who is the 5th prime minister of india
India–Vanuatu relations


India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the inaugural India-Pacific Island Countries Forum Summit in November 2014 in Suva, where a delegation including Vanuatu's Foreign Affairs Minister was present. Prime Minister Modi announced new programmes to benefit India and the Pacific Countries, including Vanuatu. These announcements included: Prime Minister Modi also proposed the idea of a regular 'Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation', designed to enhance dialogue between India and the Pacific Countries. India is Vanuatu's 5th largest export destination, with US$ 5.5 million worth
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Istanbul Process


5th Heart of Asia - Istanbul Ministerial Process was held in Islamabad, Pakistan on 9 December 2015. It was co-chaired by Mr. Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Foreign Affairs. 6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia summit was held in Amritsar, India, from 3–4 December 2016. The meeting was inaugurated by president of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani and Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, and co-chaired by Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister of
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Cabinet Secretariat (India)


When any policy is made in the Cabinet Secretariat there must be signature of Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretary of India. The Prime Minister of India is the Head of the Union (Federal) Government, as distinct from the President of India, who is the Head of State. Since India has adopted the Westminster model of constitutional democracy, it is the Prime Minister who oversees the day-to-day functioning of the Union (Federal) Government of India. The Prime Minister is assisted in this task by his Council of
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Spouse of the Prime Minister of India


The Spouse of the Prime Minister of India is the wife or husband of the Prime Minister of India. The term "First Spouse" is used to refer to either the spouse of the Prime Minister or the President. The Prime Minister's spouse does not have an officially defined role. According to protocol, they attend social functions and gatherings at home and overseas, but have no participatory role. To date there have been 10 women who have been married to Prime Ministers whilst in office. India has also had one bachelor
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List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity


40 years, 72 days. The oldest person to become Prime Minister was Morarji Desai, who became Prime Minister at the age of 81 years, 23 days. The oldest living Prime Minister is Manmohan Singh, born 26 September 1932 (aged ). The youngest living Prime Minister is the incumbent Narendra Modi, born 17 September 1950 (aged ). Manmohan Singh and H. D. Deve Gowda are the only surviving former Prime Ministers of India. The longest lived Prime Minister was Gulzarilal Nanda, who lived to the age of 99
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Prime Minister of India


. In addition, a prime minister can also resign from office; Morarji Desai was the first prime minister to resign while in office. Upon ceasing to possess the requisite qualifications to be a member of Parliament subject to the "Representation of the People Act, 1951". The prime minister leads the functioning and exercise of authority of the government of India. The president of India—subject to eligibility—invites a person who is commanding support of majority members of Lok Sabha to form the government of India—also known as
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International Day of Yoga


The theme for 2018 was "Yoga for Peace". Over 100,000 people gathered at a yoga session in Kota, Rajasthan and performed yoga together, earning the city a Guinness World Record. 5th International Yoga Day was celebrated zealously in various parts of India. The main event was held in Ranchi and the Prime Minister of India, Mr.Narendra Modi led a crowd of over 40,000 people, who attended this event there. The theme of this year's event was "Yoga for Heart". At this event, the
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Ceylon Citizenship Act


On 18 January 1954 Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Ceylon Prime Minister John Kotelawala signed the "Nehru-Kotelawala Pact" under which India agreed to the repatriation of any Indian Tamil who wanted Indian citizenship. But India refused to automatically provide Indian citizenship to those who did not qualify for Ceylon citizenship. On 30 October 1964 Indian Prime Minister Lal Shastri and Ceylon Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike signed the "Sirima-Shastri Pact" (also known as the "Indo-Ceylon Agreement") under which India agreed to the repatriation of
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Farmers' Day


awards to deserving farmers and fishermen based on their practices and output. The National Farmer's Day in India is also known as Kisan Divas in Hindi. Farmer's Day is celebrated every year on 23 December, on the birthday of the 5th Prime Minister of India, Choudhary Charan Singh, also a farmer's leader, who introduced many policies to improve the lives of the Indian farmers. It is celebrated by organising various programs, debates, seminars, quiz competitions, discussions, workshops, exhibitions, essays writing competitions and functions
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Bhan Singh Bhaura


officials said the survivors were in the front of the aircraft. Among the dead was Indian Minister of Iron and Steel Mines, Mohan Kumaramangalam. Kumaramangalam was a confidant of Indira Gandhi, who was India's Prime Minister at the time. According to Mehtab-Ud-Din, a Senior Punjabi Journalist & Writer, Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura was also in the 'unfortunate' flight, but luckily he survived. Mr. Bhan Singh Bhaura was then an MP from Bathinda (Punjab) for 5th Lok Sabha (1971-1977)
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Prime Minister of Sri Lanka


Minister for the 5th time. The President will appoint a member of parliament as Prime Minister, who in the President's opinion, "is most likely to command the confidence of Parliament". The prime minister will continue to hold office throughout the period during which the cabinet of ministers continues to function under the provisions of the constitution unless he/she resigns from the post or ceases to be a member of parliament. Under the Soulbury Constitution the post of Prime Minister was created in 1947 as the head of government in the
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Government of India


in the administration of the affairs of the executive. The Cabinet of India includes the prime minister and his cabinet ministers. Each minister must be a member of one of the houses of the parliament. The cabinet is headed by the prime minister, and is advised by the Cabinet Secretary, who also acts as the head of the Indian Administrative Service and other civil services. Other ministers are either as union cabinet ministers, who are heads of the various ministries; or ministers of state, who are junior members who report directly
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Donald Coggan


