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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. On the international scene, Desai holds international fame for his peace activism and created efforts to initiate peace between India and rival Pakistan. [3]
Nishan-e-Pakistan (Urdu: نشانِ پاکستان, lit. ' Grand Cross of the Order of Pakistan ') is the highest civilian award of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan . [ 2 ] It is awarded to "those who have rendered services of highest distinction" to the national interest of Pakistan.
Mahadev Desai: Politics: Meghnad Desai: Politics: Morarji Desai: Politics: Indian Prime Minister who got highest civilization award (Bharat Ratna, Nishan-e-Pakistan from India and Pakistan respectively) Savjibhai Korat: Politics: Shyamji Krishna Varma: Politics: Suresh Mehta: Politics: Vithalbhai Patel: Politics: Gitaben Rathva: Politics ...
Morarji Desai: Gujarat: 1896-1995 Desai was an independence activist and politician, who served as the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979 and was the first to be not from the Indian National Congress. [59] He was also awarded the Nishan-e-Pakistan, the second highest civilian award given by the Government of Pakistan. [141]
He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1972 in the field of shooting. [6] ... Morarji Desai, ... 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan, the Morvi dam disaster and other natural ...
The Morarji Desai ministry was formed on 24 March 1977 following 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.
Gulzarilal Nanda (4 July 1898 – 15 January 1998) [1] [2] was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues.He was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively.
Prime Minister Morarji Desai and the Minister of External Affairs Atal Bihari Vajpayee began significant changes in India's foreign policy, moving away from the course adopted by Indira's government. Both Pakistan and China had celebrated the ouster of Indira Gandhi, who had preserved a hardline stance against India's rival neighbors.