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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party.
May 31, 2024 · Morarji Desai (born Feb. 29, 1896, Bhadeli, Gujarat province, India—died April 10, 1995, Bombay [now Mumbai]) was the prime minister of India (1977–79), and the first leader of sovereign India not to represent the long-ruling Indian National Congress party.
Nirmala Sitharaman(left) and Morarji Desai (right). The first budget of independent India was presented by then finance minister RK Shanmugam Chetty on November 26, 1947, for ₹ 197.1 crore.
Shri Morarji Desai. March 24, 1977 - July 28, 1979 | Janata Party. Shri Morarji Desai was born on February 29, 1896 in Bhadeli village, now in the Bulsar district of Gujarat. His father was a school teacher and a strict disciplinarian.
1 day ago · India Business News: NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is poised to create history by delivering her seventh Union Budget today, surpassing the previous.
Prime Minister Morarji Desai resigned after the strength of the Janata Party in the Lok Sabha dropped, but was asked to continue until a successor was found.
2 days ago · Union Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to break the record of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai by presenting her seventh consecutive Budget on Tuesday for the fiscal year ...
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (February 29, 1896 – April 10, 1995) was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977-1979. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress. Before India's independence he served as Revenue Minister of Bombay (1937 to 1939 and in 1946.
Mar 11, 2024 · Morarji Desai presented the Union Budget for a record 10 times as Finance Minister. Despite his loyalty to the Congress party during his five-decade-long political career, in 1969 he joined party dissenters against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s rule.
May 21, 2022 · Morarji Desai, who became the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India, remained in the office for 856 days. He served as the fifth PM during 1977-79, leading the post-Emergency government led by the Janata Party.
