Mamata Banerjee: All Information, Achievements, Chief Minister, Early Life

Being the first one to do a task in any field makes the achievement even more special. The first lady Railway Minister of India, first lady Chief Minister of West Bengal, considered as one of the most honest politicians, Mamata Banerjee is truly a trendsetter in the Indian politics. Simple in outlook but persevere, remained single throughout her life, a self-taught painter and poet, often regarded as “Didi” by the media because of her social behavior towards the people and issues. West Bengal is seeing new landmarks and swiftly creating new under her leadership.

She founded the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 1997 and became its chairperson, after separation from the Congress. Her party defeated the 34-year old Communist Party of India, until then the world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government. She started her political career in the Congress party as a young woman in the 1970s. In the 1984 election, she became one of India's youngest parliament members ever, beating veteran Communist politician Somnath Chatterjee, from the Jadavpur, West Bengal. She also served as the first woman Railway Minister of India, Minister of Coal, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Women and Child Development in the cabinet.

She is known well for her efforts in the welfare of women and society, Women’s Reservation Bill being a wide known. She also played an active role n the rollback of the petrol price hikes and the suspension of FDI in Retail Sector. She graduated with an honours degree in History from the Jogamaya Devi College, Kolkata.  Later she completed her master's degree in Islamic History from the University of Calcutta. She also earned a law degree from the Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata.

She got worldwide recognition when Bill Gates, of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on 16 February 2012, sent a letter to the West Bengal government praising her administration for achieving a full year without any reported cases of polio, this was not only a milestone for West Bengal but India also. In 2012, Time magazine named her as "100 Most influential People in the World". In 2012 Bloomberg magazine listed her among the 50 most influential people in the world of finance. She was also voted as India's most honest politician in an internal poll by members of India Against Corruption in 2013.

She attributed the increasing incidence of rape in the country to "more free interaction between men and women". She said, “Earlier if men and women would hold hands, they would get caught by parents and reprimanded but now everything is so open. It’s like an open market with open options.” She was criticized in the national media for these statements. She also drew criticism due to her various actions. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor was assaulted, arrested and forced to spend a night in police custody for allegedly circulating 'defamatory' cartoons of Mamata Banerjee. The attackers were arrested on the next day and they were released on bail. Due to these incidents, some publications characterized Mamata Banerjee as "Dictatorial" and her rule as "Mamata's growing dictatorship".

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Akhilesh Yadav:All Information, Age, Politics, Education, Family, Birthplace, Chief Minister

The youngest Chief Minister of India.One of the most dynamic personalities of the Indian politics.This famous personality is Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.

Akhilesh Yadav is an Indian politician and a member of the Samajwadi Party. He was appointed as the Chief Minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh in 2012,at which time he was the youngest person to have assumed that office.

Akhilesh Yadav was born to Mulayam Singh Yadav and Malti Devi on 1 July 1973 in Safai village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh.He studied at Dholpur Military School in Dholpur,Rajasthan and subsequently was awarded a degree in environmental engineering while studying in Mysore in University of Mysore.He went to Australia to study for a master’s degree in the same subject in Universiyty of Sydney.Akhilesh gives credit to Janeshwar Mishra who initiated him to join politics.

Yadav was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kannauj in a by-election of 2000 and retained his seat in the 2004 and 2009 general elections.He was credited for assisting the party’s rise from having 97 seats in 2007 Vidhan Sabha to a total of 224 and was subsequently elected the 20^th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh by the party’s MLAs.He was at that time the youngest person to have held that office,being 38 years old.There have been suggestions that his government is in fact driven by his father behind the scenes.In July 2012,Yadav’s father,who is the president of the Samajwadi Party,addressed government ministers and criticised the progress made during their first four months in office. After becoming the Chief Minister of UP, he undertook many tasks for the welfare of people. He distributed laptops and study equipments to students and various items to the needy.

His government faced public  outrage and criticism from other political parties during the Durga Shakti Nagpal case,where an Indian Administrative Services(IAS) officer was sacked by his government because she ordered the demolition of an illegal mosque wall;her suspension was revoked after two months.The 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots in 27 August 2013,where 43 people died and 93 injured,due to communal clashes between Muslim and Jat communities,was another serious setback to his government where a curfew had to be called.

He is married to Dimple Yadav.The couple has 3 children.

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All information about Dr. Manmohan Singh, his life and achievements

“The Underachiever”, splashed on its cover page of TIME magazine with Dr. Manmohan Singh behind it. Being on the highest office is a great task and controlling the nation is the biggest responsibility and regarding this Dr. Manmohan Singh is described as “one of the world’s most revered leaders”. From Reserve Bank Governor to Planning Commission head to Finance Minister to Prime Minister of India, he did it all.  He is a well known economist and the only Prime Minister of India after Jawaharlal Nehru to return after completing full five year tenure.

Born on 26 September 1932, he attended Punjab University and the University of Cambridge and later earned a doctorate in economics from the University of Oxford. He also wrote books like “India’s Export Trends and Prospects for Self-Sustained Growth” which critically remarked on India’s inward-oriented trade policy. He also served as a professor in the Punjab University and Delhi School of Economics. He was then appointed as Secretary General of the South Commission in Geneva between 1987 and 1990. In 1971, he joined Government of India as the Economic Adviser and soon followed as the chief Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Finance.

He even got many prestigious awards like India’s second highest civilian honor, the Padma Vibhushan in 1987, the Asia Money Award for Finance Minister of the Year for consecutive 2 years in 1993 and 1994, the Adam Smith Prize of the University of Cambridge in 1956, the Wright’s Prize for Distinguished Performance in 1955. He has also been honored by a number of world class associations and Universities including Universities of Cambridge and Oxford. On 22 May 2004, he took oath as the Prime Minister of India after Congress formed a coalition government to form United Progressive Alliance (UPA). He never won a Lok Sabha seat although, according to the BBC, “he has enjoyed massive popular support, not least because he was seen by many as a clean politician untouched by the taint of corruption that has run through many Indian administrations."

Dr. Manmohan Singh has always been regarded as a man of few words. The Independent described him as "a man of uncommon decency and grace”. One of the most eminent writer Khushwant Singh in his book Absolute Khushwant: The Low-Down on Life, Death and Most things In-between regarded him as the best prime minister India has ever had. He also got a position of 18 on the 2010 Forbes list of the world's most powerful people. He also drew criticism from political oponents like L.K Advani, who claimed that Dr. Singh is a "weak" Prime Minister. Advani declared "He is weak. What do I call a person who can't take his decisions until 10 Janpath gives instructions.” In recent times, his Government has been criticized for having been accused of various corruption scandals including  2G spectrum scam and Indian coal allocation scam.

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