Which of the following statements is are correct about IK Gujral 1 He was the minister of informatio...........

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Which of the following statements is/are correct about IK Gujral ?

1.He was the minister of information and broadcasting during emergency period of 1975.

2.He became the 12th Prime minister of India.

3.He served as ambassador of India to Moscow.

4.He was the 1st PM to be from the Rajya Sabha.

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1,2 and 4 Only

2,3 and 4 Only

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Explanation:

Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian politician who served as the 12th Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. Gujral was the third PM to be from the Rajya Sabha, the first being Indira Gandhi and the second H. D. Deve Gowda.

During the emergency of June 1975, Gujral was Minister of Information and Broadcasting, where he was in charge of the media during a time of censorship in India and was in charge of Doordarshan. He again was selected to the Rajya Sabha to serve until 1976. He also served as Water Resources Minister. Later, Gujral was appointed Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union(Moscow) by Indira Gandhi and stayed on during the tenures of Morarji Desai and Charan Singh.