Today is the death anniversary of former PM PV Narasimha Rao. It was the months between 1990-91 when PV Narasimha Rao was busy preparing to end his political innings and packed the bags to go back to his home in Hyderabad, but destiny had written something else. The situation that arose after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi led Narasimha Rao to the chair of PM. Sanjaya Baru, a noted journalist and his media advisor who wrote a book on former PM Dr Manmohan Singh as 'The Accidental Prime Minister', in his book '1991 How PV Narasimha Rao Made History', wrote, Narasimha Rao is the first Accidental prime minister was of the country. As such, Narasimha Rao, holding the arm of the Congress, climbed the political ladder and reached the Prime Minister's chair, when he himself did not expect it, but due to this chair, his and Congress relations soured so much that after his death in Delhi The funeral of the dead body had to be done about 1500 km away.
According to Natwar Singh, a former External Affairs Minister of India "Unlike Nehru, his knowledge of Sanskrit was deep. Nehru's nature was PV's nature. His roots were deep in the spiritual and religious soil of India. He did not need it" Discover India. The 11th President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam, described Rao as a "patriotic politician who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system." Kalam admitted that Rao had prepared him for a nuclear test in 1996. But he was not excluded as the government at the Center changed due to the general election of 1996. The tests were later conducted by the NDA government led by Vajpayee. In fact, Rao informed Vajpayee about the nuclear plans.
Rao was an active freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement and joined full-time politics after independence as a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as an elected representative to the Andhra Pradesh state assembly from 1957 to 1977. He served in various ministerial positions in the Government of Andhra from 1962 to 1973. He became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1971 and strictly enforced the Land Reforms and Land Ceiling Acts. He obtained reservations for the lower castes in politics during his tenure. During his tenure, President's rule was imposed to counter the Jai Andhra movement.
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