P. V. Narasimha Rao

P. V. Narasimha Rao
Rao in 1983
Prime Minister of India
In office
21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
President
Vice President
Preceded byChandra Shekhar
Succeeded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Additional ministries
In office
21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Ministry and Departments
  • Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
  • Department of Space
  • Department of Atomic Energy
Preceded byChandra Shekhar
Succeeded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of Defence
In office
6 March 1993 – 16 May 1996
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byShankarrao Chavan
Succeeded byPramod Mahajan
In office
31 December 1984 – 25 September 1985
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byRajiv Gandhi
Succeeded byShankarrao Chavan
Union Minister of External Affairs
In office
31 March 1992 – 18 January 1994
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byMadhavsinh Solanki
Succeeded byDinesh Singh
In office
25 June 1988 – 2 December 1989
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byRajiv Gandhi
Succeeded byV. P. Singh
In office
14 January 1980 – 19 July 1984
Prime MinisterIndira Gandhi
Preceded byShyam Nandan Prasad Mishra
Succeeded byIndira Gandhi
Union Minister of Home Affairs
In office
12 March 1986 – 12 May 1986
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byShankarrao Chavan
Succeeded bySardar Buta Singh
In office
19 July 1984 – 31 December 1984
Prime Minister
  • Indira Gandhi
  • Rajiv Gandhi
Preceded byPrakash Chandra Sethi
Succeeded byShankarrao Chavan
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
In office
30 September 1971 – 10 January 1973
GovernorKhandubhai Kasanji Desai
Preceded byKasu Brahmananda Reddy
Succeeded byPresident's rule
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
15 May 1996 – 4 December 1997
Preceded byGopinath Gajapati
Succeeded byJayanti Patnaik
ConstituencyBrahmapur, Odisha
In office
20 June 1991 – 10 May 1996
Preceded byGangula Prathapa Reddy
Succeeded byBhuma Nagi Reddy
ConstituencyNandyal, Andhra Pradesh
In office
31 December 1984 – 13 March 1991
Preceded byBarve Jatiram Chitaram
Succeeded byTejsinghrao Bhosle
ConstituencyRamtek, Maharashtra
In office
23 March 1977 – 31 December 1984
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byChendupatla Janga Reddy
ConstituencyHanamkonda, Andhra Pradesh
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1957–1977
Preceded byGulukota Sriramulu
Succeeded byChandrupatla Narayana Reddy
ConstituencyManthani
Personal details
Born(1921-06-28)28 June 1921
Laknepalli, Hyderabad State, British India
Died23 December 2004(2004-12-23) (aged 83)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Satyamma
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(m. 1931; died 1970)​
Children8, including P. V. Rajeshwar and Surabhi Vani Devi
Alma mater
  • Osmania University (BA)
  • University of Mumbai
  • Nagpur University (LL.M.)
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • independence activist
  • statesman
  • writer
AwardsBharat Ratna
Signature

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer,[1] and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first person from South India and the second person from a non-Hindi speaking background to be prime minister. He is known for his role in initiating India's economic liberalisation following an economic crisis in 1991,[2][3][4] a process that has been sustained and expanded by every successive prime minister of the country.[5][6]

Prior to his premiership, he served as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and later also held high-order portfolios of the union government, such as Defence, Home Affairs and External Affairs. In 1991 Indian general election, the Indian National Congress led by him, won 244 seats, and thereafter, he, along with external support from other parties, formed a minority government with him being the prime minister. As prime minister, Rao adopted to avert the impending 1991 economic crisis,[4][7] the reforms progressed furthest in the areas of opening up to foreign investment, reforming capital markets, deregulating domestic business, and reforming the trade regime. Trade reforms and changes in the regulation of foreign direct investment were introduced to open India to foreign trade while stabilising external loans.[8]

In 2024, he was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, by the government of India.[9] In 2025, his portrait was unveiled at Raj Bhavan on the eve of the his birth anniversary by the Governor of Telangana Jishnu Dev Varma.[10]

  1. ^ "PV Narasimha Rao: Many facets of Kautilya, scholar, philosopher". 11 February 2024.
  2. ^ Dean, Adam (2022), "India's Middle Path: Preventive Arrests and General Strikes", Opening Up by Cracking Down: Labor Repression and Trade Liberalization in Democratic Developing Countries, Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions, Cambridge University Press, pp. 86–112, doi:10.1017/9781108777964.006, ISBN 978-1-108-47851-9, archived from the original on 9 February 2024, retrieved 29 October 2022
  3. ^ "PV Narasimha Rao Remembered as Father of Indian Economic Reforms". Voice of America. VOA News. 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 2 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Narasimha Rao led India at crucial juncture, was father of economic reform: Pranab". The Times of India. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Narasimha Rao – a Reforming PM". news.bbc.co.uk. BBC News. 23 December 2004. Archived from the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2007.
  6. ^ Kumar, Arvind; Narendhranath, 3 October 2001. "India must embrace unfettered free enterprise". Daily News and Analysis. Archived from the original on 12 March 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "India's Pathway through Financial Crisis" (PDF). globaleconomicgovernance.org. Arunabha Ghosh. Global Economic Governance Programme. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ^ Time To Tune In To FM Archived 29 December 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Indiatoday.com (25 February 2002). Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  9. ^ Mishra, Samiran (9 February 2024). "Bharat Ratna For Former PMs Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao". NDTV. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ "P.V. Narasimha Rao's portrait unveiled at Raj Bhavan". The Hindu. 27 June 2025. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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