World Famous Political Leaders Biography In Brief:

World Famous Political Leaders Biography In Brief:

1.Mahatma Gandhi:

Famous as	For His Philosophy of Truth and Non-violence
Born on	02 October 1869
Born in	Porbandar, Gujarat, India
Died on	30 January 1948
Nationality	India
Works & Achievements	Key Role in Indian Freedom Struggle, Philosophy of Truth and Non-violence

2.Abraham Lincoln:

Famous as	American President
Born on	12 February 1809
Born in	Southeast Hardin County, Kentucky
Died on	15 April 1865
Nationality	United States
Works & Achievements	Preservation of the United States, Abolition of Slavery in America

 3.Lord Mountbatten:

Famous as	Last Viceroy of British India and Governor-General of Independent India
Born on	25 June 1900
Born in	Windsor, England
Died on	27 August 1979
Nationality	United Kingdom

4.Nelson Mandela:

Famous as	Anti-Apartheid Activist, President of ANC and Former President of South Africa
Born on	18 July 1918
Born in	Transkei, South Africa
Nationality	South Africa
Works & Achievements	Nobel Peace Prize (1993), Struggle Against the Apartheid Regime, Leadership of Civil Rights Movement In South Africa

5.Margaret Thatcher:

Famous as	and Only Woman Prime Minister of United Kingdom
Born on	13 October 1925
Born in	Grantham, England
Nationality	United Kingdom
Works & Achievements	Revitalizing Britain's Economy, Suppression of Trade Unions

6.Winston Churchill:

Famous as	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Born on	30 November 1874
Born in	Woodstock, Oxford shire
Died on	24 January 1965
Nationality	United Kingdom
Works & Achievements	PM of the United Kingdom

7.John F Kennedy:

Famous as	35th President of the United States
Born on	29 May 1917
Born in	Massachusetts, USA
Died on	22 November 1963
Nationality	United States
Works & Achievements	Pulitzer Prize (1973); Known For Contribution in Civil Rights

8.Jawaharlal Nehru:

Famous as	Former PM of India & Freedom Fighter
Born on	14 November 1889
Born in	Allahabad, India
Died on	27 May 1964
Nationality	India
Works & Achievements	Authored the Discovery of India, Played an Important Role in Freedom Struggle

9.Indira Gandhi:

Famous as	Former Prime Minister of India
Born on	19 November 1917
Born in	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Died on	31 October 1984
Nationality	India
Works & Achievements	First Woman Prime Minister of India; Lenin Peace Prize (for 1983-1984)

10.George Washington:

Famous as	First President of the United States
Born on	22 February 1732
Born in	Westmoreland County, Virginia
Died on	14 December 1799
Nationality	United States
Works & Achievements	Victory in the American Revolutionary War

 11.Mao Zedong:

Famous as	Communist Leader of China
Born on	26 December 1893
Born in	China
Died on	09 September 1976
Nationality	China
Works & Achievements	Victory in Chinese Civil War, Socio-Cultural reforms in China

12.Aung San Suu Kyi:

Famous as	Political Leader (Freedom Fighter) of Myanmar
Born on	19 June 1945
Born in	Yangon (Rangoon), Burma (Myanmar)
Nationality	Myanmar
Works & Achievements	Leader of the National League for Democracy; Nobel Peace Prize Winner (1991)

13.Vladimir Lenin:

Famous as	Russian Revolutionary & Head of Communist Party
Born on	04 May 1870
Born in	Simbirsk (Today's Ulyanovak)
Died on	21 January 1924
Nationality	Russian Federation

14.Joseph Stalin:

Famous as	Communist Revolutionary & Ruler of former USSR
Born on	21 December 1879
Born in	Gori, Georgia
Died on	05 March 1953
Nationality	Georgia
Works & Achievements	General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

15.Adolf Hitler:

Famous as	Nazi Leader, German Dictator and Chancellor of Germany
Born on	20 April 1889
Born in	Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungry
Died on	30 April 1945
Nationality	Germany

16.F D Roosevelt:

Famous as	32nd President of the United States
Born on	30 January 1882
Born in	Hyde Park, New York
Died on	12 April 1945
Nationality	United States
Works & Achievements	32nd President of the United States

17.Ho Chi Minh:

Famous as	Former PM and President of Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Born on	19 May 1890
Born in	Hoang Tru
Died on	02 September 1969
Nationality	Vietnam
Works & Achievements	Established the communist governed Democratic of Vietnam

18.Thomas Jefferson:

Famous as	Political Philosopher & the third President of America
Born on	13 April 1743
Born in	Virginia
Died on	04 July 1826
Nationality	United States
Works & Achievements	Founder of the Republicanism in America, Father of the Virginia University, the main author of the Declaration of Independence

19.Kofi Annan:

