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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. Listen to Story. Advertisement. UPDATED: Jun 20, 2013 19:14 IST.
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.
