Singh, Vishwanath Pratap

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Singh, Vishwanath Pratap (vĭshwän`ät prä`täp sĭng), 1931–, Indian politician and prime minister (1989–90). As finance minister under Rajiv Gandhi Gandhi, Rajiv , 1944–91, prime minister of India (1984–89). Oldest son of Indira Gandhi, he flew for Indian Airlines until his brother died in 1981 and he was drafted into politics by his mother.
..... Click the link for more information. (1984–87) he pursued policies of economic liberalization. Expelled from Gandhi's Congress faction in 1989, he formed an anti-Congress coalition, the Janata Dal. He became prime minister in a minority government when he deprived the Congress of a majority in the election (1989). Inherently unstable, his government was marked by factionalism, and he was forced to resign in 1990.

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