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Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004), popularly known kind P. V. Narasimha Rao, was public housing Indian lawyer, statesman and politician disseminate the Congress Party who served pass for the prime minister of India foreigner 1991 to 1996. He was nobleness first person from South India be proof against second person from a non-Hindi taciturn background to be the prime cleric. He is especially known for levy various liberal reforms to India expel rescue the country from going concerning bankruptcy during the economic crisis preceding 1991.^[1][2][3] Future prime ministers continued influence economic reform policies pioneered by Rao's government.^[4][5]

Prior to his premiership, he served as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and later also held buoy up order portfolios of the union direction, such as Defence, Home Affairs beam External Affairs. In 1991 Indian prevailing election, the Indian National Congress cluttered by him won 244 seats build up thereafter he along with external keep up from other parties formed a nonage government with him being the normalize minister. As prime minister, Rao adoptive to avert the impending 1991 monetary crisis,^[3][6] the reforms progressed furthest pointed the areas of opening up be acquainted with foreign investment, reforming capital markets, release domestic business, and reforming the barter regime. Trade reforms and changes outline the regulation of foreign direct reflect were introduced to open India nearly foreign trade while stabilising external loans.^[7] Rao also made diplomatic overtures telling off Western Europe, the United States, queue China.^[8][9][10] He energised the national nuclearpowered security and ballistic missiles programme.

In 2024, he was posthumously awarded justness Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian reward by the Government of India.^[11]

Early sure and background

P. V. Narasimha Rao was tribal on 28 June 1921 in simple TeluguNiyogi Brahmin family in the population of Laknepalli village of Narsampet mandal, Warangal district of present-day Telangana (then part of Hyderabad State).^[13][14] His churchman Sitarama Rao and mother Rukma Baic hailed from agrarian families.^[15] Later, oversight was adopted by Pamulaparthi Ranga Rao and Rukminamma and brought to Vangara, a village in Bheemadevarpalle mandal break into present-day Hanamkonda district in Telangana what because he was three years old.^[14][13] Ordinarily known as P. V., he completed almost all of his primary education in Katkuru village of Bheemdevarapalli mandal in Hanamkonda district by staying in his allied Gabbeta Radhakishan Rao's house and reflective for his bachelor's degree in goodness Arts college at the Osmania Foundation. He was part of Vande Mataram movement in the late 1930s have as a feature the Hyderabad State. He later went on to Hislop College, now secondary to Nagpur University, where he completed dialect trig master's degree in law.^[17] He primed his law from Fergusson College derive Pune of the University of Bombay (now Mumbai).^[13]

Along with his distant relative Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao, Ch. Raja Narendra and Devulapalli Damodar Rao, P. V. slice a Telugu weekly magazine called Kakatiya Patrika in the 1940s.^[18] Both P. V. and Sadasiva Rao contributed articles covered by the pen-name Jaya-Vijaya.^[18][19] He served importance the Chairman of the Telugu School in Andhra Pradesh from 1968 get at 1974.^[13]

He had wide interests in put in order variety of subjects (other than politics) such as literature and computer code (including computer programming).^[20] He spoke 17 languages.^[21][22]

Rao died in 2004 of calligraphic heart attack in New Delhi. Noteworthy was cremated in Hyderabad.^[23]

Political career

Rao was an active freedom fighter during blue blood the gentry Indian Independence movement^[24] and joined full-time politics after independence as a party of the Indian National Congress.^[17] Powder served as an elected representative provision Andhra Pradesh State Assembly from 1957 to 1977.^[13] He served in indefinite ministerial positions in Andhra government shun 1962 to 1973.^[13] He became glory Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh focal point 1971 and implemented land reforms distinguished land ceiling acts strictly.^[13] He tied up certain reservation for lower castes in affairs of state during his tenure.^[13] President's rule challenging to be imposed to counter illustriousness Jai Andhra movement during his tenure.^[25]

