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Liberalisation

India · 1995Liberalisation deepens: WTO entry and the dawn of mobile and the internet

India deepened its post-1991 reforms by joining the WTO, placing its first mobile call and opening public internet access, while the Shiv Sena–BJP took Maharashtra, the BJP took Gujarat, and Mayawati became Uttar Pradesh's first Dalit woman Chief Minister. Court rulings on Hindutva, bigamy, broadcasting, elections and medical services drew wide attention.

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Key figures

P.V. Narasimha Rao — Prime Minister; presided over liberalisation and India's WTO entry.Manmohan Singh — Finance Minister; presented the 1995–96 Budget.Shankar Dayal Sharma — President of India.A.M. Ahmadi — Chief Justice of India.Mayawati — became Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on 3 June 1995, the first Dalit woman Chief Minister of an Indian state.Sukh Ram — Union Communications Minister; received India's first mobile call.

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