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Who was the first non-congress Prime minister of India ?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Morarji Desai
C. Jawaharlal Nehru
D. None of these

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Hint: These leaders of the nation were involved in politics during the Pre-Independence period.The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive of the Government of India.

Complete answer:
(A) Gandhi who was the father of our nation's first political agitations in India involved Champaran,Ahmedabad and Kheda Struggles. All these were local level agitations and gave gandhi the reputation of a man who works at the grass root level. These agitations also successfully tested his techniques on the Indian soil. An Indian lawyer who assumed the leadership of Indian National Congress in 1921 and led nationwide campaigns for easing poverty, expanding women's rights, building religious and ethnic amity, ending untouchability, and above all for achieving Swaraj or self-rule
(B) Morarji Desai was the first non congress PM of India, elected by the newly formed Janta party,which won massively after emergency in 1977. Even though he was an old congressman ,minister under Nehru,Lal Bahadur ,and Indira Gandhi he was made P M,under the banner of Janta Party. Jan Sangh,Lok Dal,old Congress were all under the Janta banner which won the election
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian Independence activist and subsequently the first prime minister of India as well as a central figure in Indian politics both before and after Independence. He became the prominent leader of the left-wing factions of the Indian National Congress during the 1920s, and eventually of the entire Congress, with the tacit approval of his mentor, Mahatma Gandhi.
(D) This cannot be the option based on the previous options explanations.

Hence the correct answer is option B.

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