Indian Leaders
Narendra Modi
Current (14th) Prime Minister of India. Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Maithripala Sirisena
7th and CURRENT President of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Sheikh Hasina
CURRENT Prime Minister of Bangladesh (2009-present) Leader of the Bangladesh Awami League since 1981
Abdul Hamid
Solider in the Indian Army Died in the Khem Karan sector during Indo-Pak War Recipient of India's highest military award
Benazir Bhutto
11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1988-1990) 13th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1993-1996) Chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party (1982-2007)
Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Prime Minister of India (1947-1964). India National Congress.
Nawaz Sharif
20th / CURRENT Prime Minister of Pakistan President of the Pakistan Muslim League
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
4th President of Pakistan (1971-1973) 9th Prime Minister of Pakistan (1973-1977) 1st Chairman of the Pakistan People's Party 1967-1979 Executed in 1979
S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
4th Prime Minister of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Founder of the Sinhala nationalist Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army (1951-1953) 2nd President of Pakistan 1958-1969
Pranab Mukherjee
Current (13th) President of India (Congress; Bengali Brahmin)
Narrinder Nath Vohra
Current Governor of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. First civilian governor of the state in 18 years. 2008-present
Ranil Wickremesinghe
Current Prime Minster of Sri Lanka (2015-present) Leader of the United National Party
Thiruvenkadam Velupillai Prabhakaran
Founder and leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE / Tamil Tigers) Independent state of Tamil in Sri Lanka
Hossain Mohammad Ershad
10th President of Bangladesh (1983-1990) Seized power through military coup in APR 1982 Forced to resign
Pratibha Devisingh Patil
First female President (12th) of India (Congress; 2007-12)
Sonia Gandhi
President of the Indian National Congress party since 1998. Widow of former Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi
Begum Khaleda Zia
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (1991-1996 / 2001-2006) Leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Prime Minister of India (2004-2014). First Sikh. Political Party: Indian National Congress
Dr. Farooq Abdullah
Served as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir 3 times between 1982-2002. Minister of New and Renewable Energy from 2009-2014
Mohammad Ali Jinnah
Founder of Pakistan Leader of the Muslim League (1913-1947)
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Founding leader of Bangladesh Leader of the Awami League 1st/4th President of Bangladesh 2nd Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Nusrat Bhutto
Iranian-Pakistani. 1st Lady of Pakistan 1971-1977. 2nd Chairperson of the Pakistan People's Party (1979-1984)
Mayawati Naina Kumari
National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). 17th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (1995-2012)
Rohana Wijeweera
Sri Lankan MARXIST politician / rebel Founding leader of Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)
Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (1976-1988) 6th President of Pakistan (1978-1988) Declared martial law within the state in 1977
Molajula Koteswar Rao
Politburo/Central Military Commission member of the Communist Party of India. Party's military leader. "Face of the Maoist movement in India."
Mahatma Gandhi
Preeminent leader in the Indian independence movement. Employing non-violent protests / pacifism.
Mahinda Rajapakse
Prime Minster of Sri Lanka (2004-2005) 6th President of Sri Lanka (2005-2015)
Perves Musharraf
10th President of Pakistan (2001-2008). Forced to tender resignation to avoid impeachment in 2008. Accused of human rights abuses
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
10th Prime Minister of India. Leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (1996 / 1998-2004). 1st Prime Minister outside of Indian National Congress party to serve full 5 year term.
Mamnoon Hussain
12th and CURRENT President of Pakistan
Rajiv Gandhi
6th / youngest Prime Minister of India. 1984-1989. Political Party: Indian National Congress
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
Only female president of Sri Lanka 5th President of Sri Lanka
Indira Gandhi
1st / only female Prime Minster of India. Daughter to Jawaharlal Nehru. In office 1966-1977 / 1980-1984 (assassinated).
Ziaur Rahman
7th President of Bangladesh (1977-1981) Assassinated in 1981
Asif Ali Zardari
11th President of Pakistan (2008-2013). Current co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party