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P. V. Narasimha Rao

1921 - 2004

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Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004) was an Indian independence activist, lawyer, and statesman from the Indian National Congress who served as the prime minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He was the first person from South India and the second person from a non-Hindi speaking background to be prime minister. He is known for his role in initiating India's economic liberalisation following an economic crisis in 1991, a process that has been sustained and expanded by every successive prime minister of the country. Prior to his premiership, he served as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, and later also held high-order portfolios of the union government, such as Defence, Home Affairs and External Affairs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. P. V. Narasimha Rao is the 1,382nd most popular politician (up from 8,437th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from India (up from 286th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, P. V. Narasimha Rao ranks 1,382 out of 19,576. Before him are Vasili IV of Russia, Sasaki Kojirō, Mohammed VI of Morocco, Turgut Özal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and Getúlio Vargas. After him are Livilla, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, Queen Seondeok of Silla, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Christian V of Denmark, and Michael VII Doukas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, P. V. Narasimha Rao ranks 23. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, Nancy Reagan, John Rawls, Giulietta Masina, Simone Signoret, and Peter Ustinov. After him are Gunnar Nordahl, Sophie Scholl, Aaron T. Beck, Joseph Beuys, Ágnes Keleti, and Paulo Freire. Among people deceased in 2004, P. V. Narasimha Rao ranks 14. Before him are Estée Lauder, Czesław Miłosz, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Francis Crick, and Peter Ustinov. After him are Susan Sontag, Françoise Sagan, Christopher Reeve, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

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In India

Among people born in India, P. V. Narasimha Rao ranks 61 out of 1,861. Before him are Kabir (1440), Ajatashatru (-500), Salman Rushdie (1947), Alauddin Khalji (1266), Ronald Ross (1857), and C. V. Raman (1888). After him are Salman Khan (1965), Iskander Mirza (1899), Ram Narayan (1927), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Aurangzeb (1618), and Ghalib (1797).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, P. V. Narasimha Rao ranks 24. Before him are Subhas Chandra Bose (1897), Hyder Ali (1720), Sariputta (-568), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), Ajatashatru (-500), and Alauddin Khalji (1266). After him are Iskander Mirza (1899), Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886), Aurangzeb (1618), Akbar II (1760), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), and Dara Shukoh (1615).

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