Chandra Shekhar
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Chandra Shekhar was an Indian politician who briefly served as the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1990 to 1991.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chandra Shekhar canonical | 10 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6254496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chandra Shekhar Context triple: [Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency), representedBy, Chandra Shekhar]
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A.
Chaudhary Charan Singh
Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of India and was known for his advocacy of farmers’ rights and agrarian reforms.
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B.
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
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C.
V. P. Singh
V. P. Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of India and was known for implementing the Mandal Commission recommendations on reservations for backward classes.
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D.
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma was an Indian politician who served as the ninth President of India from 1992 to 1997.
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E.
Giani Zail Singh
Giani Zail Singh was an Indian politician who served as the seventh President of India and was previously the country's Home Minister and Chief Minister of Punjab.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chandra Shekhar Target entity description: Chandra Shekhar was an Indian politician who briefly served as the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1990 to 1991.
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A.
Chaudhary Charan Singh
Chaudhary Charan Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of India and was known for his advocacy of farmers’ rights and agrarian reforms.
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B.
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.
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C.
V. P. Singh
V. P. Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 7th Prime Minister of India and was known for implementing the Mandal Commission recommendations on reservations for backward classes.
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D.
Shankar Dayal Sharma
Shankar Dayal Sharma was an Indian politician who served as the ninth President of India from 1992 to 1997.
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E.
Giani Zail Singh
Giani Zail Singh was an Indian politician who served as the seventh President of India and was previously the country's Home Minister and Chief Minister of Punjab.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (25)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian politician
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| endTime | 1991 ⓘ |
| familyName | Shekhar ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Chandra ⓘ |
| ideology | socialism ⓘ |
| memberOf | Lok Sabha ⓘ |
| movement | Indian socialist movement ⓘ |
| name | Chandra Shekhar ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Hindi ⓘ |
| notableFor | serving as 8th Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
| notableWork | role in Indian coalition politics of early 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| officeContested | Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
| ordinalInOffice | 8 ⓘ |
| politicalParty |
Janata Dal
ⓘ
Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
ⓘ
Prime Minister of India ⓘ |
| precededBy | Vishwanath Pratap Singh ⓘ |
| residence |
New Delhi
ⓘ
linked to:
New Delhi, India
|
| startTime | 1990 ⓘ |
| succeededBy | P. V. Narasimha Rao ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Chandra Shekhar Description of subject: Chandra Shekhar was an Indian politician who briefly served as the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1990 to 1991.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.