| 1. P. Chidambaram was India’s Finance Minister from 2004 to 2014. |
| 2. He is a senior Spokesperson of the Indian National Congress (INC). |
| 3. His mother, Lakshmi Achi, was the daughter of Sir Annamalai Chettiar, founder of Annamalai University and United India Insurance Company. |
| 4. During college, he embraced the Left’s ideology and co-founded the political journal "The Radical View." |
| 5. Chidambaram is also a Supreme Court lawyer. |
| 6. He had a love marriage and eloped with his wife before getting married in 1968. |
| 7. The 1997 Budget that he presented is still regarded as India's dream budget. |
| 8. His mother attended the 1997 Budget session and was proud of his balanced budget. |
| 9. Chidambaram is known for his strong memory and fast reading skills. |
| 10. He merged his party with the Indian National Congress in 2005. |
| 11. He became the Finance Minister in 2004 in the Manmohan Singh Government. |
| 12. Chidambaram was appointed the Home Minister in November 2008 post the Mumbai terror attacks. |
| 13. In 2012, he assumed the role of Finance Minister again. |
| 14. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha on 5 July 2016. |
| 15. After almost three months in jail, he was granted bail in the INX Media money laundering case on 4 December 2019. |
| 16. As Finance Minister, he introduced reforms aimed at reviving economic growth, curbing fiscal deficit, and attracting foreign investment. |
| 17. His 2008 budget move to waive off farmers' debts helped improve collective demand in the Indian economy and protected India from recession impact. |
| 18. As Home Minister, he was credited with toning up the country's intelligence network and proposed the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC). |