1976, Coggan attended the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Trinidad from 23 March to 2 April as ex officio president. That meeting was only one of the destinations for Coggan who "travelled more miles than any of his predecessors". Other destinations on the 1976 trip included Pakistan and India. In India, Coggan visited the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, an old people’s home, and the Indian Prime Minister, Mrs Indira Gandhi. In 1977, Coggan and his wife attended the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in
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Deputy Prime Minister of India


a proper chain of command is necessary. The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Vallabhbhai Patel, who was also home minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. The office has since been only intermittently occupied. The seventh and last deputy prime minister was L. K. Advani, who took on the role in addition to his home ministership from 2002 to 2004 in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government. The current government does not have a Deputy Prime Minister. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result
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William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel


House of Lords and Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma from 1944–45. When Labour came to power in 1945 under Clement Attlee, Listowel was appointed Postmaster-General, a post he held until April 1947, and was briefly Minister of Information between February and March 1946, when the office was abolished. In April 1947 he entered the cabinet as Secretary of State for India and Burma. Prime Minister Clement Attlee, however, made all the government's major decisions regarding India. After India gained independence in August 1947
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5th government of Turkey


The 5th government of Turkey (1 November 1927 – 27 September 1930) was a government in the history of Turkey. It is also called "the fourth İnönü government" The government was formed after Kemal Atatürk was elected as the president of Turkey for the second time. The prime minister was İsmet İnönü of the Republican People's Party (CHP), who was also the prime minister of the previous government. In the list below, the cabinet members who served only a part of the cabinet's lifespan are shown in
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Gohar Ayub Khan


in 1997 by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Gohar Ayub publicly backed Prime Minister Sharif in authorizing a nuclear testing programme in response to India's nuclear test in May 1998. Although the prime minister was much more subdued, Gohar Ayub reportedly issued hostile statements and began to call for atomic tests in response to India. He prematurely issued media reports to the media, which reportedly displeased the prime minister. On 7 August 1998, Gohar Ayub was replaced by economic minister Sartaj Aziz (who put forth efforts to make peace between India and
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Bagudi


of the government of India, the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Bagudi in the Balasore district was established during March 1987. Established in 1987, the school is the brain child of the then-human resources minister P. V. Narasimha Rao (who later became Prime Minister of India) and Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi to find and foster talented children from the rural parts of India. They were formerly named as Navodaya Vidyalayas and renamed later as Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in the birth-centenary year of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India
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List of national founders


of India include Jawaharlal Nehru who served as the 1st Prime Minister of India (1947–64), Vallabhbhai Patel who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister of India and Home Minister of India and was pivotal in helping merge erstwhile Princely States with the Indian Union, C. Rajagopalachari who served as the last Governor-General of India, Subhas Chandra Bose, J. B. Kripalani and Abul Kalam Azad with Bose also founding the revolutionary Indian National Army during World War II. Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta are the founders of Indonesia. They both signed
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Ministry of Law and Justice (India)


appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India. The first Law and Justice minister of independent India was B. R. Ambedkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Ravi Shankar Prasad is the current minister for law and justice in India. Ministry of law and justice is the oldest limb of the government of India dating back to 1833 when the Charter Act 1833 was enacted by the British Parliament when India was under British control. The said Act vested for the first time
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Central Information Commission


(CIC) and not more than 10 Information Commissioners (IC) who are appointed by the President of India. The first Chief Information Commissioner of India was Wajahat Habibullah. The present Chief Information Commissioner of India is Sudhir Bhargava CIC and members are appointed by the President of India on the recommendation of a committee consisting of—Prime Minister as Chairperson, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha; a Union Cabinet Minister to be nominated by the Prime Minister. There are two woman who became CIC till now first is Ms
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List of Prime Ministers of India


had 14 prime ministers, 15 including Gulzarilal Nanda who twice acted in the role. The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British Raj. Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose 19-month term also ended in death. Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first and
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Buta Singh


Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He has been elected eight times as a member of the Lok Sabha in 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 13th Lok Sabha. He became General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary (1978-1980), Home Minister of India and later Governor of Bihar (2004-2006). Other portfolios that he has held include those for railways, commerce, parliamentary affairs, sports, shipping, agriculture, communications and
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (18 August 1900 – 1 December 1990) was an Indian diplomat and politician who was elected as the first female president of the United Nations General Assembly. Hailing from a prominent political family, her brother Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India, her niece Indira Gandhi the first female Prime Minister of India and her grand-nephew Rajiv Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India. Pandit was sent to London as India's most important diplomat after serving as Nehru’s envoy to the Soviet Union
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List of Prime Ministers of India


The Prime Minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India. In India's parliamentary system, the Constitution names the President as head of state "de jure", but his or her "de facto" executive powers are vested in the prime minister and their Council of Ministers. Appointed and sworn-in by the President, the prime minister is usually the leader of the party or alliance that has a majority in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India. Since 1947, India has
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Prime Minister of India


