Indian Kumar Gujral

Indian Kumar Gujral (1997)

Indian Kumar Gujral (इंद्र कुमार गुज़राल Indr Kumār Guzrāl) (born December 4, 1919 in Jhelam , now part of Pakistan ; † November 30, 2012 in New Delhi ) was an Indian politician and from April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998 Prime Minister of India for Janata Dal Party .

In 1942 he was imprisoned as a member of the Indian freedom movement. Prior to his tenure as Prime Minister, he held various positions in the communications, information, construction, development and foreign ministries for the Congress Party . During his tenure, he coined the term Gujral Doctrine, which stated that India should make concessions in relations with its Asian neighbors in the interests of better cooperation.

His brother is the artist Satish Gujral .

Publications

IK Gujral: Matters of Discretion: An Autobiography , Hay House, India, 519 pages, Feb. 2011. ISBN 978-93-8048-080-0 . Distributors: Penguin books, India . (The only autobiography of an Indian Prime Minister)

Web links

Commons : Inder Kumar Gujral - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Mark Tully: Inder Kumar Gujral obituary , obituary, December 2, 2012, in The Guardian
'He sails too close to the wind' - Inder Kumar Gujral through the eyes of Kuldip Nayar, Pupul Jaykar and Raj Thapar , on Gujral's role as Minister of Information under Indira Gandhi
IK Gujral: A suave politician, foreign policy expert , short biography, rediff.com, November 30, 2012

Individual evidence

^ Former Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at the age of 92. Retrieved November 30, 2012 (English).

personal data
SURNAME	Gujral, Indian Kumar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Indian politician, Prime Minister of India
DATE OF BIRTH	4th December 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jhelam
DATE OF DEATH	November 30, 2012
Place of death	New Delhi

[1] Former Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at the age of 92. Retrieved November 30, 2012 (English).