Indian Leaders

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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)

Asif Ali Zardari

11th President of Pakistan (2008-2013). Current co-chairperson of Pakistan People's Party

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

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


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