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Morarji Desai

1896 - 1995

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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of India. Following the death of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Desai was a strong contender for the position of Prime Minister, only to be defeated by Indira Gandhi in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morarji Desai has received more than 5,426,941 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Morarji Desai is the 6,285th most popular politician (down from 5,402nd in 2019), the 207th most popular biography from India (down from 166th in 2019) and the 64th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Morarji Desai ranks 6,285 out of 19,576. Before him are Cleph, Sisygambis, Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Mariamne I, Hong Tianguifu, and Mary Robinson. After him are Al-Qa'im, Emperor Gong of Jin, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Nikolay Pavlovich Ignatyev, At-Ta'i, and Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Morarji Desai ranks 80. Before him are Henri de Lubac, Wolf-Heinrich Graf von Helldorff, Jorge Alessandri, Mark W. Clark, Fayzulla Khodzhayev, and Boris Skossyreff. After him are Aspasia Manos, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ruth Gordon, Mao Dun, Ludwik Fleck, and Pavel Alexandrov. Among people deceased in 1995, Morarji Desai ranks 75. Before him are Heiner Müller, Krešimir Ćosić, Yves Congar, Takeo Fukuda, Chen Yun, and Eileen Chang. After him are Gabriel Urgebadze, Joseph Needham, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Clair Cameron Patterson, Alexander Godunov, and Sicco Mansholt.

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In India

Among people born in India, Morarji Desai ranks 207 out of 1,861. Before him are Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), Thiruvalluvar (350), Feroze Gandhi (1912), Ram Narayan (1927), Guru Angad (1504), and Parshvanatha (-872). After him are Charan Singh (1902), Tarabai (1675), Rajesh Khanna (1942), Śāntarakṣita (725), Khudiram Bose (1889), and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Morarji Desai ranks 64. Before him are Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), and Feroze Gandhi (1912). After him are Charan Singh (1902), Tarabai (1675), Ibrahim Lodi (1450), Rajendra Chola I (1000), Rani Durgavati (1524), and Nizamuddin Auliya (1238).

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