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Bofors scandal

Index Bofors scandal

The Bofors scandal was a major weapons-contract political scandal that occurred between India and Sweden during the 1980s and 1990s, initiated by Indian National Congress politicians and implicating the Indian prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, and several other members of the Indian and Swedish governments. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 82 relations: A Feast of Vultures, Additional Solicitor General of India, Ajit Bharihoke, Amitabh Bachchan, Argentina, Arun Jaitley, Arun Shourie, Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Banking in Switzerland, Bharatiya Janata Party, Blacklisting, Bofors, Bribery, British people, British Raj, Central Bureau of Investigation, Chargesheet, Chitra Subramaniam, Corruption in India, Corruption Perceptions Index, Daily News and Analysis, Delhi High Court, Extradition, FH70, First information report, GC-45 howitzer, Gopichand Hinduja, Government of India, Government of the United Kingdom, Haubits FH77, India, Indian National Congress, Interpol, Italians, Jan Lokpal Bill, Jeep scandal case, Kargil War, Kickback (bribery), Letters rogatory, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, List of scandals in India, M198 howitzer, Manohar Parrikar, Milan, Motion to quash, Myocardial infarction, N. Ram, Narendra Modi, National Democratic Alliance, ... Expand index (32 more) »

  2. 1987 in India
  3. 1987 in Sweden
  4. 1987 in international relations
  5. 1987 scandals
  6. 1990s in Indian politics
  7. Bofors
  8. Bribery scandals
  9. Corruption in defence procurement in India
  10. India–Sweden relations
  11. Indian military scandals
  12. Political scandals in Sweden
  13. Rajiv Gandhi administration

A Feast of Vultures

A Feast of Vultures: The Hidden Business of Democracy in India is a 2016 book by Indian investigative journalist Josy Joseph.

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Additional Solicitor General of India

Additional Solicitor General of India abbreviated as Addl.

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Ajit Bharihoke

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

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Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan (born Amitabh Srivastava; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley (28 December 1952 – 24 August 2019) was an Indian politician and attorney.

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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 in Tamil Nadu, India on 21 May 1991.

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician and poet who served three terms as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004.

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Banking in Switzerland

Banking in Switzerland dates to the early 18th century through Switzerland's merchant trade and has, over the centuries, grown into a complex, regulated, and international industry.

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Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress.

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Blacklisting

Blacklisting is the action of a group or authority compiling a blacklist of people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list; if people are on a blacklist, then they are considered to have done something wrong, or they are considered to be untrustworthy.

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Bofors

AB Bofors is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems.

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Bribery

Bribery is the offering, giving, receiving, or soliciting of any item of value to influence the actions of an official, or other person, in charge of a public or legal duty and to incline the individual to act contrary to their duty and the known rules of honesty and integrity.

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British people

British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.

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British Raj

The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.

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Central Bureau of Investigation

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

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Chargesheet

In policing on the Indian subcontinent, a chargesheet is prepared after first information reports (FIRs), and charges an individual for (some or all of) the crimes specified in those reports.

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Chitra Subramaniam

Chitra Subramaniam Duella (born 5 April 1958) is an Indian journalist.

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Corruption in India

Corruption in India is an issue which affects economy of central, state, and local government agencies.

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Corruption Perceptions Index

The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is an index that scores and ranks countries by their perceived levels of public sector corruption, as assessed by experts and business executives.

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Daily News and Analysis

The Daily News and Analysis, abbreviated as DNA, is a Hindi-language news program on Zee news that was earlier a newspaper with multiple local city editions across India.

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Delhi High Court

The High Court of Delhi (दिल्ली उच्च न्यायालय; IAST: dillī uchcha nyāyālaya) was established on 31 October 1966, through the Delhi High Court Act, 1966. It is the highest court performing judicial functions in the NCT of Delhi at the State level.

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Extradition

In an extradition, one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, into the custody of the other's law enforcement.

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FH70

The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer used by several nations.

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First information report

A first information report (FIR) is a document prepared by police organisations in many South and Southeast Asian countries, including Myanmar, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, when they receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence, or in Singapore when the police receive information about any criminal offence.

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GC-45 howitzer

The GC-45 (Gun, Canada, 45-calibre) is a 155 mm howitzer designed by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation (SRC) in the 1970s.

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Gopichand Hinduja

Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja (born 29 January 1940) is an Indian-British billionaire businessman controlling the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Government of the United Kingdom

The Government of the United Kingdom (formally His Majesty's Government, abbreviated to HM Government) is the central executive authority of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Haubits FH77

Fälthaubits 77 or FH77 is a Swedish 155 mm howitzer, developed and manufactured by Bofors.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian National Congress

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Interpol

The International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL (abbreviated as ICPO–INTERPOL), commonly known as Interpol (stylized in allcaps), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and crime control.

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Italians

Italians (italiani) are an ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region.

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Jan Lokpal Bill

The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, was a bill drawn up by civil society activists in India seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body to investigate corruption cases and complete the investigation within a year for envisaging trial in the case getting completed within one year.

