When was a non-Congress government formed at the Center in India?

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Answer 1

The correct answer is 1977.

Key Points

The First non-Congress government formed at the Center in India in the year of 1977 led by Janta Dal.
Morarji Desai of Janata Party was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India.
He was the 4th PM (1977-1979) of India.
He was the second deputy prime minister of India.
He is the only Indian who received the highest civilian awards from both India and Pakistan, the Bharat Ratna and Nishaan-e-Pakistan.

Additional Information

Janata Party was established as a coalition of political parties in India that fought the Emergency that the Indian National Congress's Prime Minister Indira Gandhi imposed from 1975 till 1977.
In 1979, Prime Minister Morarji Desai was forced to resign and his successor Chaudhary Charan Singh failed to sustain a parliamentary majority.
In 1977, Janata party had won a sweeping victory, securing 43.2% of the popular vote and 271 seats.
With the Congress for Democracy and the Akali Dal on its side, it had accumulated an absolute majority of 345 seats, or two thirds.