Janata Morcha

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The Janata Morcha ("People's Front") was a coalition of <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">Indian</a> political parties formed in 1974 to oppose the government of <a href="/facts/Indian_Prime_Minister/htYDwX0a">Indian Prime Minister</a> <a href="/facts/Indira_Gandhi/6oq6fUpR">Indira Gandhi</a> and her <a href="/facts/Indian_National_Congress/Im1gQksb">Congress (R)</a> party. The coalition was an integral part of the popular movement against the <a href="/facts/Indian_Emergency/qjzcaWyr">Emergency rule</a> of Indira Gandhi and the direct predecessor of the <a href="/facts/Janata_Party/1NAUzKdV">Janata Party</a>, which defeated the Congress (R) in the <a href="/facts/1977_Indian_general_election/QMazNa11">1977 Indian general election</a> to form the first non-Congress government in independent India. It was formed by <a href="/facts/Jayaprakash_Narayan/XjS2oPDd">Jayaprakash Narayan</a> and <a href="/facts/Morarji_Desai/Cbcp4YFS">Morarji Desai</a>, chief of the main opposition <a href="/facts/Indian_National_Congress_(Organisation)/exSD6SHK">Congress (O)</a> party.
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Janata Morcha