This post is a list of Indian political leaders (level 4 vital articles on Wikipedia). There are 28 political leaders listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
Ajatashatru (5th - 4th century BC)
"...Haryanka dynasty of Magadha in East India... forcefully took over the kingdom of Magadha from his father... fought a war again the Vajjika League... conquered the republic of Vaishali... war between Magadha and Kosala... occupied Kashi..." (Wikipedia: Ajatashatru, 1.19.26 UTC 21:52)
Chandragupta Maurya (c. 350 - 297 BC)
"...founder and the first emperor of the Maurya Empire based in Magadha... started a war against the unpopular Nanda dynasty... raised an army to resist the Greeks, defeated them, and took control of the eastern Indus Valley." (Wikipedia: Chandragupta, 2.3.26 UTC 10:47)
Ashoka (c. 304 - 232 BC)
"...Emperor of Magadha... His empire covered a large part of the Indian subcontinent, stretching from present-day Afghanistan in the west to present-day Bangladesh in the east... patron of Buddhism... conquered Kalinga..." (Wikipedia: Ashoka:2.13.26 UTC 16:00)
Menander I (c. 180 - 130 BC)
"...Indo-Greek king... territory in the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent and Central Asia... patron of Greco-Buddhism... conquering the Punjab, as far as Taxila and Sagala..." (Wikipedia: Menander I, 2.11.26 UTC 14:57)
Kanishka (2nd century AD)
"...emperor of the Kushan dynasty, under whose reign the empire reached its zenith... extending from Central Asia and Gandhara to Pataliputra on the Gangetic plain... development of the Silk Road, and in the transmission of Mahayana Buddhism..." (Wikipedia: Kanishka, 2.6.26 UTC 13:13)
Samudragupta (4th century AD)
"...second emperor of the Gupta Empire... extended from Ravi River in the west to the Brahmaputra River in the east, and from the Himalayan foothills in the north to central India in the south-west..." (Wikipedia: Samudragupta, 2.7.26 UTC 17:18)
Chandragupta II (4th - 5th century AD)
"...emperor of the Gupta Empire... continued expansionist policy of his father Samudragupta... indirectly ruled over the Kuntala region... effectively integrated the Vakataka kingdom..." (Wikipedia: Chandragupta II, 2.10.26 UTC 22:43)
Harsha (590 - 647 AD)
"...emperor of Kannauj... king of Thanesar who defeated the Alchon Huns... expanded into a vast realm in northern India... defeated by the Emperor Pulakeshin II of the Chalukya dynasty in the Battle of Narmada..." (Wikipedia: Harsha, 11.14.25 UTC 15:36)
Rajaraja I (c. 992 - 1014 AD)
"...Chola emperor... conquests of southern India and the Anuradhapura kingdom of Sri Lanka... vast territories, including regions of the Pandya country, the Chera country, and northern Sri Lanka... campaigns against Western Gangas and the Western Chalukyas..." (Wikipedia: Rajaraja I, 2.12.26 UTC 01:28)
Prithviraj Chauhan (1166-1192)
"...king from the Chauhan dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha... defeating the Chandelas... Muhammad of Ghor returned with an army of Turkish mounted archers and defeated the Rajput army... Prithviraj was captured and summarily executed..." (Wikipedia: Prithviraj Chauhan, 10.27.25 UTC 12:47)
Alauddin Khalji (c. 1266-1316)
"...Sultan of Delhi... successfully fended off several Mongol invasions... conquered kingdoms of Gujarat, Jaisalmer, Ranthambor, Chittor, Malwar, Siwana and Jalore... campaigns to the south of the Vindhyas... raided the Pandya kingdom..." (Wikipedia: Alauddin, 12.2125 UTC 16:58)
Krishnadevaraya (1471-1529)
"...emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire... third ruler of the Tuluva dynasty... defeating the sultans of Bijapur, Golconda, the Bahmani Sultanate, and the Gajapatis of Odisha... conquest of the Raichur Doab... golden age of Telugu literature..." (Wikipedia: Krishnadevaraya, 11.23.25 UTC 15:15)
Sher Shah Suri (c. 1472-1545)
"...Sultan of Hindustan, as the first Sur Emperor... established the Sur Empire after defeating the Mughal Empire... covered nearly all of Northern India... conquering Punjab, Malwa, Marwar, Mewar and Bundelkhand... (Wikipedia: Sher Shah Suri, 2.5.26 UTC 06:27)
Babur (1483-1530)
"...founder of the Mughal Empire... descendant of Timur and Genghis Khan... conquered Samarkand... conquered Kabul... losing Samarkand for a third time... defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the Sultan of Delhi... Battle of Khanwa..." (Wikipedia: Babur, 2.6.26 UTC 23:27)
