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India · 1997Golden Jubilee of Independence; K.R. Narayanan elected first Dalit President

India marked 50 years of Independence amid coalition churn: H.D. Deve Gowda gave way to I.K. Gujral, whose government later fell after controversy over the Jain Commission's interim report. K.R. Narayanan became the first Dalit President, while Chidambaram's 'Dream Budget' and VDIS marked important post-1991 economic reforms.

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Key figures

I.K. Gujral — Prime Minister from 21 April 1997; associated with the 'Gujral Doctrine'; his government fell in late 1997K.R. Narayanan — elected 10th President of India, the first Dalit to hold the office.P. Chidambaram — Union Finance Minister who presented the 1997 'Dream Budget'.J.S. Verma — Chief Justice of India from 25 March 1997; headed the bench in the Vishaka case.Arundhati Roy — won the 1997 Booker Prize for 'The God of Small Things'.Kalpana Chawla — astronaut of Indian origin who flew on STS-87 in November 1997.

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