Former prime minister P V Narasimha Rao died of cardiac arrest on December 23. He was 83 and is survived by three sons and five daughters. Rao, the first prime minister outside the Nehru-Gandhi family to complete a full five year term in office, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences with complaint of breathlessness on December 9.
In pics: Congress president Sonia Gandhi discusses a point with P V Narsimha Rao during the inaugural session of the 81st plenary session of the party in Bangalore on March 17, 2001. AFP images
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