Dikhyaa Mohanty 
June 28 marks the birth centenary of PV Narasimha Rao, India’s ninth Prime Minister who was born in 1921 in a village in then Nizam-ruled Hyderabad. Apart from being the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1996, he held most of the important political portfolios during his career: External Affairs Minister, Home Minister, Defence Minister, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, and so on.
On the 100th Birth Anniversary, Prime Minister pays tribute to the former PM PV Narasimha Rao where he stated that the country remembers his extensive contributions to national development.
PM Modi tweeted- “Tributes to former PM Shri PV Narasimha Rao Ji on his 100th birth anniversary. India remembers his extensive contributions to national development. He was blessed with remarkable knowledge and intellect.”
PM Narendra Modi also shared a clip of his radio broadcast, Mann Ki Baat, of last year in which he had paid fond tributes to Rao.
PV Narasimha Rao was a veteran Congress leader who served a full five-year term after taking over as prime minister in 1991, is credited with liberalising the Indian economy, effecting transformational changes. He became Prime Minister when India was facing both a political and an economic crisis. Globally, the world was torn due to a break-up of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a long-term ally of India.
Despite all these pressures, Rao managed to not just serve his five-year term but also laid foundations for today’s Indian economy. Yet he is often not given his due, and his image and decades of hard work were tarnished due to the corruption charges against him.
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