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When PM Morarji Desai went to work with three ribs broken after surviving plane crash in Assam

New Delhi: Not many people know much about the life and times of India's first non-Congress prime minister Morarji Desai, the great son of Valsad, Gujarat. His great grandson Madhukeshwar Desai is the son of

India TV News Desk Published : Mar 28, 2013 14:31 IST, Updated : Mar 29, 2013 6:24 IST


In an article, Madhukeshwar describes how the Prime Minister of India who survived an air crash in Assam in 1978, went about with his normal work, and it was two days later, it was found that he had bad bruises on his chest.

Writes Madhukeshwar in the newspaper DNA: "In 1978, his aircraft crashed in the forests of Assam. The pilots died on the spot, my grandfather Kantibhai's leg was hanging by a few ligaments. After being rescued, he addressed the nation, attended parliament, and continued his work.
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