The prime minister of India is the leader of the executive of the government of India. The prime minister is also the chief adviser to the president of India and head of the Council of Ministers. They can be a member of any of the two houses of the Parliament of India—the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States)—but has to be a member of the political party or coalition, having a majority in the Lok Sabha. The prime minister is the senior-
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Māris Gailis


Foreign Affairs Jānis Jurkāns. At the end of 1992, together with others who shared the same views, Gailis established the most influential right-wing liberal political party of that time, Latvian Way. In 1993, Gailis was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 5th Saeima as a candidate for Latvian Way. In the government of the Prime Minister Valdis Birkavs, he became a Minister of State Reform and Deputy Prime Minister. In August 1994, Gailis was proposed for the office of Prime Minister and on 15 September the
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5th Lok Sabha


List of Members of the 5th Lok Sabha, ( 15 March 1971 – 18 January 1977 ) elected February–March 1971. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. 4 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 5th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election. Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister as in the previous 4th Lok Sabha. However, INC lost 217 seats in the next 6th Lok Sabha, which was constituted after the 1977 Indian general election. Members
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HMS Manchester (D95)


group, led by "Illustrious," was detached to fly the flag in a round the world cruise and series of port visits. The ship joined the 5th Destroyer Squadron. In 1988, she saw service on Operation Armilla, in company with the frigates (Returned to UK early with mechanical problems) and . It was whilst on this deployment that the ship was visited by the then UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, who made a flying visit following her tour of India. The period also coincided with the end of
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India–Japan relations


in India, cooperation in space, earth sciences, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, transport and urban development. In August 2000, the Japanese Prime Minister visited India. At this meeting, Japan and India agreed to establish "Japan-India Global Partnership in the 21st Century." Indian Prime Minister Vajpayee visited Japan in December, 2001, where both Prime Ministers issued "Japan-India Joint Declaration." In April, 2005, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi visited India and signed Joint Statement "Japan-India Partnership in the
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Deputy Prime Minister of India


The Deputy Prime Minister of India is a member of the Union Council of Ministers in the Government of India. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy prime minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the prime minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government or in times of national emergency, when
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Ethiopia–India relations


year. In 1950 the countries formalised their diplomatic ties and Sardar Sant Singh was appointed India's first Ambassador to Ethiopia. The two countries have since exchanged several visits at the level of Heads of State with Emperor Haile Selassie, Col. Mengistu Haile Mariam and former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi paying state visits to India. Presidents S. Radhakrishnan and V V Giri, Vice President Zakir Hussain and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh have led Indian state visits to Ethiopia. Ethiopia's ties with India were especially strong under Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who
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Prime Minister of India


a crucial role in the government of India by enjoying majority in the Lok Sabha. According to Article 84 of the Constitution of India, which sets the principle qualification for member of Parliament, and Article 75 of the Constitution of India, which sets the qualifications for the minister in the Union Council of Ministers, and the argument that the position of prime minister has been described as "primus inter pares" (the first among equals), A prime minister must: If however a candidate is elected as the prime minister they
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Piloo Mody


Bhutto, who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan in the 1970s, was his college roommate and the two were close friends. In political life Mody was an advocate of liberalism and freedom. At the 1967 general election he was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha, representing the Godhra constituency in Gujarat. In 1971 he was re-elected and served in the 5th Lok Sabha until March 1977. In 1972 he was instrumental in promoting the Architects' Act. In 1975, at the time of the Emergency in India
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Govind Kanhai


for the Parliament of India and Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. He and his brother have both painted portraits of the first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the former Deputy Prime Minister of India Lal Krishna Advani. In year 2007, Govind had displayed his painting at Nehru Center, Mumbai valuing about 20 million Indian rupees (approx US$300,000) Govind is the son of Kanhai Chitrakar who was awarded Padma Shri for his contribution to art, by the President of India in 2000. Padma Shri (
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Foreign relations of India


The first Pope to visit India was Pope Paul VI, who visited Mumbai in 1964 to attend the Eucharistic Congress. Pope John Paul II visited India in February 1986 and November 1999. Several Indian dignitaries have, from time to time, called on the Pope in the Vatican. These include Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1981 and Prime Minister I. K. Gujral in September 1987. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, called on the Pope in June 2000 during his official visit to Italy. Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat represented the
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6th Lok Sabha


The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. The 6th Lok Sabha, which ran from 23 March 1977 to 22 August 1979 was elected in February and March 1977. 11 sitting members from Rajya Sabha were elected to 6th Lok Sabha after the 1971 Indian general election. Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister on 24 March 1977 after Janata alliance won 345 seats, 233 more than the previous 5th Lok Sabha. Charan Singh became the Prime Minister on 28 July 1979 till 14 January
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Prime minister


, functions and duties of the Prime Minister of India. In India, prime ministerial candidates must be a member of parliament, i.e. of either the Lok Sabha (Lower House) or Rajya Sabha (Upper House). No parliamentary vote takes place on who forms a government. Ireland's constitution (1937), provides for the office of Taoiseach in detail, listing powers, functions and duties. Italy's constitution (1948) lists the powers, functions and duties of the President of the Council of Ministers. Japan's
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List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity


years, 195 days. (Nanda, a cabinet minister, served as acting Prime Minister when both Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri died in office). Morarji Desai was the second-longest lived Prime Minister, and the longest lived elected Prime Minister lived to the age of 99 years, 41 days, only 154 days short of matching Nanda. The shortest lived Prime Minister was Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated at the age of 46 years, 274 days. Lal Bahadur Shastri is the only prime minister to die abroad
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Julia Gillard