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Jeep scandal case

The jeep scandal case allegedly took place in 1948 when V.K. Krishna Menon, the Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, ignored protocols and signed a Rs 80 lakh contract for the purchase of army jeeps with a foreign firm. Bofors scandal and jeep scandal case are corruption in defence procurement in India.

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Kargil War

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was fought between India and Pakistan from May to July 1999 in the Kargil district of Ladakh (erstwhile Jammu and 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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Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; translit, translit; also known as the Tamil Tigers) was a Tamil militant organization that was based in the northern and eastern Sri Lanka.

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List of scandals in India

The following is a list of proven scandals in India since independence, including political, financial and corporate scandals.

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M198 howitzer

The M198 is a medium-sized, towed 155 mm artillery piece, developed for service with the United States Army and Marine Corps.

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Manohar Parrikar

Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death.

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Milan

Milan (Milano) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, and the second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome.

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Motion to quash

A motion to quash is a request to a court or other tribunal to render a previous decision or proceeding null or invalid.

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Myocardial infarction

A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.

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N. Ram

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

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Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the current Prime Minister of India since 26 May 2014.

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National Democratic Alliance

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA; ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Lokatāṁtrika Gaṭhabaṁdhana) is a right-wing Indian political alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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National Police Commissioner (Sweden)

The National Police Commissioner of Sweden (rikspolischef) is the head of the Swedish Police Authority, appointed by the Government, responsible for all activities of the police.

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NSE co-location scam

The NSE co-location scam relates to the market manipulation at the National Stock Exchange of India, India's leading stock exchange. Bofors scandal and NSE co-location scam are Confidence tricks, Cover-ups and criminal investigation.

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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 (Indian magazine)

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

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Pakistan

Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.

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Passport

A passport is an official travel document issued by a government that certifies a person's identity and nationality for international travel.

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Political scandal

In politics, 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 whose family is from the Sindh region.

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Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Gandhi (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991) was an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989. Bofors scandal and Rajiv Gandhi are Rajiv Gandhi administration.

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Rediff.com

Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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S. K. Bhatnagar

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S. P. Hinduja

Srichand Parmanand Hinduja (28 November 1935 – 17 May 2023) was an Indian-born British billionaire businessman.

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Saipem

Saipem S.p.A. (Società Azionaria Italiana Perforazioni E Montaggi lit. Drilling and Assembly Italian Public Limited Company) is an Italian multinational oilfield services company and one of the largest in the world.

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SEB Group

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, abbreviated SEB, is a Swedish bank headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Shishumar-class submarine

The Shishumar-class submarines are diesel-electric attack submarines, currently in active service with the Indian Navy.

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Supreme Court of Argentina

The Supreme Court of Argentina (Corte Suprema de Argentina), officially known as the Supreme Court of Justice of the Argentine Nation (Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina, CSJN), is the highest court of law of the Argentine Republic.

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Supreme Court of India

The Supreme Court of India (ISO: Bhārata kā Sarvōcca Nyāyālaya) is the supreme judicial authority and the highest court of the Republic of India.

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Sveriges Radio

Sveriges Radio AB ("Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio broadcaster.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The Indian Express

The Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932 by Ramnath Goenka with an investment by capitalist partner Raja Mohan Prasad.

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The Statesman (India)

The Statesman is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper founded in 1818 and published simultaneously in Kolkata, New Delhi, Siliguri and Bhubaneswar.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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TRF1

The TRF1, originally known as GIAT 155 mm Tracté (TR) is a 155mm French towed howitzer produced by Nexter (ex Giat Industries) and used by the French Army.

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V. P. Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008), shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.

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Wallenberg family

The Wallenberg family is a prominent Swedish family renowned as bankers, industrialists, politicians, bureaucrats and diplomats, present in most large Swedish industrial groups, like Ericsson, Electrolux, ABB, SAS Group, SKF, AIK, Atlas Copco, Saab AB, and more.

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Whistleblowing

Whistleblowing (also whistle-blowing or whistle blowing) is the activity of a person, often an employee, revealing information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent.

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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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1989 Indian general election

General elections were held in India on 22 and 26 November 1989 to elect the members of the ninth Lok Sabha.

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1992 Indian stock market scam

The 1992 Indian stock market scam was a market manipulation carried out by Harshad Shantilal Mehta with other bankers and politicians on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Bofors scandal and 1992 Indian stock market scam are Confidence tricks, Cover-ups and criminal investigation.

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2004 Indian general election

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

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See also

1987 in India

1987 in Sweden

1987 in international relations

1987 scandals

1990s in Indian politics

Bofors

Bribery scandals

Corruption in defence procurement in India

India–Sweden relations

Indian military scandals

Political scandals in Sweden

Rajiv Gandhi administration

References

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

Also known as Bofors Case, Bofors arms deal scandal, Bofors controversy, Bofors scam, The Bofors scandal, Win Chadha.

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