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Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of Independent India? -

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Question

Who was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of Independent India? 

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  • Morarji Desai

  • Atal Bihari Bajpayee

  • Charan Singh

  • V.P. Singh

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Solution

Morarji Desai

Explanation:

The Janata Party GNP (People's Party) was an amalgamation of Indian political groups opposing the Emergency imposed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of the Indian National Congress between 1975 and 1977. The party beat the Congress in the 1977 general election, and Janata leader Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress prime minister in the history of independent modern India.  

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