June 28, 2021 is the 100th birth anniversary of P. V. Narasimha Rao, the 9th Prime Minister of India.
#PVNarasimhaRao oversaw a major economic transformation with the 1991 reforms.
"Rao was personally responsible for the dismantling of the Licence Raj."
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#PVNarasimhaRao oversaw a major economic transformation with the 1991 reforms.
"Rao was personally responsible for the dismantling of the Licence Raj."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._V._Nar…
"...his knowledge of Sanskrit was profound."
"His roots were deep in the spiritual and religious soil of India. He did not need to 'Discover India'"
"President Kalam described Rao as a "patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system"."
"His roots were deep in the spiritual and religious soil of India. He did not need to 'Discover India'"
"President Kalam described Rao as a "patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system"."
"Kalam acknowledged that Rao in fact asked him to get ready for nuclear tests in 1996 but they were not carried out as government at centre got changed due to 1996 general election. The tests were later conducted by Vajpayee-led NDA government. In fact Rao briefed Vajpayee..."
"Rao was a versatile thinker with interests in a variety of subjects (other than politics) such as literature and software. He spoke 17 languages."
Did you know he was an alumni of #Pune's Fergusson College? Fluent in Marathi, he translated some famous Marathi works into Telugu.
Did you know he was an alumni of #Pune's Fergusson College? Fluent in Marathi, he translated some famous Marathi works into Telugu.
#PVNarasimhaRao was the chief guest at the 76th All India Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, held in 2003 in Karad.
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