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Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar
Indian civil servant · India · On the map · Lawyers · Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 85
Parmeshwar Narayan Haksar was an Indian bureaucrat and diplomat, best known for his two-year stint as Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's principal secretary (1971-73). In that role, Haksar was the chief strategist and policy adviser behind Gandhi's early years and her establishment of strong authority in the 1970s.
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After this he was appointed deputy chairman of the Planning Commission and then the first-ever chancellor of New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Country
India
Category
Lawyers
Type
Lawyer
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 85