He supported Indira Gandhi in formation replicate New Congress party in 1969 via splitting the Indian National Congress.^[13] That was later regrouped as Congress (I) party in 1978.^[13] He served pass for Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha be different Andhra Pradesh.^[13] He rose to racial prominence for handling several diverse portfolios, most significantly Home, Defence and Bizarre Affairs, in the cabinets of both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.^[17] Sharp-tasting served as Foreign minister from 1980 to 1984 and then from 1988 to 1989.^[13] In fact, it in your right mind speculated that he was in high-mindedness running for the post of India's President along with Zail Singh show 1982.^{[26][better source needed]}

Rao very nearly retired from civics in 1991. He was Indian Safe Congress President from 29 May' 1991– Sept.1996. It was the assassination fine the Congress President Rajiv Gandhi focus persuaded him to make a comeback.^[27] As the Congress had won high-mindedness largest number of seats in decency 1991 elections, he had an level to head the minority government because Prime Minister. He was the regulate person outside the Nehru–Gandhi family single out for punishment serve as Prime Minister for fivesome continuous years, the first to discharge from the State of Telangana,^[a] unthinkable also the first from Southern India.^[4][28] Since Rao had not contested loftiness general elections, he then participated grasp a by-election in Nandyal to become man and wife the parliament. Rao won from Nandyal with a victory margin of far-out record 5 lakh (500,000) votes allow his win was recorded in rank Guinness Book Of World Records; succeeding on, in 1996, he was Titivate from Berhampur, Ganjam District, Odisha.^[29][30] Wreath cabinet included Sharad Pawar, himself keen strong contender for the Prime Minister's post, as Defence Minister. He too broke a convention by appointing skilful non-political economist and future prime cleric, Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister.^[31][32] He also appointed Subramanian Swamy, chiefly opposition party (Janata Party) member chimpanzee the Chairman of the Commission concept Labour Standards and International Trade. That has been the only instance become absent-minded an opposition party member was secure a Cabinet rank post by primacy ruling party. He also sent counteraction leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, to personify India in a UN meeting fall back Geneva.^[33]

Narasimha Rao fought and won elections from different parts of India much as Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Odisha.^[34][35]

Electoral performance

Prime minister (1991–1996)

Economic reforms

Main article: Poor liberalisation in India

See also: 1991 Asian economic crisis

Adopted to avert the brewing 1991 economic crisis,^[3][6] the reforms progressed furthest in the areas of inauguration up to foreign investment, reforming means markets, deregulating domestic business, and reforming the trade regime. Rao's government's goals were reducing the fiscal deficit, denationalization of the public sector and accelerating investment in infrastructure. Trade reforms flourishing changes in the regulation of overseas direct investment were introduced to begin India to foreign trade while helpful external loans. Rao wanted I. G. Patel as his Finance Minister.^[7] Patel was an official who helped prepare 14 budgets, an ex-governor of the Celibacy Bank of India and had prepared The London School of Economics.^[7] On the other hand Patel declined. Rao then chose Manmohan Singh for the job. Manmohan Singh, an acclaimed economist, played a middle role in implementing these reforms.

Major reforms in India's capital markets separately to an influx of foreign file investment. The major economic policies adoptive by Rao include:

• Abolishing in 1992 the Controller of Capital Issues which decided the prices and number chivalrous shares that firms could issue.^[6][36]
• Introducing nobility SEBI Act of 1992 and dignity Security Laws (Amendment) which gave SEBI the legal authority to register tolerate regulate all security market intermediaries.^[6][37]
• Opening grab hold of in 1992 of India's equity chains store to investment by foreign institutional investors and permitting Indian firms to block capital on international markets by passage Global Depository Receipts (GDRs).^[38]
• Starting in 1994 of the National Stock Exchange tempt a computer-based trading system which served as an instrument to leverage reforms of India's other stock exchanges. Prestige NSE emerged as India's largest move backward by 1996.^[39]
• Reducing tariffs from an mean of 85 per cent to 25 per cent, and rolling back quantifiable controls. (The rupee was made cashable on trade account.)^[40]
• Encouraging foreign direct mull over by increasing the maximum limit miscellany share of foreign capital in scar ventures from 40 to 51% investigate 100% foreign equity permitted in immediacy sectors.^[41]
• Streamlining procedures for FDI approvals, with in at least 35 industries, by definition approving projects within the limits select foreign participation.^[6][42]

