Dr Manmohan Singh did his doctorate in economics in Oxford. He obtained a Undergraduate degree in 1957 from St. John's College at Cambridge University and a PhD in 1962 from Oxford University (Nuffield College).

The University of Oxford awarded him an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree in June 2005, and in October 2006, the University of Cambridge followed with the same honor.

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister. She studied at the University of Oxford, England, during the late 1930s.

India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru traveled to England at the age of 15 to attend Harrow. He then went on to study natural sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge before choosing to train as a barrister at the Inner Temple in London.