Famous as	Secretary General of the United Nations
Born on	08 April 1938
Born in	Kumasi, Ghana
Nationality	Ghana
Works & Achievements	Nobel peace Prize (2001)

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20.Sun Yat Sen:

Famous as	Chinese Revolutionary and 'Father of Modern china'
Born on	12 November 1866
Born in	Chuiheng, Xiangshan
Died on	12 March 1925
Works & Achievements	Creation and leadership of the 'Kuomintang'

FAMOUS ORIGINAL NAMES WITH ABBREVIATED OR ALTERNATIVE NAMES:

FAMOUS ORIGINAL NAMES WITH ABBREVIATED OR ALTERNATIVE NAMES:

Acharya Rajneesh:Osho

Adam Smith: Father of Economics

Adolf Hitler: Fuhrer (also fuehrer)

Alfred Hitchcock: Master of Suspense

Andrei D. Sakharov: Father of the (Soviet) Hydrogen Bomb

Bal Gangadhar Tilak: Lokmanya; Father of Indian Unrest

Bhagat Singh: Shahid - e - Azam

C. Rajagopalachari: C.R. Rajaji

C.F. Andrews: Deenabandhu

C.N. Annadurai: Anna

Chittaranjan Das: Deshbandhu

Dadabhai Naoroji: Grand Old Man of India; Father of Indian Politics and Economics.

Dadasaheb Phalke: Father of Indian Cinema.

Duke of Wellington: Iron Duke.

Dwight David Eisenhower: lke

Edmund Spencer: Poets' Poet

Eivis Presley; Elvis the Pelvis

Ernest Rutherford: Father of Nuclear Physics.

Erwin Rammel: Desert Fax.

Florence Nightingale: Lady with the Lamp.

Geoffrey Chaucer: Father of English Poetry.

George Bernard Show: 'G.B.S'

Giovanni Baccaccio: Father of the Novel

Gurcharan Singh: Ground Old Man of Indian Pottery, Daddyji.

Henrik J. Ibsen: Father of Modern Drama

Herodotus: Father of History

Hippocrates: Father of Medicine

Homi J. Bhabha: Father of Indian Nuclear Science

Indira Gandhi: Iron Lady of India

J.R.D. Tata: Father of Civil Aviation in India.

Jamshedji Tata: Father of Indian Industry

Jawaharlal Nehru: Chacha; Panditji

Jayaprakash Narayan: 'J.P'; Loknayak

Joan of Arc: Maid of Orleans

Joseph Priestley: Father of Soda Pop; Father of Modern Chemistry

K.M. Cariappa: Kipper, Grand Old Man of Indian Army.

K.V. Puttappa: Kuvempu

Kalidas: Indian Shakespeare, Shakespeare of India

Kato Ichire: Dr. Robot.

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan: Badshah Khan; Frantier Gandhi; Fakhre-e Afghan,

Lala Lajpat Rai: Punjab Kesari (Lion of the Punjab or Sher-e-Punjab)

M.F. Robespierre: The Incorruptible

M.K. Gandhi: Bapu; Mahatma; Father of the Nation.

M.S. Golwalkar: Guruji

Madan Mohan Malaviya: Mahamana

Nandlal Base: Father of Modern Painting in India.

Napoleon Bonaparte: Little Corporol; Man of Density.

Otto Von Bismarck: Man of Blood and Iron; Iron Chancellor

Queen Elizabeth I; Maiden Queen

Rabindranath Tagore: Gurudev

Rajinder Singh: Sparrow

Raja Rammohan Roy: Father of Indian Renaissance.

Richard Cobden: Apostle of Free Trade

Samudragupta: Indian Napoleon.

S. Sathyamurthi: Firebrand of South India

Salim Ali: The Birdman of India

Sarojini Naidu: Nightingale of India

Shakti Chattapadhyaya: Robert Frost of West Bengal.

Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah: Lion of Kashmir (Sher-e-Kashmir)

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: Bangabandhu

St. Nicholas: Santa Claus

Subhash Chandra Bose: Netaji

Susruta: Father of Modern Plastic Surgery

T.T. Krishnamachari: T.T.K.'

Tanguturi Prakasam: Andhra Kesari

Tenzing Norgay: Tiger of Snows

Thomas Cook: Father of Modern Tourism

Thomas Edward Lawrence: Lawrence of Arabia

Tushar Kanti Ghosh; Grand Old Man of Indian Journalism

Vallabhbhai Patel: Iron Man of India, Bismarck of India.

Vinoba Bhave: Acharya

V.M. Basheer: Sultan of Beypore

Walter Scott: Wizard of the North

William Ewart Gladstone: Grand Old Man of British Politics.

William Pitt: The Younger Pitt, Grand Commoner

William Shakespeare: Bard of Avon.