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Decode Politics: BJP, Congress are both talking Nishan-e-Pakistan, Morarji Desai. Here is why

May 21, 2025 8:41 pm

While BJP taunted Rahul Gandhi with it, Congress has said Janata Party leader Morarji Desai, heading a govt including Jana Sangh, remains the only Indian politician to get Pakistan’s highest award

Ben Kingsley's Gandhi crew was forbidden from eating non-vegetarian food, drinking alcohol by Morarji Desai; former PM called him 'Nakli Gandhi'

October 02, 2024 11:58 am

Former PM Morarji Desai wasn't in favour of a British man playing Mahatma Gandhi in a film; he only allowed the crew to film at a historical location after putting forward stern conditions.

1977 Lok Sabha elections: Emergency imposition, first non-Congress Govt, and a promise belied

May 17, 2024 2:47 pm

In Part 6 of our series on India’s Lok Sabha elections, we take a look at the the first elections post Emergency, where Indira Gandhi and the Congress party lost to the Janata Party coalition.

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Gujarat confidential: Remembering Desai

March 04, 2024 7:55 am

Desai is said to have served at the Vidyapith from 1948 to 1963 in one of the longest such stints and as the Vice-Chancellor and between 1963 and 1995 as the Chancellor.

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Did Morarji Desai really drink his own urine?

March 01, 2024 1:26 pm

Morarji Desai, who was prime minister of India from 1977-79, was born on February 29, 1896. We take a look at the most popular legend surrounding the man.

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Nirmala Sitharaman to equal Morarji Desai’s record with her sixth straight budget

January 26, 2024 1:55 pm

With the presentation of the interim budget on February 1, Nirmala Sitharaman will surpass the records of her predecessors like Manmohan Singh, Arun Jaitley, P Chidambaram, and Yashwant Sinha, who had presented five budgets in a row.

G20 Modi's big success, a look back at foreign policy triumphs of previous PMs: Nehru's NAM to Manmohan's n-deal

September 11, 2023 4:24 pm

Distance covered under past PMs shows how foreign policy has evolved, from non-alignment, to a swing towards USSR, to emergence as a close US ally, to now a major voice on global stage

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June 3, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Morarji Desai in CIA

June 02, 2023 11:19 pm

Former Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai received $20,000 annually during the 1960s and possibly even later from the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), according to a forthcoming book by an American investigative reporter.

#Politics | Modi praises his Emergency role as BJP pays tributes to Morarji Desai, Congress silent

February 28, 2023 4:14 pm

Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress Prime Minister after routing the Indira Gandhi-led Congress in the 1977 elections.

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Golden cure? arguments for and against urine therapy

June 08, 2022 12:10 pm

According to its supporters, urine therapy is the number one treatment for all medical ailments. Although the centuries old practice is mired in controversy, they argue, don't knock it till you try it.