Inder Kumar Gujral
| Inder Kumar Gujral | |
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I K Gujral
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| 12th Prime Minister of India | |
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In office 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998 |
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| President |
Shankar Dayal Sharma K. R. Narayanan |
| Preceded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 21 April 1997 – 1 May 1997 |
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| Preceded by | P. Chidambaram |
| Succeeded by | P. Chidambaram |
| Minister of External Affairs | |
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In office 1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998 |
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| Prime Minister | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Preceded by | Sikander Bakht |
| Succeeded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
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In office 5 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 |
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| Prime Minister | V. P. Singh |
| Preceded by | V. P. Singh |
| Succeeded by | Vidya Charan Shukla |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
4 December 1919 Jhelum, Punjab Province, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan) |
| Died | 30 November 2012 (aged 92) Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Political party |
Janata Dal (1988–1998) Independent (1998 onwards) |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress (Before 1988) |
| Spouse(s) | Shiela Gujral |
| Alma mater |
D.A.V. College, Hailey College of Commerce Forman Christian College University |
| Religion | Hinduism |
Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. Gujral was the third PM to be from the Rajya Sabha, the first being Indira Gandhi and the second H. D. Deve Gowda.
Inder Kumar Gujral was born on 4 December 1919 to Avtar Narain and Pushpa Gujral in Jhelum in undivided Punjab in British India. He studied at D.A.V. College, Hailey College of Commerce and Forman Christian College University, Lahore. He also participated in the Indian independence movement and was jailed in 1942 during the Quit India Movement. As a student, he became a member of the Communist Party of India. He also has two sisters, Uma Nanda and Sunita Judge.
Gujral's hobbies included poetry and he spoke Urdu and was, after his death, eulogised as a lover of the language by Maulana Azad National Urdu University, an institution where he held the position of chancellor. His wife Sheila Gujral, who had been ill, died on 11 July 2011. She was an acclaimed poet. The couple had two sons, Naresh, who is a Shiromani Akali Dal MP in the Rajya Sabha, and Vishal. The couple also have two granddaughters and a grandson. His brother, Satish Gujral, is a renowned painter. His late niece, Medha, was director Shekhar Kapur's first wife and later popular bhajan singer Anup Jalota's third wife.
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