In the political history of Dominion of India, P. V. Narasimha Rao is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists P. V. Narasimha Rao as Prime Minister of India (1991-1996).
P. V. Narasimha Rao was born at Laknepalli in 1921. His recorded nationality is Dominion of India. He was educated at Osmania University and Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
He served as Prime Minister of India (1991–1996), Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1971–1973) and Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1957–1977).
His political affiliation is recorded as Indian National Congress.
His name is attached above all to role in initiating India's economic liberalisation following an economic crisis in 1991, a process that has been sustained and expanded by e. What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
That the career was made in Dominion of India is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
P. V. Narasimha Rao died in 2004, aged 83. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of India (1991–1996)
- Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (1971–1973)
- Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1957–1977)
- Minister of Defence (1993–1996)
- Educated at Osmania University and Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University