This was her second trip to India whilst in Government; on 31 August 2009, Gillard, then–deputy prime minister, met in India with Minister of Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal for the purpose of discussing the Australian Government's response to the string of attacks on Indian people living in Australia and attending Australian educational institutions. Gillard maintained the close bonds between Australia and New Zealand throughout her tenure as prime minister. She had a close working relationship with her New Zealand counterpart, Prime Minister John Key, who was among the
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List of Prime Ministers of Pakistan


ministers, aside from the appointed caretaker prime ministers who were only mandated to oversee the system until the election process was finished. In Pakistan's parliamentary system, the Prime Minister is sworn-in by the President and usually is the Chairman or/ the President of the party or coalition that has a majority in the National Assembly– the lower house of Pakistan Parliament. After the Partition of India on the midnight of 14/15 August 1947, Pakistan followed the British system by creating the post of Prime Minister based at the Prime Minister's
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National Security Advisor (India)


since the inception of the post in 1998 belong to the either Indian Foreign Service or to the Indian Police Service, and serve at the discretion of the Prime Minister of India. The National Security Advisor (NSA) is tasked with regularly advising the Prime Minister of India on all matters relating to internal and external threats and opportunities to India, and oversees strategic and sensitive issues on behalf of the Prime Minister. The NSA of India also serves as the Prime Minister's Special Interlocutor with China as well as the envoy to Pakistan
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Prime Minister's Office (India)


The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) (IAST: "Pradhānamaṃtrī Kāryālaya") consists of the immediate staff of the Prime Minister of India, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the Prime Minister. The PMO is headed by the Principal Secretary, currently Nripendra Misra. The PMO was originally called the Prime Minister's Secretariat until 1977, when it was renamed during the Morarji Desai ministry. It is part of the Government of India located in the South Block of the Secretariat Building. During the tenure of
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Kaderbad Narasinga Rao


again as India's first President. In 1952, Narasinga Rao invited the first Prime Minister of India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru, to Nandyal and arranged a grand meeting at Nandyal Railway Station. During this meeting, he brought the problems of the people in this region to the Prime Minister's attention. He also played host to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (who was later to become President of India,1962–67) and V. V. Giri, (who was later to become President of India, 1969–74) when they visited Nandyal. He hosted several
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John Ngu Foncha


John Ngu Foncha (21 June 1916, Bamenda – 10 April 1999) was a Cameroonian politician, who served as 5th Prime Minister of Cameroon. He founded the Kamerun National Democratic Party (KNDP) in 1955 and became Premier of the British Cameroons on 1 February 1959. He held that position until 1 October 1961, when the region merged into a federation with Francophone Cameroon. From 1 October 1961 to 13 May 1965, Foncha concurrently served as 5th Prime Minister of Cameroon and Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Cameroon
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Prime Minister of India


. The prime minister—if they are not already—shall become a member of parliament within six months of beginning his/her tenure. A prime minister is expected to work with other central ministers to ensure the passage of bills by the parliament. Since 1947, there have been 14 different prime ministers. The first few decades after 1947 saw the Indian National Congress' (INC) almost complete domination over the political map of India. India's first prime minister—Jawaharlal Nehru—took oath on 15 August 1947.
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List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity


Minister lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his/her last birthday. If a Prime Minister served more than one non-consecutive term, the dates listed below are for the beginning of their first term, and the end of their final term. The median age at which a Prime Minister first takes office is roughly 64 years and 8 months, which falls between Gulzarilal Nanda and Chandra Shekhar. The youngest person to become Prime Minister was Rajiv Gandhi, who became Prime Minister at the age of
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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2015


use of coal fired electrical generation and other greenhouse gases. India was instead represented by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Leaders in attendance included Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. At least 15 leaders did not attend the summit and sent cabinet ministers or other officials as representatives including the Tongan Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva, who absented himself due to health reasons and domestic priorities, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare,
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Prime Minister of India


minister of India—Jawaharlal Nehru—in 1948, to assist displaced people from Pakistan. The fund, now, is primarily used to assist the families of those who are killed during natural disasters such as earthquakes, cyclones and flood and secondarily to reimburse medical expenses of people with chronic and deadly diseases. Donations to the PMNRF are 100% tax-deductible under section 80G of the "Income Tax Act, 1961". The post of Deputy Prime Minister of India is not technically a constitutional post, nor is there
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Sanjaya Baru


then chief editor at "Business Standard". His father B. P. R. Vithal was Finance and Planning Secretary during Dr. Manmohan Singh's tenure as Secretary of Finance in the Government of India. In April 2014, Penguin India published "The Accidental Prime Minister", Baru's tell-all memoir about his time at the Prime Minister's Office. In it, Baru alleges that the prime minister was completely subservient to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who wielded significant influence in the running of the Singh administration, including the PMO itself
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V. V. Giri


