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Bofors scandal

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The Bofors scandal was a major political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress (Congress party) politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments who were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB, a bank principally financed by the Wallenberg family's Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, for winning a bid to supply India's 155 mm field howitzer. [1]

54 relations: Additional Solicitor General of India, Ajit Bharihoke, Argentina, Arun Shourie, Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, Bharatiya Janata Party, Bofors, Central Bureau of Investigation, Chargesheet, Chitra Subramaniam, Corruption in India, Corruption Perceptions Index, Daily News and Analysis, Delhi High Court, Extradition, First Information Report, Gopichand Hinduja, Government of India, Haubits FH77, India, Indian general election, 1989, Indian general election, 2004, Indian National Congress, Interpol, Jan Lokpal Bill, Kargil War, Kickback (bribery), Letters rogatory, List of scandals in India, N. Ram, National Democratic Alliance (India), Ottavio Quattrocchi, Outlook (magazine), Political scandal, Prakash Hinduja, Rajiv Gandhi, Rediff.com, Rent-seeking, Reuters, S. K. Bhatnagar, S. P. Hinduja, Saipem, SEB Group, Supreme Court of Argentina, Supreme Court of India, Sweden, The Hindu, The Indian Express, The Statesman (India), The Times of India, ..., V. P. Singh, Wallenberg family, Win Chadha, Yahoo! News. Expand index (4 more) »

Additional Solicitor General of India

Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as ASG is a law officer of India and is the third ranking lawyer of the Government of India.

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Ajit Bharihoke

Ajit Bharihoke is a former judge of the Delhi High Court.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Arun Shourie

Arun Shourie (born 2 November 1941) is an Indian economist, journalist, author and politician.

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Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

The assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India, occurred as a result of a suicide bombing in Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, in Tamil Nadu, India on Tuesday, 21 May 1991.

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Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (translation: Indian People's Party; BJP) is one of the two major political parties in India, along with the Indian National Congress.

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Bofors

Bofors AB is a Swedish arms manufacturer.

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Central Bureau of Investigation

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India.

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Chargesheet

A chargesheet is a preparation document of accusation prepared by law-enforcement agencies in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Chitra Subramaniam

Chitra Subramaniam Duella is an Indian journalist.

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Corruption in India

Corruption is an issue that adversely affects India's economy of central, state and local government agencies.

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Corruption Perceptions Index

Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) since 1995, annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit".

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Daily News and Analysis

Daily News and Analysis (DNA) is an Indian broadsheet newspaper launched in 2005 and published in English from Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Bengaluru and Indore in India. It is the first English broadsheet daily in India to introduce an all-colour page format. It targets a young readership and is owned and managed by Diligent Media Corporation.

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Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi (IAST: dillī uchcha nyāyālaya) was established on 31 October 1966.

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Extradition

Extradition is the act by one jurisdiction of delivering a person who has been accused of committing a crime in another jurisdiction or has been convicted of a crime in that other jurisdiction into the custody of a law enforcement agency of that other jurisdiction.

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First Information Report

A First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by police organizations in countries like Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence, or in Singapore when the police receives information about any criminal offence.

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Gopichand Hinduja

Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja (born 29 February 1940) is an Indian-born British billionaire businessman, the co-chairman of the Hinduja Group.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.

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Haubits FH77

Fälthaubits 77 (Swedish "Field Howitzer 77") or FH77 is a Swedish 155 mm howitzer.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian general election, 1989

General elections were held in India in 1989 to elect the members of the 9th Lok Sabha.

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Indian general election, 2004

Legislative elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Interpol

The International Criminal Police Organization (Organisation internationale de police criminelle; ICPO-INTERPOL), more commonly known as Interpol, is an international organization that facilitates international police cooperation.

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Jan Lokpal Bill

The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, is an anti-corruption bill drawn up by civil society activists in India seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body to investigate corruption cases.

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Kargil War

The Kargil War (करगिल युद्ध, kargil yuddh, کرگل جنگ kargil jang), also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC).

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Kickback (bribery)

A kickback is a form of negotiated bribery in which a commission is paid to the bribe-taker in exchange for services rendered.

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Letters rogatory

Letters rogatory or letters of request are a formal request from a court to a foreign court for some type of judicial assistance.

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List of scandals in India

The following is a list of alleged scams and scandals in India since independence.

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N. Ram

Narasimhan Ram (born 4 May 1945) is an Indian journalist and prominent member of the Kasturi family that controls The Hindu Group of publications.

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National Democratic Alliance (India)

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right coalition of political parties in India.

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Ottavio Quattrocchi

Ottavio Quattrocchi (1938 – 13 July 2013) was an Italian businessman who was being sought until early 2009 in India for criminal charges for acting as a conduit for bribes in the Bofors scandal.

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Outlook (magazine)

Outlook is a weekly general interest English news magazine published in India.

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Political scandal

A political scandal is an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing general public outrage.

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Prakash Hinduja

Prakash Parmanand Hinduja (born June 1945) is an Indian-born Swiss businessman, the chairman of the Hinduja Group in Europe.

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Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.

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Rediff.com

Rediff.com is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal, founded in 1996 as "Rediff On The NeT".

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Rent-seeking

In public choice theory and in economics, rent-seeking involves seeking to increase one's share of existing wealth without creating new wealth.

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Reuters

Reuters is an international news agency headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

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S. K. Bhatnagar

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S. P. Hinduja

Srichand Parmanand Hinduja (born 28 November 1935) is an Indian-born British billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.

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Saipem

Saipem S.p.A. (Società Anonima Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi) is an Italian oil and gas industry contractor.

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SEB Group

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Scandinavian Individual Bank), abbreviated SEB, is a Swedish financial group for corporate customers, institutions and private individuals with headquarters in Stockholm.

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Supreme Court of Argentina

The Nation's Supreme Court of Justice (in Spanish, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación) is the highest court of law of the Argentine Republic.

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Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal under the Constitution of India, the highest constitutional court, with the power of constitutional review.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian daily newspaper, headquartered at Chennai.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper.

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The Statesman (India)

The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1875 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar.

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The Times of India

The Times of India (TOI) is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Times Group.

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V. P. Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), was an Indian politician and government official, the 7th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990.

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Wallenberg family

The Wallenberg family is a prominent Swedish family renowned as bankers, industrialists, politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats.

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Win Chadha

Win Chadha (born 1924, d. 2001) was one of the primary figures in the Rs 640 million Bofors scandal.

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Yahoo! News

Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors_scandal

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