 1956).

Solicitor General of India and noted jurist Gopal Subramanium, 52, on April 11, 2010 became the first Solicitor General to be unanimously elected chairman of the Bar Council of India (BCI). He will have a two-year term. Constituted under the Advocates Act, 1961, the BCI is the statutory body regulating the legal profession in the country, apart from being the highest disciplinary body of lawyers in India. It also lays down the standards of professional conduct and etiquette and also standards of legal education.

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution, which was tasked with preparing the draft of the Constitution of India.