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P. V. Narasimha Rao
P. V. Narasimha Rao (Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao) , 1921-2004, Indian politician, prime minister of India (1991-96), b. Hyderabad. A poet, he was active in the Indian National Congress during the struggle for independence and thereafter. He served as a minister (1962-71) and chief minister... Read more
H. D. Deve Gowda
H. D. Deve Gowda (Haradanahalli Dodde Gowda Deve Gowda) , 1933-, Indian political leader, prime minister of India (1996-97), b. Haradanahalli, Karnataka, S India. A member of a farming family of intermediate caste, he was trained as a civil engineer and won his first seat in the Karnataka state as... Read more
Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. By 1907, however, the Congress had split into a moderate group led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale , who sought dominion sta... Read more
India
India officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c.9,500 mi/15,290 km long) stretches from the Arabian Se... Read more
Margaret Eleanor Atwood
Margaret Eleanor Atwood 1939-, Canadian novelist and poet. Her writing treats contemporary issues, such as feminism, sexual politics, the fate of Canada and Canadian literature, and the intrusive nature of mass society. Her best-known novel, The Handmaid's Tale (1986), is set in a mid-21st-centur... Read more

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P. V. Narasimha Rao
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition P. V. Narasimha Rao (Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao) , 1921-2004, Indian politician, prime minister of India (1991-96), b. Hyderabad. A poet, he was active in the Indian National Congress during the struggle for independence and...
Indian National Congress
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...during the 1991 election campaign, P. V. Narasimha Rao became head of the party and, after...reject Congress at the polls, but Rao remained party leader. Leadership...Congress, 1947-1985 (1986); P. Brass and F. Robinson, Indian...
Indian Prime Ministers
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...89 Rajiv Gandhi Congress (I) 1989–90 V. P. Singh Coalition 1990–91 Chandra Shekhar Janata 1991–96 P. V. Narasimha Rao Congress (I) 1996–97 H. D. Deve Gowda...
H. D. Deve Gowda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...castes and religious groups. When the Congress party was savaged in the 1996 general elections and Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao resigned, Deve Gowda became prime minister of a United Front coalition government after Indian nationalists failed...

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Rao, P. V. Narasimha
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History Rao, P. V. Narasimha, see Narasimha Rao, Pamulaparti Venkata
Rao, P(amulaparti) V(enkata) Narasimha
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Rao, P(amulaparti) V(enkata) Narasimha (1921–2004) Indian statesman, Prime Minister (1991–96).
Congress, Indian National
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...I) Party was re-elected under the leadership of P. V. Narasimha RAO , who became Prime Minister until 1996, when the Party lost the general election. Rao resigned as leader of the party later that year and...

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P.V. Narasimha Rao: The Autumn of the Patriarch
Newspaper article from: India Abroad; 10/4/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...Adam India Abroad 10-04-1996 P.V. Narasimha Rao: The Autumn of the Patriarch...experience of Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao illustrates. Whether or not...accused of not taking decisions, Narasimha Rao has decisively changed the course...
P.V. Narasimha Rao; transformed India
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 12/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-25-2004 P.V. Narasimha Rao; transformed India -- Influential former prime...All Editions NEW DELHI - Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who kick-started India's economic metamorphosis...
P.V. Narasimha Rao, Indian prime minister who launched an economic revolution, dies at 83
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/23/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...DELHI Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, whose free-market reforms...after leaving office. Rao remained a powerful party...former Prime Minister V.P. Singh. Singh was gracious in his tributes to Rao on Thursday. "His most...
P.V. Narasimha Rao; transformed India's economy As prime minister, he abolished regulations that stifled growth
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/24/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...DELHI -- Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who kick- started India's...overturned the following year. Mr. Rao never served any time in prison...rival, former Prime Minister V.P. Singh. Mr. Rao was born into an upper-caste...
Former Indian premier P.V. Narasimha Rao cremated
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/25/2004; ; 615 words ; ...2004 Dateline: HYDERABAD, India Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, the father of India's economic reforms who died this...southern Indian city of Hyderabad. Rao's eldest son, P.V. Ranga Rao, lit his father's funeral pyre as Hindu...
Former Indian prime minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, dies at 83
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 12/23/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...NEW DELHI Former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, who set in motion India's economic...of the economic changes," said V.P. Singh, a former prime minister...and five daughters. One son, P.V. Ranga Rao, was a minister in Andhra Pradesh...
The Rao row: India. (prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/3/1993; 700+ words ; ...390,000) in cash to the prime minister, P.V. Narasimha Rao, in November 1991. Mr Rao denies it. A parliamentary committee which questioned...question of whether or not it should require Mr Rao to answer the charges. The public seems just...
Indian Leader P.V. Narasimha Rao
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 12/24/2004; ; 700+ words ; Former prime minister P.V. Narasimha Rao, whose free-market economic reforms...power, has died. He was 83. Mr. Rao died Dec. 23 of cardiac arrest at...Minister Manmohan Singh, who was once Rao's finance minister and his right...
Former PM P V Narasimha Rao cremated amidst vedic chants.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 12/25/2004; 700+ words ; ...ancient Vedas, the body of former Indian Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao was consigned to flames on Saturday with full military...along with his wife Gursharan Kaur. Rao's eldest son P V Ranga Rao lit the pyre with his brothers Rajeshwar and...
Rao bows out; renewing the Congress Party. (India's former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao)
Magazine article from: The New Leader; 2/10/1997; ; 700+ words ; Slowly but surely, P. V. Narasimha Rao, India's former Prime Minister...two maligned former Prime Minister V. P. Singh by alleging that his son...politically-motivated somnolence, and Rao is being made to account for his...