HD Deve Gowda, twelfth Prime Minister of India
He is credited with ensuring financial closure and kick-starting the development of the Delhi Metro Project.
HD Deve Gowda (1996-1997): HD Deve Gowda, born on May 18, 1933, was the twelfth Prime Minister of India from June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997.
The Congress Party led by PV Narasimha Rao lost the 1996 general elections and there was no other party with a majority to form a government. Subsequently, the United Front, a conglomerate of non-Congress and non-BJP regional parties, decided to form the government at the Center with the support of the Congress, and Deve Gowda was elected as the twelfth party.e Prime Minister of India on June 1, 1996.
He is credited with ensuring financial closure and kick-starting the development of the Delhi Metro Project.