Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Prime Minister of India (1989-1990) · India · Politicians · Lived 1931 to 2008 · aged 77
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Something wrong?He held India's top job for less than a year, but the decision he made - reserving government posts for backward castes - set off protests, self-immolations, and a political realignment that still shapes the country three decades later.
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Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped)
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Former Prime Ministers Shri V.P.Singh and Shri I.K. Gujral, the Speker, Lok Sabha, Shri Somnath Chatterjee, the Chief Justice, Y.K. Sabharwal
Prime Minister V. P. Singh addressing the nation on Independence Day at Red Fort, 1990
Prime Minister V. P. Singh delivering Independence Day address at Red Fort, 1990
Prime Minister V. P. Singh paying homage at Rajghat before Independence Day celebrations, 1990
The Vice President of India, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat inaugurating an exhibition of painting works by the former Prime Minister Shri V. P. Singh, in New Delhi on February 14, 2006
The Vice President of India, Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat looking at painting works by the former Prime Minister Shri V. P. Singh, after inaugurating the exhibition, in New Delhi on February 14, 2006In their own words 10
, I would be a disaster as a prime minister.
Everybody knows I worked with Rajiv closely and we also fought each other over our beliefs.
The visual always fascinated me. As I grew up, I slowly realized that we not only see through our eyes, but also from the heart. Feeling is living. Beauty is understanding.
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Child: Ajeya Pratap SinghAbout this person
Vishwanath Pratap Singh was educated at Allahabad University and Fergusson College, joined the Indian National Congress in 1969, and rose through Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet as Minister of Finance and Defence. When the Bofors scandal broke during his defence tenure, he resigned, then split to form the Janata Dal in 1988. The National Front, backed by the BJP, made him prime minister in 1989. He implemented the Mandal Commission report, triggering mass protests, and enacted the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Act. His government traded five terrorists for a kidnapped minister's daughter - a pivot point in Kashmir militancy - and during his tenure the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the valley occurred in 1990. When he opposed the Ram Rath Yatra, the BJP pulled support; he lost a no-confidence vote and resigned in November 1990 after 343 days. He turned down the prime ministership again in 1996, was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1998, and died of complications in 2008.
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