Mohammad Hidayatullah, the Chief Justice of India. The election of a new president became a contest between the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the old guard of the Congress Party known as the Syndicate. The All India Congress Committee decided to support Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as the presidential candidate, disregarding the Prime Minister's opposition. Giri, who was vice president, resigned and decided to contest as an independent candidate. Prime Minister Gandhi then decided to support him, endorsing a "vote of conscience" that allowed Congress legislators to vote for
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Prime Minister of India


majority in the Lok Sabha. Narendra Modi—the Chief Minister of Gujarat—was elected prime minister, becoming the first prime minister to have been born in an independent India. The Constitution envisions a scheme of affairs in which the president of India is the head of state; in terms of Article 53 with office of the prime minister being the head of Council of Ministers to assist and advise the president in the discharge of his/her constitutional functions. To quote, Article 53, and 75 provide as under; Like
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List of Prime Ministers of New Zealand by date of birth


(born 20 May 1811) 5th Prime Minister Frederick Whitaker (born 23 April 1812) 9th Prime Minister Daniel Pollen (born 2 June 1813) 10th Prime Minister Harry Atkinson (born 1 November 1831) 11th Prime Minister George Grey (born 14 April 1812) 12th Prime Minister John Hall (born 18 December 1824) 14th Prime Minister John Ballance (born 27 March 1839) 18th Prime Minister Thomas Mackenzie (born 10 March 1853) 19th Prime Minister William Massey (born 26 March 1856) 20th Prime Minister Francis Bell (
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Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Narla


V. Narasimha Rao (who later became Prime Minister of India) to find and foster talented children from the rural parts of India. they were formerly named as navodaya vidyalayas and renamed later as "Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya"s in the birth-centenary year of Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first prime minister of independent India. Navodaya Vidyalayas are located all over the country, except Tamil Nadu. there are approximately 557 JNVs across India as of now. they offer free education to all students who get selected through the admission process which includes an
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Frederick Richard Say


in Staffordshire. These portraits included those of Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (later 14th Earl of Derby and several times Prime Minister), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (Governor-General of India, 1842–44), (these three being on display at the London National Portrait Gallery), Sir Frederick Pollock (Privy Councillor and Lord Chief Baron), Walter Francis Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Privy Seal, and a
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Legal status of Jainism as a distinct religion in India


of India. 10.2 On 31 January 1950, the PPS to the then Prime Minister of India sent a letter to the Jain Deputation on behalf of the then Prime Minister, which reads as under: (See adjoining image for original letter) 10.5 Jawaharlal Nehru, in his book "Discovery of India", mentioned as under: 10.3 Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the former President of India, in his book "Indian Philosophy Vol I" mentioned as under: 15. Dr. Radhakrishnan, who edited the 6th Volume of The Cultural
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Buckinghamshire


who lived in Cliveden, Frederick, Prince of Wales who also lived in Cliveden, Baron Carrington who lives in Bledlow, Benjamin Disraeli who lived at Hughenden Manor and was made Earl of Beaconsfield, John Hampden who was from Great Hampden and is revered in Aylesbury to this day and Prime Minister Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery who lived at Mentmore. Also worthy of note are William Penn who believed he was descended from the Penn family of Penn and so is buried nearby and the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom,
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Prime Minister of India


, Race Course Road—in New Delhi, serves as the official place of residence for the prime minister of India. For ground travel, the prime minister uses a highly modified, armoured version of a Range Rover, while for air travel, Boeing 777-300ERs—designated by the call sign Air India One (AI-1 or AIC001), and maintained by the Indian Air Force—are used. The Special Protection Group (SPG) is charged with protecting the sitting prime minister and his/her family. The Prime
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Sherman3D


's Prime Minister, Yang Amat Berhormat Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and then Malaysia's deputy Prime Minister (now Prime Minister), Yang Amat Berhormat Najib Razak. While in college, Sherman was a partner of the founder of 5th Cell, Joseph Tringali, at Epix Interactive Studios before being a founding a shareholder of 5th Cell. Aside from being the founder of Sherman3D, Sherman worked as a game producer in Japan, as a project manager in Canada, as a COO in Malaysia and a game industry consultant for the Gerson
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The Accidental Prime Minister (film)


The Accidental Prime Minister is a 2019 Indian biographical drama film directed by Vijay Ratnakar Gutte and written by Mayank Tewari, based on the 2014 memoir of the same name by Sanjaya Baru. It was produced by the Bohra Bros under Rudra Production (UK), in association with Jayantilal Gada under the banner of Pen India Limited. It stars Anupam Kher as Manmohan Singh, the economist and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014 under the United Progressive Alliance. This is one of the most anticipated
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Prime Minister's Office (India)


Minister and few selected officers of Indian Civil Service who work with him to manage and coordinate government and his office. The Prime Minister through his office coordinates with all ministers in the central union cabinet, minister of independent charges and governors and ministers of state government. The PMO is located at the South Block of the Secretariat Building. The subject-matter of files required to be submitted to the Prime Minister depends on whether he is holding direct charge of the Ministry or whether there is a Cabinet Minister or Minister of State (
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India–Tonga relations


memories about his visit to India and was full of praise for Air India because the airline gave him two seats for the price of one, whenever he flew with them." Prime Minister Indira Gandhi visited Tonga in 1981. The Tongan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister visited India in May 2002 and held discussions with the Indian Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Agriculture Minister. The Indian Foreign Minister's Special Envoy on UN reforms visited Tonga in August 2005. INS Tabar visited the country in July 2006, and held a reception on
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Prime Minister of India


advise of prime minister and his/her council, so, in practice, the prime minister does exercise some control over affairs of the parliament. Article 75 of the Constitution of India confers the parliament with the power to decide the remuneration and other benefits of the prime minister and other ministers are to be decided by the Parliament. and is renewed from time to time. The original remuneration for prime minister and other ministers were specified in the Part B of the second schedule of the constitution, which was later removed by an
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Trinity College, Cambridge