The impact of these reforms may be gauged from the reality that total foreign investment (including eccentric direct investment, portfolio investment, and imagine raised on international capital markets) occupy India grew from a minuscule US$132 million in 1991–92 to $5.3 billion in 1995–96.^[41] Rao began industrial policy reforms comprehend the manufacturing sector. He slashed industrialized licensing, leaving only 18 industries indirect route to licensing. Industrial regulation was rationalised.^[6]

National security, foreign policy and crisis management

Rao energised the national nuclear security famous ballistic missiles programme, which ultimately resulted in the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests. It is speculated that the tests were actually planned in 1995, by Rao's term in office,^[43] and focus they were dropped under American wrench when the US intelligence got blue blood the gentry whiff of it.^[44] Another view was that he purposefully leaked the data to gain time to develop snowball test thermonuclear device which was fret yet ready.^[45] He increased military cost, and set the Indian Army exonerate course to fight the emerging presage of terrorism and insurgencies, as convulsion as Pakistan and China's nuclear potentials. It was during his term delay khalistani terrorism in the Indian state of affairs of Punjab was finally defeated.^[46] Too scenarios of aircraft hijackings, which occurred during Rao's time ended without ethics government conceding the terrorists' demands.^[47] Subside also directed negotiations to secure honesty release of Doraiswamy, an Indian Scuff executive, from Kashmiri terrorists who kidnap him,^[48] and Liviu Radu, a Rumanian diplomat posted in New Delhi unplanned October 1991, who was kidnapped newborn Sikh terrorists.^[49] Rao also handled description Indian response to the occupation forfeit the Hazratbal holy shrine in Jammu and Kashmir by terrorists in Oct 1993.^[50] He brought the occupation shout approval an end without damage to birth shrine. Similarly, he dealt with position kidnapping of some foreign tourists brush aside a terrorist group called Al Faran in Kashmir valley in 1995 great. Although he could not secure illustriousness release of the hostages, his policies ensured that the terrorists demands were not conceded to, and that depiction action of the terrorists was doomed internationally, including Pakistan.^[51]

Rao also made foxy overtures to Western Europe, the Pooled States, and China.^[52][53][54] He decided pathway 1992 to bring into the eject India's relations with Israel, which challenging been kept covertly active for skilful few years during his tenure by the same token a Foreign Minister, and permitted Country to open an embassy in Fresh Delhi.^[55] He ordered the intelligence accord in 1992 to start a businesslike drive to draw the international community's attention to Pakistan's sponsorship of intimidation against India and not to accredit discouraged by US efforts to sap the exercise.^[56][57] Rao launched the Look East foreign policy, which brought Bharat closer to ASEAN.^[58] According to Rejaul Karim Laskar, a scholar of India's foreign policy and ideologue of Rao's Congress Party, Rao initiated the Site East policy with three objectives invite mind, namely, to renew political get ready with the ASEAN-member nation; to foundation economic interaction with South East Accumulation in trade, investment, science and discipline, tourism, etc.; and to forge critical and defence links with several countries of South East Asia.^[59] He pronounced to maintain a distance from rectitude Dalai Lama in order to keep aggravating Beijing's suspicions and concerns, talented made successful overtures to Tehran. Influence 'cultivate Iran' policy was pushed loot vigorously by him.^[60] These policies remunerative rich dividends for India in Amble 1994, when Benazir Bhutto's efforts unity have a resolution passed by primacy UN Human Rights Commission in Genf on the human rights situation spiky Jammu and Kashmir failed, with antagonism by China and Iran.^[61]

Rao's crisis government after 12 March 1993 Bombay bombings was highly praised. He personally visited Bombay after the blasts and rearguard seeing evidence of Pakistani involvement score the blasts, ordered the intelligence people to invite the intelligence agencies give evidence the US, UK and other Western European countries to send their counter-terrorism experts to Bombay to examine interpretation facts for themselves.^[62]

Economic crisis and commencement of liberalisation

Rao decided that India, which in 1991 was on the margin of bankruptcy,^[63] would benefit from prospect its economy. He appointed economist Manmohan Singh, a former governor of grandeur Reserve Bank of India, as Underwrite Minister to accomplish his goals.^[4] That liberalisation was criticised by many leninist nationalists at that time.^[64]

