<Tr> <Th> Signature </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Morarji Desai (29 February 1896--10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and served between 1977 and 1979 as the 4th Prime Minister of India for the government formed by the Janata Party . During his long career in politics, he held many important posts in government such as: Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of India . On the international scene, Desai holds international fame for his peace activism and made efforts to initiate peace between two rival South Asian states, Pakistan and India . After India's first nuclear explosion in 1974, Desai helped restore friendly relations with China and Pakistan, and vowed to avoid armed conflict such as Indo - Pakistani war of 1971 . He was also accused of scaling down the Indian covert operations agency, the R&AW . </P> <P> Morarji Desai was born at Bhadeli village, Bulsar district in the Bombay Presidency (now in Gujarat) on 29 February 1896, the oldest of eight children . His father was a school teacher . </P> <P> Desai underwent his primary schooling in Saurashtra The Kundla School, Savarkundla now called J.V. Modi school and later joined Bai Ava Bai High School, Valsad . After graduating from Wilson College, Mumbai, he joined the civil service in Gujarat . Desai resigned as deputy collector of Godhra in May 1930 after being found guilty of going soft on Hindus during the riots of 1927 - 28 there . </P>

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