Ireland; Jawaharlal Nehru, the first and longest serving Prime Minister of India; Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India; Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore; Samir Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan; William Whitelaw, Margaret Thatcher's Home Secretary and subsequently Deputy Prime Minister; and Rahul Gandhi, President of the Indian National Congress. The head of Trinity College is called the Master. The role is a Crown appointment, formerly made by the Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister. Nowadays the Fellows of the
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Foreign relations of India


Prime Minister, and conducted covert operations abroad. The prime minister's control and reliance on personal advisers in the Office of the Prime Minister was particularly strong under the tenures of Indira Gandhi (1966–77 and 1980–84) and her son, Rajiv (1984–89), who succeeded her, and weaker during the periods of coalition governments. Observers find it difficult to determine whether the locus of decision-making authority on any particular issue lies with the Ministry of External Affairs, the Council of Ministers, the Office of the Prime Minister,
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Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India


officer P. N. Haksar became the first PS to the PM. The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India acts as the administrative chief of the Prime Minister's Office, and as a result, wields a significant amount of power over the daily affairs of the Government of India. The main functions of the officeholder often include, but are not limited to: The Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister is generally considered the latter's most crucial aide. Some principal secretaries are considered more powerful and influential than senior government ministers.
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Special Protection Group


The Indian Special Protection Group (SPG) is "an armed force of the Union for providing proximate security to the Prime Minister of India and former Prime Ministers of India and members of their immediate families wherever in the world they are." It was formed in 1988 by an act of the Parliament of India. Former PMs, their immediate family members, and family members of a serving Prime Minister may, if they choose, decline SPG security. Before 1981, the security of the Prime Minister at the official residence was
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Prime Minister of India


most member of cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the government; and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet. The union cabinet headed by the prime minister is appointed by the president of India to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive. Union cabinet is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha as per of the Constitution of India. The prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of
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Prime Minister of India


Minister of India. Some specific ministries/department are not allocated to anyone in the cabinet but the prime minister themself. The prime minister is usually always in charge/head of: The prime minister represents the country in various delegations, high level meetings and international organisations that require the attendance of the highest government office, and also addresses to the nation on various issues of national or other importance. Per of the constitution, the official communication between the union cabinet and the president are through the prime minister. Other wise constitution
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Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (India)


at Lahore, India (now Pakistan) by Sir Ganga Ram (1851-1927), a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his times. Following WWII and after the Partition of India in 1947, this second hospital was established in New Delhi on a plot of land approximately 11 acres. The foundation was laid in April 1951 by the then Prime Minister of India Shri Jawahar Lal Nehru under the auspices of Dharma Vira, who at the time was also Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. The Hospital was later inaugurated
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Simon Elwes


GOC) British Troops in Egypt. In South Africa, he painted the portraits of Paul I of the Hellenes, his wife Frederica of Hanover as well as Prime Minister J. C. Smuts and his wife. He painted two other Field Marshals: Sir Claude Auchinleck and in India, Viceroy Archibald Wavell. While there he did portraits of the Maharaja of Patiala, Lord Mountbatten, and various Indian Army soldiers who had won the Victoria Cross, namely Naik Nand Singh, 11th Sikh Regiment; Havildar Gaje Ghale, 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles
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Prime Minister of India


recognises the prime minister as a member of the union cabinet only outside the sphere of union cabinet. The prime minister recommends to the president—among others—names for the appointment of: As the chairperson of Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), the prime minister—on the non-binding advice of the Cabinet Secretary of India led-Senior Selection Board (SSB)—decides the postings of top civil servants, such as, secretaries, additional secretaries and joint secretaries in the government of India. Further, in the same
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Ásgeir Ásgeirsson


Tryggvi Þórhallsson, who was the 5th Prime Minister of Iceland (1927–1932). Ásgeir was elected to the Althing in 1923 at the age of 29 for the Progressive Party. He spoke as the president of the Althing at Þingvellir on the occasion of the Althing's 1,000th anniversary celebrations in 1930, and became Minister of Finance in 1931 and Prime Minister in 1932. He left the Progressive Party in 1934, but stood for election as an independent for a while until he joined the Social Democratic Party, and remained in the Althing
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Foreign relations of India


international affairs to senior members of the Indian Foreign Service. He was the main founding fathers of the Panchsheel or the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence. His successors continued to exercise considerable control over India's international dealings, although they generally appointed separate ministers of external affairs. India's second prime minister, Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964–66), expanded the Prime Minister Office (sometimes called the Prime Minister's Secretariat) and enlarged its powers. By the 1970s, the Office of the Prime Minister had become the de facto
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Government of India


party in the parliament. The prime minister leads the executive of the Government of India. The prime minister is the senior member of cabinet in the executive of government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the Government; is the presiding member and chairman of the cabinet and is responsible for bringing a proposal of legislation. The resignation or death of the prime minister dissolves the cabinet. The prime minister is appointed by the president to assist the latter
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Principal secretary (India)


