Gulzarilal Nanda | |
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Prime Minister of India Acting |
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In office 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966 |
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President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Preceded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Succeeded by | Indira Gandhi |
In office 27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964 |
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President | Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Preceded by | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Succeeded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 29 August 1963 – 14 November 1966 |
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Prime Minister |
Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |
Preceded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Succeeded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Sialkot, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
4 July 1898
Died | 15 January 1998 Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
(aged 99)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Spouse(s) | Lakshmi |
Children | 2 sons and 1 daughter |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Religion | Hinduism |
Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998) was an Indian politician and economist who specialized in labour issues. He was the Prime Minister of India for two short periods following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966. Both his terms ended after the ruling Indian National Congress's parliamentary party elected a new prime minister. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1997.
Nanda was born on 4 July 1898 in Sialkot in the Punjab Province of British India into a Punjabi Hindu family. (After the partition of British India into India and Pakistan in 1947, Sialkot became a part of the Punjab Province of Pakistan.) Nanda received his education in Lahore, Amritsar, Agra, and Allahabad.
Nanda worked as a research scholar on labour problems at Allahabad University (1920–1921), and became a Professor of Economics at National College in Bombay (Mumbai) in 1921. The same year, he joined the Indian Non-Cooperation Movement against the British Raj. In 1922, he became secretary of the Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association where he worked until 1946. He was imprisoned for Satyagraha in 1932, and again from 1942 to 1944.. He was honored with "Proud Past Alumni" in the list of 42 members, from "Allahabad University Alumni Association", NCR, Ghaziabad (Greater Noida) Chapter 2007-2008 registered under society act 1860 with registration no. 407/2000.