1. C. Morarji
Desai
“Nishan-e-Pakistan” is the highest of civil awards and decorations given by the
Government of Pakistan for the highest degree of service to the country and
nation of Pakistan. The award was established on 19 March 1957. This award,
like other civilian awards, is announced on 14th August (Independence Day of Pakistan)
each year and its investiture takes place on following 23rd March (Pakistan Day –
A National Day in Pakistan commemorating the Lahore Resolution passed on 23
March 1940 and the adoption of the first constitution of Pakistan during the
transition of the Dominion of Pakistan to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on
23 March 1956 making Pakistan the world's first Islamic republic. A Republic
Day parade by the armed forces is often part of the celebrations.)
Morarji
Desai who was awarded “Nishan-e-Pakistan” in 1990, is the only Indian till
date to receive this award. He was awarded for his peace activism and efforts
to initiate peace with arch rival Pakistan. After India's first nuclear test in
1974, Desai helped restore friendly relations with Pakistan and vowed to avoid
armed conflict such as Indo-Pakistani war of 1971.
2. D. Deputy
Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Dr.
Manmohan Singh, the two-time former Prime Minister of India (2004-2014), was the
first Sikh in the office and also the first Prime Minister since Jawaharlal
Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term. During his long
career as an economist, academic and politician, he held many important
positions. A brief timeline of his illustrious career is as below:
1952:
B.A. Economics (Hons.), Panjab University – Second Class with first position in
the University
1954:
M.A. Economics, Panjab University – First Class with first position in the
University
1957:
Economic Tripos [First Class honours], University of Cambridge
1962:
D. Phil., Nuffield College, University of Oxford. Topic: India’s Export Trends
and Prospects for Self- Sustained Growth. [Published by Clarendon Press,
Oxford, 1964]
1957-59:
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh
1959-63:
Reader in Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh
1963-65:
Professor of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh
1966–69:
UNCTAD, United Nations Secretariat, New York Chief, Financing for Trade Section
1969–71:
Professor of International Trade, Delhi School of Economics
1971–72:
Economic Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Trade, India
1972–76:
Chief Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, India
Nov,
1976 – April, 1980: Secretary, Ministry of Finance Dept. of Economic Affairs,
Government of India. Member [Finance], Atomic Energy Commission, Govt. of
India. Member [Finance], Space Commission, Govt. of India
April,
1980 – Sept, 1982: Member-Secretary, Planning Commission, India
Sept,
1982 – Jan, 1985: Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Jan,
1985- July 1987: Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission of
India
August,
1987 – Nov, 1990: Secretary General and Commissioner, South Commission (an
independent economic policy think tank headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland)
Dec
1990 – March 1991: Advisor to Prime Minister of India on Economic Affairs
March
1991 - June 1991: Chairman, University Grants Commission
September,
1991: Elected Member of Rajya Sabha
June,
1995: Re-elected Member of Rajya Sabha for a term of six years
June
21, 1991- May 15, 1996: Finance Minister of India
August
1, 1996 - Dec 4, 1997: Chairman, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce,
Rajya Sabha
June,
2001: Re-elected as member of Rajya Sabha for a Term of six years
March
21, 1998 – May 22,2004: Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
Parliament of India
May
22, 2004 – May 26, 2014: 13th Prime Minister of India
Aug
19, 2019 – Till Date: Re-elected as member of Rajya Sabha for a Term of six
years (From Rajasthan)
Dr
Singh represented the state of Assam in the Rajya Sabha for five terms from
1991 to 2019.
For
many, the watershed moment in Manmohan Singh’s glorious career came in 1991
when as the Finance Minister, he changed India forever with an emphatic
declaration in Parliament that "no power on earth can stop an idea whose
time has come" quoting Victor Hugo, the great French literary genius of
the 19th century.
On
July 24, 1991, Manmohan Singh - having full support of the often-ignored
visionary PM PV Narsimha Rao - not only presented the Budget that changed India
but with one big jolt, also broke the Nehruvian inertia of socialist economy.
3. B. Phulpur
Phulpur
(located in Allahabad District in Uttar Pradesh) was India's first Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's constituency till his death in 1964. Nehru was
elected from Phulpur thrice between 1952 and 1962.
In
1962, Nehru famously defeated Ram Manohar Lohia of Socialist Party by a margin
of more than 50,000 votes. After Jawaharlal Nehru's death, Phulpur was
represented by Nehru's sister Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit from 1964 to 1968.
Besides
Nehru, Phulpur has been represented by another Prime Minister of India - Vishwanath
Pratap Singh, who won the 1971 Lok Sabha elections from Phulpur as a Congress
candidate.
4. A. Indira
Gandhi
Till
date, only three people have become Prime Minister of India being a member of Rajya
Sabha, the first being Indira Gandhi (on January 24, 1966) and the second H. D.
Deve Gowda (June 1, 1996) and followed by Manmohan Singh (May 22, 2004).
Indira
Gandhi became a Member of Rajya Sabha in August 1964 and served till February
1967. After Lal Bahadur Shastri's death on 11th January, 1966,
Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister of India on January 24, 1966. In 1967
General Elections, she was elected to the Lok Sabha for the very first time.
5. B. Keshubhai
Patel
Narendra
Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7th October, 2001 due to incumbent
Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel's failing health and poor public image following
the earthquake in Bhuj in 2001. Modi was not even a Member of the Gujarat
Legislative Assembly then. He entered the Gujarat state legislature on 24
February, 2002 by winning a by-election to the Rajkot (West) constituency.
Narendra
Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party to win three consecutive Assembly Elections in
Gujarat in 2002, 2007 and 2012 and remained as Chief Minister of Gujarat till
2014.
In
September, 2013, Modi was named the BJP's candidate for Prime Minister in the
2014 Lok Sabha election. Bharatiya Janata Party alone won 282 Lok Sabha Seats
in the 2014 General Elections, becoming the first party to win a majority of
seats on its own since 1984 and Narendra Damodardas Modi was sworn in as the 14th
Prime Minister of India on 26 May, 2014. He became the first Prime Minister
born after India's independence from the British Empire.
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