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Modi last month announced on X his delight in sharing that our former Prime Minister, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao Garu, will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna..
He also said Raos tenure from 1991 to 1996 was marked by significant measures that opened India to global markets, fostering a new era of economic development...
It would greatly help the public, especially the younger generations, to know the statesman better, he said.. ThePrint reached P.V. Prabhakar Rao, the former prime ministers only surviving son, and daughter Surabhi Vani, a Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC, for comment via calls but had not received a response by the time of publication..
When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely Prime Minister of India in 1991, he inherited an economic crisis, violent insurgencies, and a nation adrift..
Few world leaders have achieved so much with so little power, the books cover flap said.. Claiming exclusive access to Raos never-before-seen personal papers and over a hundred interviews, the book promised to bring new revelations on Indias economy, nuclear programme, foreign policy, and the Babri Masjid to the fore...
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