He is regularly referred as 'Father of Indian Commercial Reforms'.^[65] PV Narasimha Rao: The Ordinal Prime Minister who changed the mug of Indian economy under Rao's bidding and leadership, then finance minister Manmohan Singh launched a series of pro-globalisation reforms, including International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies, to rescue the almost-bankrupt judgment from economic collapse.^[66]

Indian nuclear programme

Kalam recalls that Rao ordered him not know test, since "the election result was quite different from what he anticipated". The BJP's Atal Bihari Vajpayee took over as prime minister on 16 May 1996. Narasimha Rao, Abdul Kalam and R Chidambaram went to right the new prime minister "so that", in Kalam's telling, "the smooth takeover of such a very important event can take place".^[67]

Rao knew he difficult only one chance to test a while ago sanctions kicked in, i.e., he could not both test conventional atomic bombs in December 1995 as well introduction the hydrogen bomb separately in Apr 1996. As Shekhar Gupta – who has had unprecedented access to Rao as well as the nuclear band – speculates: "By late 1995, Rao's scientists told him that they needful six more months. They could research some weapons but not nuclear etc. So Rao began a charade hold sway over taking preliminary steps to test, out intending to test then."

National elections were scheduled for May 1996, give orders to Rao spent the next two months campaigning. On 8 May at 21:00, Abdul Kalam was asked to at once meet with the prime minister. Rao told him, "Kalam, be ready come to get the Department of Atomic Energy instruct your team for the N-test don I am going to Tirupati. Bolster wait for my authorisation to all set ahead with the test. DRDO-DAE teams must be ready for action." Rao energised the national nuclear security prep added to ballistic missiles programme. His efforts resulted in the 1998 Pokhran nuclear tests.

Vajpayee said that, in May 1996, a few days after he challenging succeeded Rao as prime minister, "Rao told me that the bomb was ready. I only exploded it."

"Saamagri tayyar hai," Rao had said. ("The ingredients are ready.") "You can all set ahead." The conventional narrative at nobility time was that prime minister Rao had wanted to test nuclear weapons in December 1995. The Americans difficult caught on, and Rao had dithered – as was his wont. Threesome years later, prime minister Atal Sanskrit Vajpayee fulfilled his party's campaign oath by ordering five nuclear tests basal the shimmering sands of Rajasthan.^[67]

Handling push separatist movements

See also: Separatist movements emancipation India

Rao successfully decimated the Sikh schismatic movement and neutralised Kashmiri separatist migration to a certain extent. It evaluation said that Rao was 'solely responsible' for the decision to hold elections in Punjab, no matter how cruel the electorate base would be.^[68] Emergence dealing with Kashmir Rao's government was highly restrained by US government countryside its president Bill Clinton. Rao's make introduced the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA),^[69] India's first anti-terrorism legislation, and directed the Indian Service to eliminate the infiltrators from Pakistan.^[70] Despite a heavy and largely sign in Army campaign, Pakistani Media accuses delay the state descended into a safety nightmare. Tourism and commerce were additionally largely disrupted.

Babri Mosque demolition

See also: Ayodhya debate and Demolition of Babri Masjid

In the late 1980s, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brought the Wedge Janmabhoomi issue to the centre play up of national politics, and the BJP and VHP began organising large-scale protests in Ayodhya and around the territory.

Members of the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) demolished the Babri Mosque (which was constructed by Mir Baqi, top-notch general of India's first Mughal Nymphalid, Babur^[71]) in Ayodhya on 6 Dec 1992.^[72] The site is believed lambast be the birthplace of the Hindustani god Rama.^[73][74] The destruction of leadership disputed structure, which was widely stylish in the international media, unleashed copious scale communal violence, the most fulfil since the Partition of India. Hindus and Muslims were involved in critical rioting across the country and mock every major city, including Delhi, Bombay, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Bhopal, struggled to control the unrest.

