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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.
Shri Desai was himself selected to the Lok Sabha from the Surat Constituency in Gujarat. He was later unanimously elected as Leader of the Janata Party in Parliament and was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on March 24, 1977.
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.
Apr 11, 1995 · Morarji Desai, a crusty puritan who sprang from obscurity and imprisonment to become the Prime Minister of India's first non-Congress Party Government in 1977 and to usher in some of the...
Apr 30, 1995 · The man who, along with Jayaprakash Narayan, had steered a moral battle against the dreaded Emergency lived as true Gandhians did - admired, but rarely emulated; revered, yet rarely understood. It was the quintessential Morarji Desai reaction.
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.
Morarji Desai was a true Gandhian follower, social worker, institution builder, and a great reformer. He was the Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith (university established by Mahatma Gandhi). Even during his term as the Prime Minister he used to visit and stay at Vidyapith during the month of October.
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 ...
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.
Apr 9, 2022 · Morarji Desai, India's 4th Prime Minister, died 27 years ago today. After the controversial emergency was lifted in 1977, the political parties of the opposition fought together...
Dec 9, 2019 · Morarji Desai: An Administrator Par Excellence. Book review. By RAJ KANWAR. | 9 Dec 2019 12:09 PM GMT. For Dehra Dun‘s itinerant author Arvindar Singh, India’s first non-Congress Prime Minister, Morarji Desai was a hero of a sorts.
Apr 10, 2023 · Morarji Desai was a loyal Congressman in his five-decade-long political career, but in 1969 he joined party dissenters against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s rule. In 1975, Indira Gandhi declared Emergency after which Desai was arrested and detained.
The premiership of Morarji Desai extended from 24 March 1977 to 15 July 1979. In the 1977 Indian general election Morarji Desai led the Janata Party to victory against the Congress party. Upon taking office, Morarji Desai became the first Indian Prime Minister not belonging to the Congress party.
Apr 10, 2017 · Morarji Desai was the 4th Prime Minister and the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India. 3. He worked as a Home Minister in Jawahar Lal Nehru's incumbency and deputy PM and Finance Minister in Indira Gandhi's regime.
Endearingly known as Morarji Bhai Desai, Morarji Ranchhodji Desai made unmatched achievements and distinctions in the annuals of history, the most eminent being the only high-ranking statesman to receive the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan.
मोरारजी देसाई (29 फ़रवरी 1896 – 10 अप्रैल 1995) ( गुजराती: મોરારજી રણછોડજી દેસાઈ) भारत के स्वाधीनता सेनानी, राजनेता और देश के चौथे प्रधानमंत्री (सन् 1977 से 79) थे। [1] वह प्रथम प्रधानमंत्री थे जो भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस के बजाय अन्य दल से थे। वही एकमात्र व्यक्ति हैं जिन्हें भारत के सर्वोच्च सम्मान भारत रत्न एवं पाकिस्तान के सर्वोच्च सम्मान नि...
Apr 10, 2022 · Morarji Desai was known as a man of principles – one who stood ramrod straight in the ambit of Indian politics for decades. He was a Gandhian leader who suffered detention stoically both during the freedom struggle and during Indira Gandhi’s Emergency.
Sep 5, 2018 · Morarji Desai, being a fierce nationalist with anti-corruption leanings, found himself at odds with Prime Minister Nehru and his allies. He was a contender for the Premiership position, following Nehru’s failing health, but lost to Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964.
Mar 1, 2021 · Recently, the 125th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Morarji Desai was observed. He was the 4 th Prime Minister (1977-79) and the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India.
Shri Desai was himself selected to the Lok Sabha from the Surat Constituency in Gujarat. He was later unanimously elected as Leader of the Janata Party in Parliament and was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on March 24, 1977. Shri Desai and Gujraben were married in 1911.
An exclusive interview with Morarji Desai Morarj the 4th Prime Minister of India conducted shortly after his historic victory while he was on an official visit to London for the Commonwealth...
Morarji Desai, India’s first non-Congress Prime Minister was a statesman who strode tall and erect on the vast stage of India’s political life for the major part of the 99 years that he lived.
- Arvindar Singh
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was the 4th Prime Minister of India from 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979. He had played several important roles in government such as Chief Minister of Bombay State,...
