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P. V. Narasimha Rao
  • Birth Name:
    Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao
  • Date of Birth:
    June 28, 1921
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Cancer
  • Place of Birth:
    Karimnagar, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Place of Death:
    New Delhi, India
  • Date of Death:
    December 23, 2004
  • Cause of Death:
    Heart Attack
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Hair Color:
    White
  • Eye Color:
    Brown
  • Nationality:
    Indian
  • Religion:
    Hinduism
  • Education:
     Fergusson College

Family

P. V. Narasimha Rao
  • Son:
    P. V. Rangarao, P. V. Rajeshwar Rao

Career

P. V. Narasimha Rao

Trivia

P. V. Narasimha Rao
  • The Express Highway between Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital and Aramgarh on NH 7 to the International Airport in Hyderabad is named after Rao.
  • He was a cartoonists delight with his trademark pout being one of the focussed points.
  • Rao picked conservative BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee to represent India in a debate on disarmament at the United Nations.[61] Although they were political opponents, Vajpayee's pro-nuclear stance was in accordance with Rao's own views. Vajpayee later became the Prime Minister.
  • In July 1993, Rao's government was facing a no-confidence motion, because the opposition felt that it did not have sufficient numbers to prove a majority. It was alleged that Rao, through a representative, offered millions of rupees to members of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), and possibly a breakaway faction of the Janata Dal, to vote for him during the confidence motion. Shailendra Mahato, one of those members who had accepted the bribe, turned approver. In 1996, after Rao's term in office
  • During the early 1990s, Rao's administration failed to arrest the 91 per cent fall in the value of the Indian Rupee from 17 to 32 to the US Dollar due to haphazard credit policies.
  • Rao decided that India, which in 1991 was on the brink of bankruptcy,would benefit from liberalizing its economy. He appointed an economist, Dr. Manmohan Singh, a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, as Finance Minister to accomplish his goals. This liberalization was criticized by many socialist nationalists at that time.
  • Narasimha Rao served brief stints in the Andhra Pradesh cabinet (1962–1971) and as Chief minister of the state of Andhra Pradesh (1971–1973).
  • Narasimha Rao was an active freedom fighter during the Indian Independence movement and joined full time politics after independence as a member of the Indian National Congress.
  • Along with his cousin Pamulaparthi Sadasiva Rao, PV edited a Telugu weekly magazine called Kakatiya Patrika from 1948 to 1955.
  • In addition to seven Indian languages, he spoke English, French, Arabic, Spanish and Persian.

Quotes

P. V. Narasimha Rao
  • "Time itself is the solution to some problems."
  • "Law will take its own course of action."
  • "Inaction is also an action."
  • "When I don't make a decision, it's not that I don't think about it. I think about it and make a decision not to make a decision."
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Biography

P. V. Narasimha Rao
Last Updated: Saturday, September 19, 2009

p.v. narasimha raoPamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was born in Varanga, Warangal district. He was the ninth Prime Minister of the Republic of India, and led one of the most important administrations in India's modern history that oversaw major economic transformation and checked national security crises.A polyglot, He could speak 17 languages, including Urdu, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu and English with fluency akin to a native speaker. His mothertongue was Telugu. Along with Devulapalli Ramanuja He and Sri Kaloji Narayana Rao, a great human rights activist in India, P.V. edited a Telugu bi-weekly magazine called "Kakatiya" in his early 20's.

His father's name was P. V. Ranga Rao. They belonged to a poor Brahmin family from a village called "Vangara(pedda)" in Karimnagar District of Andhra Pradesh, India. He also learned several European languages that are typically not spoken in India, including French and Spanish. He studied at Osmania University and the Universities of Mumbai and Nagpur; he held a Bachelor's and Master's degrees in law. He was an active freedom-fighter during India's indpendence movement, and after independence, he joined politics full time. He served brief stints in the cabinet (1962 - 1971) and chief ministries (1971 - 1973) for the state of Andhra Pradesh.

When the Indian National Congress split in 1969, he remained loyal to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and stayed so during the national emergency (1974-1977). He then rose to the national level in 1972 by serving in several ministries, most significantly home, defence and foreign affairs (1980 - 1984), in the cabinets of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He was the first PM from South India and Andhra Pradesh. After the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi and the general elections of 1991, He was chosen to lead the Congress party, and when the Congress won a plurality in parliament later that year He was invited to head a minority government.

p.v.narasimha raoHe was the first person outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty to serve as Prime Minister for five continuous years. He was also the first Prime Minister to lead a minority government for a full term (five years) and the first prime minister from southern India.Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister in 1991. India's leftist economic policies had caused economic stagnation. In the early 1990's longtime leftist regimes such as USSR and China were in the process of liberalization. He believed India would benefit from undertaking such an economic transformation. He appointed Manmohan Singh (India's PM since 2004) as Finance Minister to accomplish his goals.

He provided the much needed political will and support to push economic reforms. India's economy grew by an average of 6.3% between 1991-2000, a growth rate that continues with a predicted rate of 6.7% for 2005 (source: IMF World Economic Outlook). His supporters have claimed that this rate of growth is the result of spending cuts, deregulation, and privatization that began under the He government.Rao picked conservative BJP leader Atal Behari Vajpayee to represent India in the World Disarmament Conference. Although they were opponents, Vajpayee's hardline pro-nuclear stance was in accordance with Rao's own views. Vajpayee later became the Prime Minister.

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