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Morarji Desai

Gandhian who became India’s Prime Minister

His routine during this period of detention displays his sense of detachment and stoic acceptance of the circumstances as they were. He operated his spinning wheel, did yoga, went for walks and did some reading and writing.

A Gandhian Prime Minister

On assumption of office as Prime Minister after the nightmarish 19 months of the emergency in 1977, Morarji set forth to establish the rule of law and fortify the democratic spirit of the constitution by enacting the 44th Amendment which made the imposition of a similar emergency virtually impossible.

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