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Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao

P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao
9th Prime Minister of India
In office
21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
President R. Venkataraman
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Preceded by Chandra Shekhar
Succeeded by Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Minister of Defence
In office
6 March 1993 – 16 May 1996
Preceded by Shankarrao Chavan
Succeeded by Pramod Mahajan
In office
31 December 1984 – 25 September 1985
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by Rajiv Gandhi
Succeeded by Shankarrao Chavan
Minister of External Affairs
In office
31 March 1992 – 18 January 1993
Preceded by Madhavsinh Solanki
Succeeded by Dinesh Singh
In office
25 June 1988 – 2 December 1989
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by Rajiv Gandhi
Succeeded by V. P. Singh
In office
14 January 1980 – 19 July 1984
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Preceded by Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
Succeeded by Indira Gandhi
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
12 March 1986 – 12 May 1986
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by Shankarrao Chavan
Succeeded by Sardar Buta Singh
In office
19 July 1984 – 31 December 1984
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded by Prakash Chandra Sethi
Succeeded by Shankarrao Chavan
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
30 September 1971 – 10 January 1973
Governor Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
Preceded by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Succeeded by Jalagam Vengala Rao (after President's Rule)
Personal details
Born (1921-06-28)28 June 1921
Laknepally, Warangal district,Hyderabad State, British India
(now in Telangana), India
Died 23 December 2004(2004-12-23) (aged 83)
New Delhi, India
Cause of death Heart attack
Political party Indian National Congress
Spouse(s) Satyamma (d. 1970)
Alma mater Osmania University
University of Mumbai
Nagpur University
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician
  • writer

Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister of India, from 1991–1996. His ascendancy to the prime ministership was politically significant in that he was the first holder of this office from a non-Hindi-speaking region, belonging to the southern part of India. He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation and several home incidents affecting national security of India. Rao, who held the Industries portfolio, was personally responsible for the dismantling of the Licence Raj, as this came under the purview of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. He is often referred to as the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms". Future prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh continued the economic reform policies pioneered by Rao's government. Rao accelerated the dismantling of the License Raj, reversing the socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government. He employed Dr. Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister to embark on historic economic transition. With Rao's mandate, Dr. Manmohan Singh launched India's globalisation angle of the reforms that implemented the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies to rescue the almost bankrupt nation from economic collapse. Rao was also referred to as Chanakya for his ability to steer tough economic and political legislation through the parliament at a time when he headed a minority government.


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