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Who among the following had the shortest span in office as the Prime Minister of India?

A.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
B.
Chaudhary Charan Singh
C.
Chandra Shekhar
D.
H. D. Deve Gowda

Solution:

The correct answer is Chaudhary Charan Singh.Lal Bahadur Shastri(1904‚¬œ1966)9 June 1964 to 11 January 19661 year, 216 days.He was the pioneer of the slogan Jai Jawan Jai Kisan during the Indo-Pak war in 1965.Charan Singh(1902‚¬œ1987)28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980170 days.Only PM who never faced the Parliament.Chandra Shekhar(1927‚¬œ2007)10 Nov 1990 to 21 June 1991223 days.He never worked as a minister in any ministry.H. D. Deve Gowda(born 1933)1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997324 days.He became thesecond PM of South India.He is from Karnataka. However, he stayed in the office for less than a year.Hence, Option 2 is correct.

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