Former defence minister George Fernandes today breathed his last at the age of 88 years. Known to be a socialist icon, and who was a Vajpayee-era minister, he held several ministerial portfolios including communications, industry, railways, and defence.
Fernandes served as the Defence Minister of India in both the second and third National Democratic Alliance governments (1998–2004). It was during his tenure as the defence minister, that the Kargil war over Kashmir broke out between India and Pakistan in 1999.
George Fernandes was born on 3 June 1930 to John Joseph Fernandes and Alice Martha Fernandes to a Mangalorean Catholic family. The eldest of six children, his siblings are Lawrence, Michael, Paul, Aloysius, and Richard.
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