Remembering the Father of Indian Economic Reforms Sri P V Narasimha Rao on his 93rd birth anniversary. His tenure was a political milestone.
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) June 28, 2014
PV Narasimha Rao was India’s first and only Telugu Prime Minister. Hailing from Vangara in Karimnagar district (now in Telangana), he is credited with ushering in economic reforms. Interestingly, PV Narasimha Rao was the first PM outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in congress to complete a full five-year term.
In addition to laying the foundation for economic reforms and pulling the country out of a fiscal crisis in the early 1990s, his rule was also replete with corruption charges and allegations of political manipulations to stay in power.
PV was also the first Chief Minister of united Andhra Pradesh (1971-72) hailing from the Telangana region after the violent Telangana movement of 1969-70.
