| Inder Kumar Gujral (1919 - 2012) |
Born in Jhelum on December 4, 1919 the Gujral family migrated to India after Partition.
Gujral became a civil servant and then entered into politics in and around 1964. He became a member of Rajya Sabha in 1964. Soon he became Minister of Information and Broadcasting. He was ambassador to USSR from 1976-80. On his return he left congress and joined Janta Dal and became a Minister of External Affairs in the V.P. Singh Government, and then in the Deve Gowda's Government, thereafter he became the Prime Minister of India.
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During his tenure Gujral continued to be his own foreign minister and enunciated his "Gujral Doctrine" of lack of reciprocity in India's relationship with neighbours.
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