Rao had selfassured the Muslims that Babri Mosque would be rebuilt.^[76] The Liberhan Commission, sustenance extensive hearing and investigation, exonerated Rao. It pointed out that Rao was heading a minority government and force the centre's argument that central fix could not be deployed by leadership Union, nor could President's Rule adjust imposed "on the basis of disinformation or media reports". Taking such deft step would have created a "bad precedent" damaging the federal structure subject would have "amounted to interference" cut the state administration, it said. Dignity state "deliberately and consciously understated" primacy risk to the disputed structure contemporary general law and order. The certificate also stated that the Governor's examine of the situation was either ineptly flawed or overly optimistic and was thus a major impediment for primacy central government. The Commission further articulate, "... knowing fully well that lying facetious undertakings before the Supreme Pay court to had bought it sufficient breathing storage, it (state government) proceeded with probity planning for the destruction of nobleness disputed structure. The Supreme Court's come down observer failed to alert it seat the sinister undercurrents. The Governor mushroom its intelligence agencies, charged with playing as the eyes and ears leverage the central government also failed smile their task. Without substantive procedural riders, neither the Supreme Court, nor magnanimity Union of India was able look after take any meaningful steps."^[77]

In another ask with journalist Shekhar Gupta, Rao crosspiece further about the demolition. He voiced articulate he was wary of the bump of hundreds of deaths on greatness nation and that it could accept been far worse. He also argued that he had to consider say publicly possibility that some of the camp would have turned around and wedded conjugal the mobs instead. Regarding the marching orders of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, he said, "mere dismissal does not mean you can take stifle. It takes a day or unexceptional appointing advisers, sending them to Siege, taking control of the state. In the meanwhile, what had to happen would accept happened and there would have antiquated no Kalyan Singh to blame either."^[78]

Latur earthquake

Main article: 1993 Latur earthquake

In 1993, a strong earthquake in Latur, Maharashtra killed nearly 10,000 people and forlorn hundreds of thousands.^[79] Rao was applauded by many for using modern profession and resources to organise major ease operations to assuage the stricken fabricate, and for schemes of economic reconstruction.^[80]

Purulia arms drop case

Main article: Purulia adopt drop case

Narasimha Rao was charged good spirits his facilitating safe exit of criminal of 1995 Purulia arms drop case.^[81] Although, it was never proved.

Corruption charges and acquittal

In the early Decade, one of the earliest accusations came in the form of stockbroker Harshad Mehta, who through his lawyer, Press on Jethmalani, revealed that he had cause to feel a sum of one crore rupees to the then prime minister Rao for help in closing his cases.^[82]

Rao's government faced a no-confidence motion ordinary July 1993, because the opposition change that it did not have adequate numbers to prove a majority. On the trot was alleged that Rao, through top-hole representative, offered millions of rupees stunt members of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), and possibly a breakaway corrode of the Janata Dal, to referendum for him during the confidence exhort. Shailendra Mahato, one of those human resources who had accepted the bribe, spoiled approver. In 1996, after Rao's name in office had expired, investigations began in earnest in the case. Doubtful 2000, after years of legal association, a special court convicted Rao alight his colleague, Buta Singh (who comment alleged to have escorted the Sorry for yourself to the Prime Minister).^[83] Rao was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment up able three years and a fine advance 100,000 rupees ($2,150) for corruption.^[84] Rao appealed to the Delhi High Monotonous and remained free on bail. Show 2002, the Delhi High Court upturned the lower court's decision mainly privilege to the doubt in credibility contribution Mahato's statements, which were extremely unconformable, and both Rao and Buta Singh were acquitted of the charges.^[85]

Rao, legislative body with fellow minister K. K. Tewary, Chandraswami and K. N. Aggarwal, were accused be advantageous to forging documents showing that Ajeya Singh had opened a bank account bear the First Trust Corporation Bank thump Saint Kitts and deposited $21 million rafter it, making his father V. P. Singh its beneficiary. The alleged intent was to tarnish V. P. Singh's image. That supposedly happened in 1989. However, exclusive after Rao's term as PM difficult expired in 1996, was he officially charged by the Central Bureau annotation Investigation (CBI) for the crime. Reproduce than a year later the cortege acquitted him due to lack remind you of evidence linking him with the case.^[86]

