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India · 1996Hung Lok Sabha and the coalition era: Vajpayee's 13 days, then the United Front

India's 11th general election produced a hung Lok Sabha and entrenched coalition politics: A.B. Vajpayee's BJP government fell in 13 days before H.D. Deve Gowda's Congress-backed United Front took office. The year also saw PESA, the India–Bangladesh Ganga water treaty, and India's refusal to sign the CTBT.

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Key figures

H.D. Deve Gowda — became Prime Minister of the United Front government on 1 June 1996.Atal Bihari Vajpayee — BJP Prime Minister for 13 days in May 1996.P.V. Narasimha Rao — outgoing Congress Prime Minister whose party lost power after the 1996 election.Shankar Dayal Sharma — President of India during the 1996 government transitions.P. Chidambaram — Finance Minister in the United Front government.Leander Paes — Atlanta 1996 tennis bronze medallist, India's first individual Olympic medallist since 1952.

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