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Posted on 30 November 2012
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Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passed away on 30 November. He was 92
He had been suffering from a chest infection and was admitted to hospital on 19 November. Gujral would have turned 93 on 4 December.
Tehelka.com Bureau
New Delhi
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Photo:AFP
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Former Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passed away on Friday 30 November at Gurgaon’s Medicity Medanta Hospital. He had been suffering from a chest infection and was admitted to the Hospital on 19 November. Gujral would have turned 93 on 4 December.
Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde announced the former PM’s death in Parliament. Gujaral was the 12th Prime Minister of India and was in office from April 1997 to March 1998. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh paid tributes to Gujral and called his son Naresh Gujral, MP, to express condolences, the official PMO tweet stated.
Gujral, apart from being a diplomat, was also a poet and author of several books in Punjabi, Hindi and English languages.
Inder Kumar Gujral – A Timeline
4 December 1919: Born in Jhelum Punjab (now in Pakistan)
1942: Jailed for participating in the Quit India Movement
1975: Was Minister of Information and Broadcasting during the Emergency
1976-80: Appointed Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union.
1980s : Leaves Congress to join Janta Dal
1997: Sworn in the 12th Prime minister of India.
1999: Retired from the active politics
2011: Wrote his autobiography titled 'Matters Of Discretion'
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