a secretary but it is below the designations of additional chief secretary and chief secretary. Principal Secretaries act as administrative heads of the department they are assigned to. The post of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India was created during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as prime minister. The Principal Secretary to PM is the head of the Prime Minister's Office. He/she holds the rank and status of Cabinet Secretary/principal secretary to the Government of India. Additionally, some prime ministers also appoint an additional principal secretary,
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Prime Minister of India


must vacate their post from any private or government company and may take up the post only on completion of their term. The prime minister is required to make and subscribe in the presence of the President of India before entering office, the oath of office and secrecy, as per the Third Schedule of the Constitution of India. Oath of office: Oath of secrecy: The prime minister serves on 'the pleasure of the president', hence, a prime minister may remain in office indefinitely, so long as the president has
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Mohammad Ali Bogra


, Bogra eventually took initiatives to strengthen ties with India by first addressing the Kashmir issue with India. In 1953, Prime Minister Bogra met with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on the sidelines of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. He well received Prime Minister Nehru when he paid a state visit to Karachi, and Prime Minister Bogra reciprocated the visit in New Delhi soon after. Prime Minister Bogra enjoyed warm and closer relations with Prime Minister Nehru, as both eventually agreed on the "plebiscite" in Indian held Kashmir
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Prime Minister of India


the central government or Union government—at the national level and exercise its powers. In practice the prime minister nominates the members of their council of ministers to the president. They also work upon to decide a core group of ministers (known as the cabinet), as in charge of the important functions and ministries of the government of India. The prime minister is responsible for aiding and advising the president in distribution of work of the government to various ministries and offices and in terms of the "Government of India (Allocation
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India–Italy relations


the Republic of India and the Italian Republic were established in 1947. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited Italy in 1953. President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro was the first Italian head of state to visit India in February 1995. President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi visited India in February 2005. Romano Prodi became the first Italian Prime Minister to visit India in February 2007. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Italy to attend the L'Aquila G8/G5 Summit in July 2009. External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna represented India at the 150th anniversary celebrations of the Unification
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Politics of India


policy of the Union. It exercises immense control over administration, finance, legislation, military, etc. The Head of the Union Cabinet is the Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister of India is Narendra Modi. India has a federal form of government, and hence each state also has its own government. The executive of each state is the Governor (equivalent to the president of India), whose role is ceremonial. The real power resides with the Chief Minister (equivalent to the Prime Minister) and the state council
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The Accidental Prime Minister


The Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh is a 2014 memoir by Indian policy analyst Sanjaya Baru, who was Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's media advisor from May 2004 to August 2008. Published by Penguin India, the book alleges that Singh was not entirely in control of his cabinet—or even the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). Instead, significant power was wielded by the Congress party's president Sonia Gandhi, to whom Singh was completely "subservient". "There cannot be two centres
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India–North Macedonia relations


the country. Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski and several other ministers, visited India in March 2012 becoming the first Macedonian Prime Minister to visit the country. Stavreski, and several other ministers, visited the country again in October 2012. Gruevski, Stavreski and other ministers visited the country again in January 2015 to attend the Vibrant Gujarat and CII-Partnership Summits. National Assembly President Trajko Veljanoski led a parliamentary delegation on a visit to India in March 2013. Macedonian Foreign Minister
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Canada–India relations


19th century. See Indo-Canadians In the 1940s and 1960s Canada–India relations were enhanced because of the personal ties which developed between Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and two Canadian Prime Ministers who served during those years: Louis St. Laurent and Lester B. Pearson. At the United Nations and in the Commonwealth, on issues as diverse as the Korean War armistice and the Suez Crisis, there was a convergence of interest and commitment between India and Canada. Canada's aid programme to India began in 1951 and grew substantially under the
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Alexander Kadakin


offered condolences saying, "In Kadakin, we lost a valued friend who nurtured India-Russia relationship for many decades as a distinguished Russian diplomat." Prime Minister Narendra Modi also offered his condolences and described Kadakin as a "glorious son of Russia and a great friend of India". In a press conference following the 18th India-Russia Annual Summit in Saint Petersburg on 1 June 2017, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi announced that a road in New Delhi would be named in honour of Kadakin. The following day,
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Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India


of the rank of joint secretary to the Government of India—was established after independence under the prime ministership of Jawaharlal Nehru, as a successor to the office of the Governor-General of India's secretary. Lal Bahadur Shastri appointed Lakshmi Kant Jha, an Indian Civil Service officer, as his secretary, making Jha the first secretary to the Government of India-ranked officer in the PMS. During Indira Gandhi's tenure as prime minister, the post of Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister was created; retired Indian Foreign Service
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Economic Advisory Council


Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (PMEAC) is a non-constitutional, non-permanent and independent body constituted to give economic advice to the Government of India, specifically the Prime Minister. The council serves to highlight key economic issues facing the country to the government of India from a neutral viewpoint. It advises the Prime Minister on economic issues like inflation, microfinance, and industrial output. The PMEAC has been constituted several times since the independence of India. In the latest occurrence, Prime minister Modi revived the body
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Valsad district


