Name : I. K.Gujral
Full Name : Inder Kumar Gujral
13th Prime Minister of India
In office 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
Date of birth : 4 December 1919
Place of birth : Jhelum (now in Pakistan)
Nationality : Indian
Gender : Male
Spouse : Sheila Gujral
Father : Shri Avtar Narain Gujral
Mother : Smt. Pushpa Gujral
Political party : Janata Dal
Inder Kumar Gujral was born at Jhelum (now in Pakistan) on 4th December 1919. Gujral was born into a respectable Punjabi Khatri family.He is M.A., B.Com. Ph.D. & D.Litt. (Hons. Causa). Gujral and Smt. Shiela Gujral were married on May 26, 1945. He sworn in as the 12th Prime Minister of India on Monday, the 21st of April, 1997.
Inder Kumar Gujral belongs to a family of freedom fighters both his parents participated in the freedom struggle in Punjab. He actively took part in India's freedom struggle, and was jailed in 1942 during 'Quit India Movement'.
Gujral was the Minister of External Affairs from June 1, 1996 and held additional charge of the Ministry of Water Resources from June 28, 1996. He was the Minister of External Affairs earlier during 1989-1990.
He was Ambassador of India to U.S.S.R. (Cabinet Rank) from 1976-1980. He was the Minister of Communications & Parliamentary Affairs; Minister of Information & Broadcasting and Communications; Minister of Works & Housing; Minister of information & Broadcasting; Minister of Planning.
Gujral left the Congress Party in the mid-1980s and joined the Janata Dal. The Dal was a third-party with mainly socialist leanings and regional bases. In 1989 elections, Gujral was elected from Jallandhar parliamentary constituency of Punjab. He served as Minister of External Affairs in V.P.Singh cabinet.
In 1992,Gujral was elected to Rajya Sabha and remained a key Janata Dal leader. After 1996 elections, when United Front government was formed at the center under the leadership of H.D.Deve Gowda, he was again named Minister of External Affairs of India. But when the Congress Party objected and threatened to withdraw its vote of support to the UF, the UF elected I.K. Gujral to Lead the Government. His tenure ended just after 10 months when the Congress Party again decided to withdraw support to the UF. He retired from active politics in 1999.
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