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India · 2004'India Shining' upset: UPA wins, Manmohan Singh becomes PM

The 14th Lok Sabha verdict defeated the NDA's 'India Shining' campaign, bringing the Congress-led UPA to power with Manmohan Singh as India's first Sikh Prime Minister on 22 May. The year closed with the 26 December Indian Ocean tsunami devastating the southern coast and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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Key figures

Manmohan Singh — sworn in as Prime Minister on 22 May 2004; India's first Sikh Prime Minister and architect of the 1991 Sonia Gandhi — Congress/UPA chairperson who declined the premiership and chaired the National Advisory Council.Atal Bihari Vajpayee — outgoing NDA Prime Minister whose government lost the 2004 general election.A.P.J. Abdul Kalam — President of India during the transition to the UPA government.P. Chidambaram — Finance Minister who presented the 2004–05 Budget, introducing measures such as education cess and STT.Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore — shooter who won India's only Athens 2004 Olympic medal, a silver.

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