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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.
3 days ago · Budget 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman to make history by surpassing Morarji Desai's Budget presentation record. TOI Business Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Jul 23, 2024, 08:30 IST. Share. AA + Text Size.
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...
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.