Humayun (1508-1556)
"...second Mughal emperor... ruled over territory in what is now eastern Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Northern India, and Pakistan... succeeded his father Babur... lost his entire empire to Sher Shah Suri but regained it 15 years later..." (Wikipedia: Humayun, 2.10.26 UTC 14:54)
Akbar (1542-1605)
"...third Mughal emperor... led a successful campaign to unify the various kingdoms of Hindustan or India proper... established centralized system of administration... developed a strong and stable economy, which tripled in size and wealth... (Wikipedia: Akbar, 2.7.26 UTC 23:12)
Shah Jahan (1592-1666)
"...fifth Mughal Emperor... zenith of Mughal architectural and cultural achievements... military campaigns against the Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar and the rebel Lodi nobles of the Deccan... wars with the Safavids... Mughal war of succession..." (Wikipedia: Shah Jahan, 1.28.26 UTC 21:07)
Aurangzeb (1618-1707)
"...sixth Mughal emperor... Mughal Empire reached its greatest extent, with territory spanning nearly the entirety of the Indian subcontinent... belonged to a branch of the Timurid dynasty... defeated allied army of Shikoh and the Kingdom of Marwar..." (Wikipedia: Aurangzeb, 2.11.26 UTC 01:38)
Shivaji (1630-1680)
"...member of the Bhonsle dynasty... inherited a jagir from his farther who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom... alliances and hostilities with the Mughal Empire..." (Wikipedia: Shivaji, 2.9.26 UTC 22:34)
Hyder Ali (c. 1720-1782)
"...Sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India... country's primary military leader in intermittent conflicts against the East India Company during the First and Second Anglo-Mysore Wars... frequent warfare with his neighbors..." (Wikipedia: Hyder Ali, 2.10.26 UTC 04:38)
Prithvi Narayan Shah (1743-1768)
"...last king of the Gorkha Kingdom and the first monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal... beginning of the modern history of Nepal." (Wikipedia: Prithvi Narayan Shah, 2.6.26 UTC 08:15)
Tipu Sultan (1751-1799)
"...Sultan of Mysore... deployed rocketed against advances of British forces and their allies during the Anglo-Mysore Wars... against Marathas, Sira, and rules of Malabar, Kodagu, Bednore, Carnatic and Travancore..." (Wikipedia: Tipu Sultan, 2.8.26 UTC 02:12)
Vallabhbhai Patel (1875-1950)
"...Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950... relief efforts for partition refugees fleeing to Punjab and Delhi from Pakistan... commitment to national integration..." (Wikipedia: Vallabhbhai Patel, 2.11.26 UTC 22:11)
Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964)
"...principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s... served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years... promoted a pluralistic multi-party democracy. In foreign affairs, he led the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement..." (Wikipedia: Jawaharlal Nehru, 1.29.26 UTC 07:02)
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984)
"...prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984... leader of the Indian National Congress (INC)... conflict with China... war with Pakistan... war of independence in East Pakistan... state of emergency from 1975 to 1977." (Wikipedia: Indira Gandhi, 2.10.26 UTC 22:18)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)
"...prime minister of India... from 1998 to 2004... senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)... functionary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organization... Hindu nationalism..." (Wikipedia: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 2.8.26 UTC 23:59)
Manmohan Singh (1932-2024)
"...prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014... only Sikh prime minister of India... structural reforms that liberalized India's economy... leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government..." (Wikipedia: Manmohan Singh, 2.6.26 UTC 12:12)
Narendra Modi (1950 - now)
"...prime minister of India since 2013... chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014... member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)... democratic backsliding and has shifted towards an authoritarian style of government..." (Wikipedia: Narendra Modi, 2.13.26 UTC 10:14)
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