| Names |
MORARJI DESAI |
| Date of
Birth |
February 29, 1896
– Bhadeli, Valsad, Gujarat, India. |
| Date of
Death |
April 10, 1995
– New Delhi, India. |
| Identity |
Indian independence
activist and politician |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1924: He left the civil
service of the British government.
- 1930: He joined the civil
disobedience movement led by Mahatma Gandhi against British
rule in India.
- March 13, 1958: He became
the Minister of Finance of India.
- August 29, 1963: He retired
as the Minister of Finance of India.
- March 13, 1967: He became
the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister as also the Minister of
Finance of India.
- July 16, 1969: He retired
as the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister as also the Minister of
Finance of India.
- March 12, 1975: Morarji
Desai went on indefinite hunger strike on this day to
support Nav Nirman movement of Gujarat.
- March 24, 1977: On this day, he
became the Prime Minsiter and formed India's first
non-Congress Central Government.
- July 01, 1978: He became
the Minister of Home Affairs of India.
- July 28, 1979: He retired
as the 4th Prime Minister of India.
- July 28, 1979: He retired
as the Minister of Home Affairs of India.
- 1979: Raj Narain and Charan
Singh pulled out of the Janata Party, forcing Desai to
resign from office and retire from politics at the age of
83.
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| General |
- He was also the first Prime Minister to head the
India's first non-Congress Government.
- He earned considerable international fame for his peace
activism and made notable efforts to initiate peace between
two-rival South Asian states, Pakistan and India.
- After India's first nuclear explosion in 1974, Smiling
Buddha, Desai helped restore friendly relations with China
and Pakistan, and vowed to avoid armed conflict.
- He the only Indian national to be conferred with
Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, which
was honoured to him by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990
in a colourful ceremony.
- After graduating from Wilson College, Mumbai, he joined
the civil service in Gujarat.
- Soon he became an important leader of the Indian
National Congress in Gujarat.
- His government undid many amendments made to the
constitution during emergency and made it difficult for any
future government to impose national emergency.
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