Name : P. V. Narasimha Rao
Full Name : Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
Prime Minister of India
In office June 21, 1991 – May 16, 1996
Date of birth : June 28, 1921
Date of Death : December 23, 2004
Place of birth : Karimnagar, Andra Pradesh, India
Place of death : New Delhi, India
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Religion : Hindu
Occupations: Lawyer, Activist
Father : P. V. Ranga Rao
Political party : Political party Congress (I)
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was born on June 28, 1921 at Vangara village, Karimnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. He studied in Osmania University, Hyderabad, Bombay university and the Nagpur university. He was able to speak in 17 languages. He was an advocate an active freedom fighter during the Indian Independence movement and joined full time politics after independence as a member of the Indian National Congress.
He was the Minister of Law and Information, 1962-64; Law and Endowments, 1964-67; Health and Medicine, 1967 and Education, 1968-71, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was the Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, 1971-73; General Secretary, All India Congress Committee, 1975-76; Chairman, Telugu Academy, Andhra Pradesh, 1968-74; Vice-President, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras, from 1972. He was also Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1957-77; Member, Lok Sabha 1977-84. He was Minister for External Affairs from January 14, 1980 to July 18, 1984; Minister of Home Affairs from July 19, 1984 to December 31, 1984 and the Minister of Defence from December 31, 1984 to September 25, 1985. He then assumed charge as Minister of Human Resource Development on September 25, 1985.
After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the general elections of 1991 , Rao was chosen to lead the Congress party and after Congress won in parliament later that year he became Prime Minister. He was the first person outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to serve as Prime Minister for five continuous years. He was also the first Prime Minister to Lead a minority government for a full term . His government survived a "no-confidence" vote in Parliament in 1994. When general elections were held in May, Rao and Congress were defeated, and he lost the prime ministership. He retained leadership of the Congress party until late 1996 . After his retirement from national politics Rao published a novel named The Insider . The controversial book, which follows the career of a person as he rises through the ranks of Indian politics, resembled events from Rao's own life. Rao, however, denied any connection. Rao suffered a heart attack on 9 December 2004, and was taken to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences where he died 14 days later at the age of 83.
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