Sthanam Narasimha Rao Portable (Best Pick)

In a country that loves to deify its leaders, Rao remains the exception. Walk down any major street in Delhi, Mumbai, or Hyderabad, and you will find statues of political dynasts, freedom fighters, and regional strongmen. But you will rarely find a statue of the man who actually pulled India out of the economic dark ages.

But whispers can move mountains.

We remember the man who liberalized India, but we rarely remember the man who did the liberalizing. It was June 1991. India was bankrupt. Literally. The country had just 15 days worth of foreign exchange reserves left. The treasury was so empty that the government had to pawn its gold reserves to stay afloat. The Soviet Union, our largest trading partner, was collapsing. Chaos reigned. sthanam narasimha rao