Abrama town of Valsad district. This temple is more than 800 years old. This is a temple of Lord Shiva. Morarji Desai Museum is built to dedicate former 5th Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai in Valsad. The museum was developed by Valsad municipality at a cost of Rs. 4 crore. The museum was inaugurated by former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel. Maa Vishvambhari Tirthyatra Dham is located near Rabda town of Valsad district. It has a temple of Maa Vishvambhari, Pathshala, Himalayas, Govardhan mountain,
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Valsad


to dedicate former 5th Prime Minister of India, Morarji Desai in Valsad. The museum was developed by Valsad municipality at a cost of Rs. 4 crore. The museum was inaugurated by former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel. Callian Baug is one of the ancient place of Valsad city. In 1929, Mr. Motilal Callianji presented donation for park to Bulsar Municipality in memory of his father. In 1931, Callian Baug was opened by J.H.Garrett. The city has two technical colleges, Government Polytechnic, which was established in 1965
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Minister of External Affairs (India)


Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, also held the Foreign Minister post throughout his 17-year premiership of the country; he remains the country's longest-serving Foreign Minister. Several other Prime Ministers have since held the additional charge of foreign minister, but never has any other cabinet minister held additional charge of the office. There have been a number of Foreign Ministers who went on to become the Prime Minister like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, P. V. Narasimha Rao and I. K. Gujral. The current Minister of External Affairs is Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, succeeding
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Minister of Defence (India)


The Minister of Defence is the head of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of India. They are often assisted by a Minister of State for Defence and less-commonly, the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Defence. The defence minister additionally serves as President of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, and as Chancellor of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology and of the National Defence University. The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Rajnath
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Minister of Home Affairs (India)


's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the office has been seen as second in seniority only to the Prime Minister in the Union Cabinet. Like Patel, several Home Ministers have since held the additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister. As of February 2018, three Home Ministers have gone on to become the Prime Minister who are: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Charan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao. L.K. Advani, serving from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004, has held the office of the Home Minister for the longest
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Nobusuke Kishi


domestically and internationally to safeguard what he regarded as Japan's interests. On 14 December 2006, Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India, made a speech in the Diet of Japan. He stated, "It was Prime Minister Kishi who was instrumental in India being the first recipient of Japan's ODA. Today India is the largest recipient of Japanese ODA and we are extremely grateful to the government and people of Japan for this valuable assistance." Kishi illustrates the ambivalent role of America in post-war Japan, and
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India–Sudan relations


, which was tasked with replacing British staff in the Sudanese government, post-independence. India opened its embassy in Khartoum in March 1955. Sudan's interim Prime Minister, Ismail al-Azhari, accompanied by several Ministers, visited New Delhi in April 1955 on their way to the Bandung Conference in Indonesia. At Bandung, the country did not have a flag to represent it. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who was also present at the Conference, wrote "Sudan" on his handkerchief and this was used to represent
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M. P. M. Menon


. His next posting was in Moscow, Soviet Union. His boss, the Indian Ambassador to the Soviet Union, was the future Prime Minister of India, I. K. Gujral. This was the period of the Janata Government under Morarji Desai. There was an important visit by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the Indian Foreign Minister, who later rose to become the Indian Prime Minister. His next posting was to Tripoli, Libya in 1980. The leader of Libya was Muammar Gaddafi. The country was also a source of oil for India
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Amartya Sen


Statistical Institute, Centre for Development Studies, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and Centre for Studies in Social Sciences. He was a companion of distinguished economists like Manmohan Singh (Ex-Prime Minister of India and a veteran economist responsible for liberalizing the Indian economy), K. N. Raj (Advisor to various Prime Ministers and a veteran economist who was the founder of Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, which is one of India's premier think tanks and schools) and Jagdish Bhagwati (who is known to be one of the
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Prime Minister's Office (India)


NDF) are operated directly from the PMO. The Prime Minister's National Relief Fund was established in January 1948 as Trust, by then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan, due to partition of India. In the year 2013-2014, the Fund received donations worth . The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) located in South Block, overlooking the grandeur of Rashtrapati Bhawan. Though in the 1990s I.K. Gujral and some of his predecessors, used Prime Minister's Residence (PMR
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Kalahandi district


-independence of India for developing Kalahandi were only during non-congress rule in India such as Upper Indiravati Irrigation Project (during Moraji Desai as Prime Minister of India), Lanjigarh road – Jungarh (during Chandrasekhar as Prime Minister of India), National Highway 201 & 217 passing through Kalahandi (during Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister of India), all these projects are not yet fully accomplished. The Central government of India has established two public sector factories such as HAL factory and NALCO factory in the neighbouring Koraput district (
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Kazi Zafar Ahmed


. Ershad on the 3 March 1988 made Ahmed the deputy Prime Minister under Prime Minister Moudud Ahmed. He defended the decision of Ershad to make Islam the state religion of Bangladesh as move against fundamentalism on 6 June 1988. He served in the Ershad Government as Minister of Commerce. In August 1989 he was appointed Prime Minister replacing Moudud Ahmed who was made Vice-President. He served as the Prime Minister from August 1989 to 6 December 1990. He fled to India after Ershad resigned from power. He became known as Sugar
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Morarji Desai


Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and served between 1977 and 1979 as the 4th Prime Minister of India and led the government formed by the Janata Party. During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of India. Following the passing of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Desai was a strong contender for the position of Prime Minister, only to be
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