Prime Ministers of India – Inder Kumar Gujral

Posted by on Feb 7, 2009 in Indian Politicians

Inder Kumar Gujral (in short I.K.Gujral) was the 15th Prime Minister of India who had a brief stay of 11 months in the office. He is from the Janata Dal Party which was supported by the Congress-I from outside to form a United Front Government during 1997 to 1998. Formerly, IK Gujral was the Information and Broadcasting Minister in the Indira Gandhi Government during 1975 and later on was the External Affairs Minister in V. P. Singh’s Government in 1989 and then in the same post during the Deve Gowda’s Government in 1996.

Below are some basic details about Inder Kumar Gujral:

Place and Date of Birth: December 04th, 1919 , Jhelum, Punjab (located today in Pakistan), British India

Religion: Hinduism

Political Party: Janata Dal

Tenure of Prime Ministership: 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998

Parents’ Name: Avtar Narain Gujral (Father) and Pushpa Gujral (Mother)

Wife’s Name: Shiela Gujral

Children’s Names: IK Gujral has two sons – Naresh Gujral and Vishal Gujral

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