Historical figures in Malé
The atlas holds 5 people and 5 moments here, from 1344 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Ibn Battuta, Manmohan Singh and Rajiv Gandhi. Among them Business Leaders, Explorers and Writers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 2002
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Ibn Battuta
in 1344
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Manmohan Singh
in 2011
1 moment here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Rajiv Gandhi
in 1986
1 moment here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Sushma Swaraj
in 2014
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Moments
- 1344 Chief judge in Malé Ibn Battuta
- 1986 Visit to Malé Rajiv Gandhi
- 2002 Civic reception in Malé Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2011 SAARC summit and official visit Manmohan Singh
- 2014 Maiden visit to Malé Sushma Swaraj