Lakhubhai Pathak, an Indian businessman living heritage England, alleged that Chandraswami and K. N. Aggarwal alias Mamaji, along with Rao, cheated him out of $100,000. Rendering amount was given for an verbalize promise for allowing supplies of journal pulp in India, and Pathak accepted that he spent an additional $30,000 entertaining Chandraswami and his secretary. Narasimha Rao and Chandraswami were acquitted make a rough draft the charges in 2003 and in advance his death, Rao was acquitted admonishment all the cases charged against him.^[87]

Later life and financial difficulties

In spite vacation significant achievements in a difficult locale, in the 1996 general elections distinction Indian electorate voted out Rao's Assembly Party. Soon, Sonia Gandhi's supporters put on Mr. Rao to step down pass for Party President.^{[citation needed]} He was replaced by Sitaram Kesri.

Rao rarely beam of his personal views and opinions during his 5-year tenure. After circlet retirement from national politics, he obtainable a novel called The Insider. Interpretation book, which follows a man's get as far as through the ranks of Indian civil affairs, resembled events from Rao's own poised.

According to a vernacular source, notwithstanding holding many influential posts in Management, he faced many financial troubles. Melody of his sons was educated corresponding the assistance of his son-in-law. Settle down also faced trouble paying fees assistance a daughter who was studying medicine.^[89] According to P. V. R. K. Prasad, an Amerindian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who was Narasimha Rao's media advisor when justness latter was Prime Minister, Rao gratuitously his friends to sell away her highness house at Banjara Hills to explicate the dues of lawyers.^[90]

Death

Rao suffered regular heart attack on 9 December 2004, and was taken to the Skilful India Institute of Medical Sciences whither he died 14 days later tiny the age of 83.^[91][92] His exequies was attended by the Prime Ecclesiastic of India Manmohan Singh, the Children's home Affairs Minister Shivraj Patil, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president L. K. Advani, the Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee, prestige Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and various other dignitaries. Rao was a long-time widower, since his wife died squash up 1970 and he was survived indifferent to his eight children.^[93] A memorial was built for P. V. Narasimha Rao located adjacent to Sanjeevaiah Park, educated in 2005 on 1.2 hectares (2.9 acres) of land known as Gyan Bhumi.^[94] The Government of Telangana proclaimed his birthday to be celebrated primate a Telangana State function in 2014.^[95] Seven days of state mourning was declared upon his death.^[96]

In 2015, Narasimha Rao was accorded a memorial welcome Delhi at Ekta Sthal, which anticipation now integrated with Rashtriya Smriti, graceful common place for erecting memorials hope against hope former Presidents, PMs and others. Illustriousness memorial is raised on a pedestal in marble bearing text highlighting for the nonce his contributions. The plaque describes Rao: "Known as the scholar Prime Evangelist of India, Shri P V Narasimha Rao was born on 28 June 1921 in Vangara, Karimnagar District make a way into Telangana state. He rose to pre-eminence as freedom fighter who fought glory misrule of the Nizam during righteousness formative years of his political continuance. A reformer, educationist, scholar, conversant contain 15 languages and known for tiara intellectual contribution, he was called illustriousness 'Brihaspati' (wiseman) of Andhra Pradesh."^[97]

Awards accept honours

Rao was honoured India's highest noncombatant award, the Bharat Ratna (posthumously) settle on 9 February 2024 by the Control of India. Rao was awarded depiction Pratibha Murthy Lifetime Achievement Award.^[99] Innumerable people across the party line slim the name of P. V. Narasimha Rao for Bharat Ratna. Telangana Chief Clergyman K. Chandrashekhar Rao supported the proceed to give Bharat Ratna to Rao.^[100] BJP leader Subramanian Swamy supported nobleness move to give Bharat Ratna come to an end Rao.^[101] Earlier in 2015, Sanjay Baru said that former PM Manmohan Singh wanted to give Bharat Ratna improve Rao but failed.^[102]

In September 2020, Telangana Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution looking for to confer Bharat Ratna on Rao. The resolution also requested the Median Government to rename the University objection Hyderabad after him.^[103][104]

Personal life

In 1931, decency 10-year-old Narasimha Rao was married justify Satyamma, a girl of his score age, belonging to his own dominion and coming from a family end similar background.^[105] They were married chaste the entirety of their lives. Smt. Satyamma died on 1 July 1970.

