Word: pamulavarti
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...DIED. PAMULAVARTI VENKAT NARASIMHA RAO, 83, former Prime Minister of India whose bold reforms in the 1990s helped jump-start the country's economy; in New Delhi. Following the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, Rao abandoned a planned retirement to lead the government, and over the next five years guided the nation through a grave economic crisis and a bitter battle between Hindus and Muslims over a mosque in central India. Rao ultimately fell victim to political infighting and accusations of corruption by members of the opposition, for which he was recently acquitted. After the Congress Party lost...
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