![]() Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Born in the year 1918, Chaudhary Brahm Prakash played an active role in the Satyagraha Movement founded by Mahatma Gandhi during 1940 and he was also associated with a few 'underground activities' during the Quit India Movement launched during the British Raj in the country. His birthplace was the village of Jaffarpur Kalan in West Delhi and had been put behind the bars several times during the Indian freedom movement. He has also worked as the Minister in of Planning and Development (from the year 1952 till 1955) and a member of the community of Yadavas. He died in 1933. Madan Lal Khurana Madan Lal Khurana was born on 15th October, 1936 and he was the Chief Minister of Delhi from the year 1993 to 1996. ![]() G.N. Singh G.N.Singh had been appointed as the Chief Minister of Delhi form the period of 1955 to 1956, and he belonged to the Congress. He was the second Chief Minister of Delhi and the successor of Chaudhary Brahm Prakash and he served for an entire year and it was immediately after this incident that the Government of India passed a bill according to which Delhi was transformed into a Union Territory of the country. Sahib Singh Verma Sahib Singh Verma delivered his services as the Chief Minister of Delhi from 1996 to 1998 and also a member of the 13th Lok Sabha in the Parliament of India. He was born on 15th March, 1943 near Mundka Village, in outer portions of Delhi and he was the Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP. His career also included service as the Union Labour Minister of India and had won votes representing the Janata Party and was elected again on a BJP ticket. During the year 1993, he had been announced as the Education and Development Minister in the Delhi government. He had been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Delhi after a corruption crisis was framed against Madan Lal Khurana. Madan Lal Khurana got involved in a political crisis regarding the rising onion prices due to which he was son replaced by Sushma Swaraj. Sushma Swaraj Sushma Swaraj is a Member of the Parliament for six years and she worked for three years as an MLA from the periods between 1977 and 1982 and 1987 and 1990 in Haryana, during 1998 in Delhi and is presently the Leader of Opposition in the 15th Lok Sabha. ![]() Sheila Dikshit Born on 31st March, 1938 in the region of Kapurthala in Punjab, Sheila Dikshit was the Chief Minister of Delhi from the year 1998 till 2013 and she spearheaded the Indian National Congress. She is often considered to be one of the most powerful Indian politicians and she had represented the constituency of New Delhi in the Legislative Assembly of Delhi. She had been elected for three consecutive terms, from 1998 onwards and she had been the Chief Minister of Delhi for 15 years. Arvind Kejriwal Founder of the Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, Arvind Kejriwal is the 7th and present Chief Minister of Delhi, and he was born on 16th August, 1968. AAP was established during November, 2012, and portrays the 'common man'. Arvind Kejriwal has aimed to represent the aspirations and rights of the common masses during his tenure as the Chief Minister of Delhi. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership in the year 2006, in recognition of his significant contribution to the passing of the Right to Information Act. Kejriwal was listed as one of the five most active Indian politicians on social networking sites. |
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Chief Ministers of Delhi