Morarji Desai
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When former PM Morarji Desai miraculously escaped unhurt from a plane crash in Assam's Jorhat
India | Jan 28, 2026, 04:05 PM ISTMorarji Desai narrowly escaped death in a dramatic plane crash on November 4, 1977, when an aircraft carrying him crash-landed in a remote paddy field in Assam’s Jorhat district.
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Who was the only Indian to receive both Bharat Ratna and Nishan-e-Pakistan? Details
India | Apr 10, 2025, 12:39 PM ISTMorarji Desai holds the rare distinction of being the only Indian to have received both the Bharat Ratna and the Nishan-e-Pakistan—the highest civilian honours of India and Pakistan, respectively. He was conferred the Nishan-e-Pakistan in 1990 and the Bharat Ratna in 1991.
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Budget 2024: FM Nirmala Sitharaman to break former PM Morarji Desai's record | Here's how
Budget | Jul 22, 2024, 11:48 AM ISTBudget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget on July 23, marking the first comprehensive budget since the BJP-led NDA government won a third consecutive term earlier this year.
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Halwa ceremony marks final stage of Budget preperation process at North Block | WATCH
Budget | Jul 16, 2024, 07:07 PM ISTThe Halwa ceremony at North Block marked the final stages of preparing Budget 2024-25, attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other officials. This traditional event symbolizes the commencement of a lockdown within the finance ministry until the budget's parliamentary presentation.
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Surat Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 29, 2024, 11:37 PM ISTSurat Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Darshana Vikram Jardosh has been representing the Surat constituency since 2009. The seat is a BJP bastion as the party has not lost a single election since 1989.
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Morarji Desai Birth Anniversary: Remembering a revolutionary force in Indian politics
News | Feb 29, 2024, 09:27 AM ISTMorarji Desai, a prominent figure in Indian politics, left an indelible mark on the nation's history. Born on February 29, 1896, Desai was India's fourth Prime Minister, serving from 1977 to 1979. On his birth anniversary, we have a look at his political career and journey.
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Nirmala Sitharaman to present her sixth straight budget, equals record of former PM Morarji Desai
Business | Feb 01, 2024, 10:44 AM ISTUnion Budget 2024: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is the first full-time woman finance minister in India and has presented five full budgets since July 2019.
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Budget 2023: A look at India's longest-serving finance ministers
Budget | Jan 20, 2023, 12:37 PM ISTFormer Finance Minister Morarji Desai has presented the most number of budgets in India's history. The other notable finance ministers such as P. Chidambaram, Yashwant Sinha, and the current finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, have also presented multiple budgets in India's history.
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PM Modi pays homage to Morarji Desai, says he made extensive efforts to make India more prosperous
India | Feb 28, 2022, 08:19 AM ISTPM Modi also said that Desai always emphasised probity in public life. Desai was the first leader to head a non-Congress government at the Centre.
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Netaji files: Morarji Desai had raised questions on death
National | Apr 29, 2016, 07:04 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Indian prime minister Morarji Desai had raised questions about the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1977, the newly released declassified files pertaining to Netaji revealed on Friday. The third cache
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Goa Governor renews vows with husband
India | Nov 17, 2014, 10:40 AM ISTPanaji: Goa Governor Mridula Sinha renewed her wedding vows with husband Dr Ram Kripal Sinha in a couple blessing ceremony here almost 56 years after their marriage.“Governor Mridula Sinha exchanged garlands with her husband at
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RBI being shifted to Delhi, says Congress minister
National | Sep 24, 2014, 07:11 PM ISTMumbai: Senior Maharashtra Congress leader Narayan Rane Wednesday accused the Centre of planning to shift the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to New Delhi and dilute Mumbai's status as the country's commercial capital.Rane, who is
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When Morarji Desai objected to "fake" Gandhi....
National | Aug 26, 2014, 03:15 PM ISTPune: It was not a smooth sailing for legendary British filmmaker Richard Attenborough, who made the epic movie ‘Gandhi', when he sought permission to shoot scenes relating to last days of Kasturba spent at the
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Decision to appoint Manmohan Singh as FM in 1991 came 'out of the blue': Daman Singh
National | Aug 18, 2014, 04:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Woken up from his sleep to be informed of the “out of the blue” decision of his appointment as India's Finance Minister in 1991, Dr Manmohan Singh was jokingly told by Prime Minister
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Emergency 'worst chapter' of Indian democracy: Jaitley
National | Jun 26, 2014, 03:37 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday described the Emergency rule of 1975-77, proclaimed on this day in 1975, as the "worst post-independence chapter" of Indian democracy."The Emergency displayed the weakness of the Indian constitutional
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Know how Morarji Desai botched up RAW's most daring plan, Operation Kahuta
India | May 16, 2014, 07:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's external intelligence agency launched Operation Kahuta in 1977 to infiltrate into Pakistan's atomic energy installations. Operation Kahuta is regarded by many as one of the most
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When PM Morarji Desai went to work with three ribs broken after surviving plane crash in Assam
National | Mar 29, 2013, 06:24 AM ISTNew Delhi: Not many people know much about the life and times of India's first non-Congress prime minister Morarji Desai, the great son of Valsad, Gujarat. His great grandson Madhukeshwar Desai is the son of