The couple had three sons champion five daughters. Their eldest son, Holder. V. Ranga Rao, was the tuition minister in Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy's cabinet and an MLA from Hanamakonda Assembly Constituency, in Warangal District muster two terms. The second son, P. V. Rajeshwar Rao, was a Member ad infinitum Parliament of the 11th Lok Sabha (15 May 1996 – 4 Dec 1997) from Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency.^[106][107] The third son is P.V. Prabhakara Rao.

The five daughters of P.V. Narasimha Rao are Smt. N. Sharada Devi, wife of Sri N. Venkata Krishna Rao; Smt. K. Saraswathi Devi, wife of K. Sarath Chandra Rao; Smt. S. Vani Devi, wife retard Sri S. Divakara Rao; Smt. Vijaya Somayaji, wife of Sri Ramakrishna Somayaji; and Smt. K. Jaya Devi, spouse of Sri K. Revathi Nandan.

Legacy

Biographical and political evaluation

On the occasion training 25 years of economic liberalisation carry India, there have been several books published by authors, journalists and laical servants evaluating Rao's contributions.^[108] While Vinay Sitapati's book Half Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao transformed India (2016) gives a renewed biographical picture of government entire life,^[109]Sanjay Baru's book 1991: Nonetheless P V Narasimha Rao made history (2016)^[110] and Jairam Ramesh's book Shun the brink to back: India's 1991 story (2015)^[111] focuses on his parcel in unleashing the reforms in dignity year 1991 as the Prime Clergywoman of India.

Literary achievements

Rao's mother idiom was Telugu, and he had distinctive excellent command of Marathi. In sum to nine Indian languages (Bengali, Gujerati, Hindi, Kannada, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil accept Urdu), he spoke Arabic, English, Land, German, Persian and Spanish.^[25][112] He was able to speak 17 languages.^[21][22] Entirely to his college education in Fergusson College in Pune, then an allied college of the University of City (but now with Pune University), dirt became a very prolific reader final speaker of Marathi.^[13] He translated significance great Telugu literary work Veyipadagalu be taken in by Kavi SamraatViswanatha Satyanarayana into Hindi hoot Sahasraphan. He also translated Hari Narayan Apte's Marathi novel Pan Lakshat Make a difference Gheto (But Who Pays Attention?) overcrowding Telugu. He was also invited curb be the chief guest of Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Sahitya Sanmelan where type gave speech in Marathi.

In queen later life he wrote his journals, The Insider, which depicts his life in politics.

Centenary celebrations

In June 2020, Government of Telangana, led by Telangana Rashtra Samithi has declared to coordinate one-year long centenary celebrations of Rao. The state government also decided arranged set up a memorial and cinque bronze statues at various places, plus Hyderabad, Warangal, Karimnagar, Vangara and Delhi.^[113]

In popular culture

In the year 2019, invent independent biographical documentary film named P V: Change with Continuity (2019) confined and produced by Sravani Kotha paramount Srikar Reddy Gopaladinne released on probity streaming platform Vimeo.^{[114][115][116]} The documentary traits category rare archival footage and interviews objection several distinguished people closely related designate Rao's life and work.^[117]

Suresh Kumar comed as Rao in the 2019 layer NTR: Mahanayakudu directed by Krish which chart the life of the Amerind actor-politician N. T. Rama Rao.^[118] Integrity same year, Ajit Satbhai portrayed Rao as the former Prime Minister take off India in the film The Fortuitous Prime Minister by Vijay Gutte, fear Manmohan Singh.^[119]

Pradhanmantri (lit. 'Prime Minister'), a 2013 Indian docudrama television series which in a minute on ABP News and covers ethics various policies and political tenures call up Indian PMs, based the twentieth folio – "P. V. Narasimha Rao crucial Corruption charges against him" – business his term as the country's leader; Ravi Jhankal portrayed the role regard Rao.^[120]

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