P.V. Narasimha Rao

9th Prime Minister

P.V. Narasimha Rao
P.V. Narasimha Rao


Birth : 28 June 1921                                            Death : 23 December 2004






Child of Shri P. Ranga Rao, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao was conceived on June 28, 1921 at Karimnagar. He concentrated in Osmania University, Hyderabad, Bombay University and the Nagpur University. A single man, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao is the dad of three children and five girls. 

Being an agriculturist and a promoter, he joined legislative issues and held some significant portfolios. Shri Rao is  the Minister of Law and Information from 1962 to 1964; Law and Endowments, 1964-67; Health and Medicine, 1967 and Education, 1968-71, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was the Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh, 1971-73; General Secretary, All India Congress Committee, 1975-76; Chairman, Telugu Academy, Andhra Pradesh, 1968-74; Vice-President, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Madras, from 1972. and he additionally Member, Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, 1957-77; Member, Lok Sabha 1977-84 and was chosen for Eighth Lok Sabha from Ramtek in December, 1984. As Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, 1978-79 he took an interest in a Conference on South Asia gathered by the School of Asian and African Studies, London University. and he additionally Chaired Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan's Andhra Center; he was Minister for External Affairs from January 14, 1980 to July 18, 1984; Minister of Home Affairs from July 19, 1984 to December 31, 1984 and the Minister of Defense from December 31, 1984 to September 25, 1985. He at that point expected charge as Minister of Human Resource Development on September 25, 1985 . 

A man of numerous interests, he prefers music, film and theater. His exceptional premium lies in Indian way of thinking and culture, composing fiction and political discourse, learning dialects, composing sonnets in Telugu and Hindi and staying up to date with writing by and large. Rao was  effectively distributed 'SahasraPhan', a Hindi interpretation recently Shri Viswanatha Satyanarayana's acclaimed Telegu Novel 'Veyi Padagalu' distributed by Jnanpith; 'Abala Jeevitam', Telugu interpretation generally Shri Hari Narayan Apte's popular Marathi Novel, "Container Lakshat Kon gheto", distributed by Central Sahitya Academy. He interpreted different acclaimed works from Marathi to Telugu and from Telugu to Hindi, and distributed numerous articles in various magazines for the most part under a nom de plume. He addressed at Universities in the U.S.A. what's more, West Germany on political issues and unified subjects. As Minister of External Affairs he headed out widely to U.K., West Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Egypt in 1974. 

During the period when he was Minister of External Affairs, Shri Rao effectively brought to tolerate his insightful foundation and rich political and regulatory experience on the field of worldwide tact. He led the III Conference of UNIDO at New Delhi in January 1980, inside a couple of long periods of expecting charge. He additionally led a gathering of the Group of 77 at New York in March 1980. All the more as of late, his job at the Conference of Foreign Ministers of Non-adjusted Countries in February 1981 earned him wide appreciation. Shri Rao has indicated sharp close to home enthusiasm for global monetary issues and actually drove the Indian assignment to the Conference of the Group of 77 on ECDC at Caracas, in May 1981. 

1982 and 1983 were memorable years for India and its international strategy. In the shadow of the Gulf war the Non-adjusted Movement requested that India have the Seventh Summit. This likewise implied India expecting the Chair of the Movement and Smt. Indira Gandhi turning into its Chairperson. Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao managed gatherings of Foreign Ministers of Non-adjusted Nations just before the New Delhi Summit and furthermore at the United Nations both in 1982, when India was approached to have the Summit and the next year when, at the activity of the Movement, casual counsels among Heads of State and Government from different countries over the world were held at New York. 

Shri Rao was additionally the Leader of the Special Non-adjusted Mission that visited nations in West Asia in November 1983, with an end goal to determine the Palestian Liberation Organization. Shri Rao was related effectively with the Commonwealth Heads of Government in New Delhi and with the Action Group set up by the gathering on the subject of Cyprus. 

In his ability as Minister of External Affairs, Shri Narasimha Rao has led for the benefit of India various Joint Commissions incorporating those with the U.S.A., U.S.S.R., Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Vietnam, Tanzania and Guyana. 

Shri Narasimha Rao is appointed as Home Minister on July 19, 1984. He was re-named to this post, with the extra charge of the Ministry of Planning, on November 5, 1984. Designated Minister of Defense from December 31, 1984 to September 25, 1985. and in September 25,1985 he took over as Minister of Human Resource Development.