Historical figures in New Delhi
The atlas holds 66 people and 127 moments here, from 1231 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Manmohan Singh, Ghalib and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Jurists, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Razia Sultan
from 1231 to 1240
5 moments here
Razia Sultan, also called Raziyya, was the fifth ruler of the Delhi Sultanate and its only female Muslim ruler.…
Richard Nixon
in 1969
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Saddam Hussein
in 1983
1 moment here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Sarojini Naidu
from 1946 to 1947
2 moments here
Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1956
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1944
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
from 1972 to 1975
2 moments here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Shinzo Abe
from 2007 to 2014
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
in 1964
1 moment here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Sridevi
in 2013
1 moment here
Indian actress Sridevi (Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema from childhood through 2018.…
Sushma Swaraj
from 1973 to 2019
6 moments here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Swami Vivekananda
in 1891
1 moment here
Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, teacher, and chief disciple of Ramakrishna. Born Narendranath Datta in Calcutta, he travelled widely through India…
Thomas Sankara
in 1983
1 moment here
Burkinabé army officer and revolutionary political leader who became president of Upper Volta after the 4 August 1983 coup and led Burkina Faso until…
Timur
in 1398
1 moment here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…
Vallabhbhai Patel
from 1946 to 1949
3 moments here
Indian lawyer, Indian National Congress leader, independence activist, and statesman. Known as Sardar Patel, he organized major civil-disobedience…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
in 1995
1 moment here
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) was a Russian politician, founder and long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1962
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Yuri Gagarin
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Moments
- 2003 State visit to New Delhi Ariel Sharon
- 2004 Bird-flu press address Sushma Swaraj
- 2004 Authorization to form government Manmohan Singh
- 2005 Meeting with Manmohan Singh Hugo Chávez
- 2005 Meeting with Manmohan Singh Pervez Musharraf
- 2006 State visit to New Delhi Jacques Chirac
- 2006 State visit to New Delhi Khaleda Zia
- 2007 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas address A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2007 India visit with Manmohan Singh Shinzo Abe
- 2008 Padma Vibhushan investiture Asha Bhosle
- 2009 Hospitalization at AIIMS Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2012 Presidential oath of office Pranab Mukherjee
- 2013 Padma Shri investiture Sridevi
- 2013 First foreign trip: India Li Keqiang
- 2013 Wreath-laying at Raj Ghat Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- 2014 Republic Day chief guest Shinzo Abe
- 2014 Assuming the External Affairs portfolio Sushma Swaraj
- 2014 Meeting Wang Yi Sushma Swaraj
- 2015 National Tourism Awards address Pranab Mukherjee
- 2015 India-Africa Forum Summit Muhammadu Buhari
- 2015 Kidney transplant at AIIMS Sushma Swaraj
- 2017 Farewell address as president Pranab Mukherjee
- 2018 Death at AIIMS Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2019 Bharat Ratna investiture Pranab Mukherjee
- 2019 Death at AIIMS New Delhi Sushma Swaraj
- 2020 Death at Army Research and Referral Hospital Pranab Mukherjee
- 2024 Death at AIIMS Manmohan Singh