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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.
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  2. Morarji Desai was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India in 1977-1979. He was also a prominent leader of the Janata Party and a peace activist who initiated dialogue with Pakistan and China.

  3. Learn about the life and achievements of Shri Morarji Desai, who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979. He was a prominent leader of the Janata Party and a staunch advocate of democracy, socialism and austerity.

  4. Sep 20, 2024 · Learn about Morarji Desai, the first non-Congress prime minister of India (1977–79), who led the Janata Party coalition. Find out his biography, political career, and achievements and challenges.

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  5. 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...

  6. Learn about the first non-Congress prime minister of India who led the Janata Party to victory in 1977 after the Emergency. Find out his achievements, challenges and controversies in economic, political and social reforms.

  7. Apr 30, 1995 · India's first non-Congress PM Morarji Desai passes away. 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. Advertisement. UPDATED: Jun 20, 2013 19:14 IST. Morarji Desai: 1896-1995.

  8. 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 ...

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