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Q: Who among the following politicians was the Home Minister of India in Rajiv Gandhi cabinet from 1986 to 1989?
  • A. Madhavrao Scindia
  • B. Ajit Kumar Panja
  • C. Buta Singh
  • D. Ashoke Kumar Sen
Correct Answer: Option C - Buta Singh was the Union Home Minister in the Rajiv Gandhi's Cabinet from 1986 to 1989. Singh, a prominent Dalit face of the grand old party and a staunch loyalist of Rajiv Gandi, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on January 2, 2021 morning. He was at 86. Buta Singh, a quintessential politician who sailed through the most turbulent years of Indian politics with deftness and diligence, rose to national prominence in the 1980s as he was the lone Sikh face in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet in the period after the Operation Blue Star and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. He also played a role in selecting the Congress's new poll symbol "hand" after the party split in 1978.]
C. Buta Singh was the Union Home Minister in the Rajiv Gandhi's Cabinet from 1986 to 1989. Singh, a prominent Dalit face of the grand old party and a staunch loyalist of Rajiv Gandi, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on January 2, 2021 morning. He was at 86. Buta Singh, a quintessential politician who sailed through the most turbulent years of Indian politics with deftness and diligence, rose to national prominence in the 1980s as he was the lone Sikh face in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet in the period after the Operation Blue Star and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. He also played a role in selecting the Congress's new poll symbol "hand" after the party split in 1978.]

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Buta Singh was the Union Home Minister in the Rajiv Gandhi's Cabinet from 1986 to 1989. Singh, a prominent Dalit face of the grand old party and a staunch loyalist of Rajiv Gandi, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on January 2, 2021 morning. He was at 86. Buta Singh, a quintessential politician who sailed through the most turbulent years of Indian politics with deftness and diligence, rose to national prominence in the 1980s as he was the lone Sikh face in the Rajiv Gandhi cabinet in the period after the Operation Blue Star and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. He also played a role in selecting the Congress's new poll symbol "hand" after the party split in 1978.]