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Bofors Affair
History of India
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| | 1989 | Gandhi, Rajiv | |
| Allegations of corruption, known as the Bofors affair, causes Rajiv Gandhi's Congress to lose the elections |
| Rajiv Gandhi and several others are accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer |
| The case comes to light during Vishwanath Pratap Singh's tenure as Defence Minister, and is fueled by very sharp investigative journalism by Chitra Subramaniam of the newspapers The Hindu and Indian Express |
| The name of the middleman associated with the scandal is Ottavio Quattrocchi, an Italian businessman who represented the petrochemicals firm Snamprogetti, Quattrocchi is close to the family of Prime Minister Gandhi |
| 1989 | Singh, Vishwanath Pratap | |
| The case comes to light during Vishwanath Pratap Singh's tenure as Defence Minister, and is fueled by very sharp investigative journalism by Chitra Subramaniam of the newspapers The Hindu and Indian Express |
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