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Oct 2, 2021 · The story of “India’s biggest betrayal” goes back all the way to 1970s, when Morarji Desai had finally managed to fulfill his long cherished dream of becoming the PM.
After the controversial emergency was lifted in 1977, the political parties of the opposition fought together against the Congress (I), under the umbrella of the Janata Party, and won the 1977 election. Desai was elected prime minister, and became the first non-Congress prime minister of India.
Oct 31, 1989 · But even for the austere Morarji Desai, 94-year-old former prime minister of India, the verdict delivered last fortnight by a US court on his libel suit against author-journalist Seymour Hersh, must have been a disappointment.
Jul 23, 2013 · Former prime minister Morarji Desai has been called many things in his long and austere life but nothing could have prepared him for the accusation made last fortnight. American journalist Seymour Hersh, in a newly released book, charged Desai with having been a paid CIA agent.
Feb 29, 2024 · Desai on the virtues of ‘urine therapy’ Morarji Desai, during the visit, sat for an interview with journalist Dan Rather for CBS’s weekly news magazine 60 Minutes. During the interview, Desai told a rather stunned Dan Rather about his proclivity to partake in urine.
Feb 29, 2020 · Former PM Morarji Desai is credited with leading a phase of peace in India-Pakistan ties in the 1970s. But his relationship with Islamabad has evoked much controversy.
Apr 4, 1977 · Despite the austerity of his lifestyle, Prime Minister Desai is not one of the sadhu—Indian holy men who believe that it is enough to be and not to do. A shrewd political activist, he argues...
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 ...
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. Several ministers resigned and...
Jun 3, 2023 · Former Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai received $20,000 annually during the 1960s and possibly even later from the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a forthcoming book by an American investigative reporter.
