Draupadi as humiliated in Virata's durbar by Kichaka

Virata (Sanskrit: विराट), in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, was a king in whose court the Pandavas spent a year in concealment during their exile. Virata was married to Queen Sudeshna and was the father of Prince Uttara and Princess Uttarā, who married Abhimanyu son of Arjuna. Their son Parikshit succeeded Yudhisthira to the throne of Hastinapura, after the war of Mahabharata.^[1]. He finally gets killed by Drona during the Great war of Kurukshetra along with his three sons, named Uttara, Shveta and Shankha.

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• Virata Kingdom

References[link]

• Swami Ramsukhdas: Shrimad Bhagvadgita - Sadhaka-Sanjivani, translated into English by S.C. Vaishya, Gita Press Gorakhpur, ISBN 81-293-0063-X

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Cesar Virata
4th Prime Minister of the Philippines
In office June 30, 1981 – February 25, 1986
President	Ferdinand Marcos
Deputy	Jose Roño
Preceded by	Ferdinand Marcos
Succeeded by	Salvador Laurel
2nd Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority
In office 1981–1986
Preceded by	Gerardo Sicat
Succeeded by	Winnie Monsod
Secretary of Finance
In office February 9, 1970 – March 3, 1986
Preceded by	Eduardo Romualdez
Succeeded by	Jaime Ongpin
Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Cavite
In office June 30, 1984 – March 25, 1986 Served with: Helena C. Benitez Renato P. Dragon
Mambabatas Pambansa (Assemblyman) from Region IV
In office June 12, 1978 – June 5, 1984
Personal details
Born	(1930-12-12) December 12, 1930 (age 81) Manila, Philippines
Political party	Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (1978–1986)
Religion	Iglesia Filipina Independiente

Cesar Enrique Aguinaldo Virata (b. December 12, 1930) is a former Prime Minister of the Philippines^[1] from 1981-1986 under the Interim Batasang Pambansa and the Regular Batasang Pambansa. One of the Philippines' business leaders and leading technocrats, he served as Finance Minister from 1970 during the Marcos regime and also through election became Prime Minister in 1981. He concurrently was Finance Minister throughout the 80's. He is the grandnephew of the first Philippine President, Emilio Aguinaldo.

He had a term as Minister of Finance from 1970 to 1986. It was during this time that the Philippines became economically strong through healthy trade and budgetary surpluses. However, other studies show budgetary deficits during the same period (PIDS, Budget Deficits, 2004, 4(1)), particularly during the later years of the Marcos regime. These deficits were precipitated by the oil crises' and the mass protests against the Marcos regime (supported by the international financial community) following the assassination of opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr.

He was replaced as prime minister, eventually through revolution, by Salvador Laurel. Laurel became the Prime Minister on February 25, 1986, through the appointment of Corazon Aquino. The position was abolished one month later by Proclamation No. 3 of Aquino, and confirmed later by the 1987 Constitution.

He is married to Phylita Joy Gamboa, a popular stage actress, and has three children: Steven Cesar, a businessman, Gillian Joyce, an international policy analyst, and Michael Dean, a doctor specializing in infectious diseases. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Virata is also an accomplished tennis player.

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• Prime Minister of the Philippines
• National Economic and Development Authority (Prime Minister was also the head of the NEDA)

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