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From land reforms to pollution, we must reclaim Chaudhary Charan Singh's political philosophy
December 23, 2025 12:53 pm
From agrarian reform and rural–urban inequality to social justice and sustainability, Charan Singh’s ideas offer urgent lessons for contemporary India
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.
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.
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.
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
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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