Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister when the Janata Party
                rode the anti-Congress wave after the Emergency to defeat Indira
                Gandhi's party. Morarji himself was an old-time Congressman, who
                quit the party as the Deputy PM, following differences with Indira
                Gandhi. A committed Gandhian, Morarji began his political career
                by joining the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930, after quitting
                his job as a Deputy Collector of the Bombay Provincial Civil Service.
                While participating in the freedom struggle, he was jailed several
                times. Morarji was elected to several important posts in the
                Congress during the freedom struggle and became the Chief
                Minister of Bombay after the first general elections of 1952. His
                tenure was known for its efficiency and integrity. Morarji also held
                several Cabinet posts in successive Congress governments, till he
                left the party in July 1969. He became the chairman of the Indian
                National Congress (Organisation) in Parliament in November 1969.
                In 1977, India saw its first coalition come together, comprising the
                INC (O), Bharatiya Lok Dal, Bharatiya Jan Sangha and Socialist
                Party. The coalition won the elections and Morarji was made the PM.
                His government increased the Plan outlay for agriculture and threw
                out a number of foreign corporates, including Coca Cola. He had to
                ultimately resign, unable to sustain the internal contradictions of the
                coalition.

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