Former Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral passed away in Delhi on Friday at Gurgaon's Medicity Medanta Hospital, just a few days before his 93rd birthday. He  had been admitted to the hospital in a critical condition a few days ago following a lung infection. According to the sources the exact time of death is 3.31 P.M.

Gujral, in his illustrious political career, held many an important portfolio in the government. The most significant one was the post of Prime Minister as he served as the 12th prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.

In 1975, he was Minister of Information and Broadcasting. He was also India's Ambassador to Soviet Union. He quit the Congress in the mid-1980s to join the Janata Dal and later served as the Minister of External Affairs in Prime Minister VP Singh's Cabinet. In 1992, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. He again held  the position of Minister of External Affairs in H D Deve Gowda-led government.

(AW-Jyotishman)