Chandra Shekhar

Chandra Shekhar (also written Chandrashekhar , Hindi चन्द्रशेखर Candraśekhar ; born July 1, 1927 in Ibrahimpatti , Uttar Pradesh , † July 8, 2007 in New Delhi ) was an Indian politician. From November 10, 1990 to June 21, 1991 he was Prime Minister of the country.

biography

Shekar studied Political Science at Allahabad University . He has been involved in the socialist movement since the early 1950s. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha , the upper house of parliament, in 1962 and then switched to the Congress Party . There he remained a member until 1967. In 1969 he founded and published the magazine Young India , which promoted the spread of the socialist worldview.

In the early 1970s he became the inner-party center of resistance against Indira Gandhi's dictatorial administration. This opposition resulted in his imprisonment with other like-minded people during the time of the state of emergency in India from 1975-77 . After his release, he was elected the first President of the Janata Party in 1977. The Janata Party led a government coalition under Prime Minister Morarji Desai from 1977 to 1979 . After the 1980 election , Indira Gandhi came back to power. Shekhar drew attention to the problems of rural India in 1983 with a walk of over 2,500 miles from Kanyakumari to New Delhi .

In 1988, most of the Janata Party, led by Chandra Shekhar, united with several other opposition parties to found the Janata Dal led by Vishwanath Pratap Singh . After the parliamentary elections in 1989 , in which the Janata Dal became the second largest party, Singh became Prime Minister.

Shekhar organized a grouping within the new party, resigned with it and founded the Socialist People's Party. With the help of a few votes from the Congress Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party and the two communist parties, he became Prime Minister five days later. However, he had to give up the post after six months after he had lost the support of the Congress party. He remained a member of the Indian Parliament ( Lok Sabha ) and headed the Samajwadi Janata Party .

Chandra Shekhar was married to Duja Devi and had two sons, Pankaj and Neeraj Singh.

Quote

" [Shekar] was known as a firebrand idealist with revolutionary fervor. "

- New York Times

Web links

Commons : Chandra Shekhar Singh  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• "Former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar dies," The Hindu, July 8, 2007
• Obituary , New York Times , July 16, 2007

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1. ↑ “Chandra Shekhar Dies at 80; Led India " , New York Times , July 16, 2007