Inder Kumar Gujral

Inder Kumar Gujral
Gujral in 2005
Prime Minister of India
In office
21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
K. R. Narayanan
Vice PresidentK. R. Narayanan
Krishan Kant
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Union Minister of Finance
In office
21 April 1997 – 1 May 1997
Prime Ministerhimself
Preceded byP. Chidambaram
Succeeded byP. Chidambaram
Union Minister of External Affairs
In office
1 June 1996 – 19 March 1998
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
himself
Preceded bySikander Bakht
Succeeded byAtal Bihari Vajpayee
In office
5 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Prime MinisterV. P. Singh
Preceded byV. P. Singh
Succeeded byChandra Shekhar
22th Leader of the House, Rajya Sabha
In office
June 1996 – November 1996
Preceded bySikander Bakht
Succeeded byH. D. Deve Gowda
In office
April 1997 – March 1998
Preceded byH. D. Deve Gowda
Succeeded bySikander Bakht
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1998 (1998)–1999 (1999)
Preceded byDarbara Singh
Succeeded byBalbir Singh
ConstituencyJalandhar, Punjab
In office
1989 (1989)–1991 (1991)
Preceded byRajinder Singh Sparrow
Succeeded byYash
ConstituencyJalandhar, Punjab
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
8 July 1992 (8 July 1992) – 2 March 1998 (2 March 1998)
ConstituencyBihar
In office
3 April 1964 (3 April 1964) – 2 April 1976 (2 April 1976)
ConstituencyPunjab
Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union
In office
1976–1980
Preceded byDurga Prasad Dhar
Succeeded byV. K. Ahuja
Personal details
Born(1919-12-04)4 December 1919[1]
Pari Darveza, Punjab Province, British India
(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Died30 November 2012(2012-11-30) (aged 92)
Gurugram, Haryana, India
MonumentsSmriti Sthal
Political party
Spouse
(m. 1945; died 2011)
Children2, including Naresh Gujral
Parent
RelativesSatish Gujral (brother)
Raseel Gujral Ansal (niece)
Alma materD.A.V. College,
Hailey College of Commerce
Forman Christian College University
Panjab University

Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who was Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.[2]

Born in Punjab, he was influenced by nationalistic ideas as a student, and joined the All India Students Federation and the Communist Party of India. He was imprisoned for taking part in the Quit India movement. After independence, he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1964, and became a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.

He was the Minister of Information and Broadcasting during the emergency. In 1976, he was appointed the Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union. In 1996, he became the Minister of External Affairs in the Deve Gowda ministry, and developed the Gujral doctrine during this period. He was appointed the 12th Prime Minister of India in 1997. His tenure lasted for less than a year.

He retired from all political positions in 1998. He died in 2012 at the age of 92, following hospitalization due to a lung infection.

  1. ^ Matters of Discretion – An autobiography by I. K. Gujral
  2. ^ "Shri Inder Kumar Gujral".