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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. [1]
Desai was elected prime minister, and became the first non-Congress prime minister of India. Desai was the second and the last prime minister to have been born in the nineteenth century.
Sep 5, 2018 · In 1978, when Morarji Desai got elected into Premiership, the government of India issued demonetisation of 1000, 5000 and 10000 rupee notes in a bid to combat corruption and black money. Back then, a Rs.1000 note could buy about 5 square feet of real estate space in south Bombay.
Sep 20, 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.
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Apr 24, 2022 · On the 45th anniversary of the first non-Congress government, Ravi Visvesvaraya Sharada Prasad describes the political intrigue, deals and treacheries of March 1977 that saw Morarji Desai become prime minister, outwitting Jagjivan Ram, Charan Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, each of whom had more MPs supporting them.
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.
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 .
