Morarji Desai

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was a former Prime Minister of India and an Indian independence activist.

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was born on February 29, 1896 and died on April 10, 1995.

He was the first non-Congress Party Prime Minister of India. He is the world`s oldest person to become prime minister. He is the only Indian to receive the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan, namely the Bharat Ratna and Nishaan-e-Pakistan.

Since India's first nuclear test in 1974, Desai kept India's nuclear reactors stating "they will never be used for atomic bombs, and I will see to it if I can help it".

Morarji Desai was a practitioner of urine therapy.

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Date added : September 26th, 2009