Indian Independence Movement

Mahatma Gandhi regarded Gopal Krishna Gokhale as his political mentor or guru, often seeking his advice on Indian political affairs.

Sheikh Abdullah was the founding leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, a major political party in the region of Jammu and Kashmir.

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was a prominent Indian independence activist and served as the first Minister of Education in the Indian government. His birthday is celebrated as National Education Day in India.

Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1925. Annie Besant was the first woman president, but she was not Indian.

National Doctor's Day in India is celebrated on July 1st, which is the birth and death anniversary of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy.

Justice V. Ramaswami was the first judge of the Supreme Court of India against whom impeachment proceedings were initiated in the Lok Sabha in 1991.

Jnan Chandra Ghosh, often cited as J.M. Tagore (Jnanendra Mohan Tagore), was the first Indian to be called to the Bar in England in 1862. This milestone marked the beginning of Indians practicing law in the British legal system.

Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy served as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha before being elected as the President of India. He is the only person to have held both of these high offices.

M.N. Roy was the first to advocate for a party-less democracy in India, proposing a system based on organized democracy.

Dr. I. G. Patel was a distinguished economist who served as the Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs in the Union Finance Ministry, becoming the first economist to hold this position.

Gopal Hari Deshmukh was a social reformer from Maharashtra who wrote under the pen name Lokhitawadi.

M.S. Swaminathan was appointed as the chairman of the National Commission on Farmers, which was established to address the agrarian crisis in India. He succeeded Sompal Shastri in this role.

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was the first Vice-President of India, serving from 1952 to 1962. He later became the second President of India.

Madan Mohan Malaviya was an Indian scholar and educational reformer who founded the Banaras Hindu University in 1916.

G.S. Pathak served as the Vice President of India from 1969 to 1974 but did not go on to become the President. Radhakrishnan, Zakir Hussain, and V.V. Giri all served as Vice President and later became President.