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Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998) [1] [2] was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues.He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively.
An acting prime minister is a member of a cabinet ... In 1964 after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, ...
The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected every five years, unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the Council of Ministers of the Union government. The prime minister ...
The First Indira Gandhi ministry was formed on 24 January 1966 [1] under the premiership of Indira Gandhi who was elected as the Prime Minister of India by the Congress Parliamentary Party to succeed Gulzarilal Nanda who was serving as the acting prime minister since 11 January 1966 following the untimely demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
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India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government. In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts—on most matters—only on the advice of the prime minister.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting (9 June 1964 – 24 January 1966) 24 January 1966 4 Morarji Desai: Deputy Prime Minister of India (13 March 1967 – 16 July 1969) [2] Minister of Finance (13 March 1958 – 29 August 1963; 13 March 1967 – 16 July 1969) [2] Chief Minister of Bombay State (21 April 1952 – 31 October 1956)
She was India's first and, to date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the country's prime minister. Gandhi's cumulative ...