the establishment of the Amul Cooperative movement. During his rule, he withdrew intervention in Public Distribution System and rationing shops were literally lost due to cheap sugar and oil available in the market. Personal life Desai married Gujraben in 1911, at the age of 15. Gujraben lived to see her husband becoming Prime Minister. Out of his five children, only three survived infancy. Desai's three surviving children were: his daughters Virumati, Indu and his son Kantilal. Virumati, who was married to Ramanlal Desai, died in early 2000s. Indu, a medical student died in 1953. Kantilal Desai, who was married to Padma Kirloskar, died in 2014. Desai has two grandsons, through his son Kantilal; Bharat Desai and Jagdeep Desai, and one granddaughter; Varsha Desai Naik. One of Desai's great-grandsons, Madhukeshwar Desai is currently the National Vice-President of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of the BJP. Madhukeshwar is married to Sneha Menon, a celebrity talkshow host. Of Desai's great-grandaughters; Kalayani is a celebrity stylist and designer, Disha is a Harvard-graduate Lawyer and Sanghavi is a social worker and benefactor for several noted charities. Another of Desai's great-grandsons, Vishaal Desai is a writer and filmmaker. Desai, a longtime practitioner of 'urine therapy', spoke in 1978 to Dan Rather on 60 Minutes about the benefits of drinking urine. He also attributed his longevity to drinking urine. In popular culture Morarji, an Indian television series about the life of Desai from his days as an independence activist till his tenure as prime minister, aired on the national public broadcaster Doordarshan's DD National channel. The Films Division of India made For Peace and Friendship, a 1978 short documentary film directed by C. Ramani about Desai's campaign for nuclear disarmament. Govind Namdeo appeared as Desai in the 2019 conspiracy thriller film The Gandhi Murder, by Karim Traïdia and Pankaj Sehgal, which explores a British abetment in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.Pradhanmantri'' (), a 2013 Indian docudrama television series which aired on ABP News and covers the various policies and political tenures of Indian PMs, dedicated the thirteenth episode – "Story of Morarji Desai and Janata Party" – to his term as the country's leader. Notes References External links 1896 births 1995 deaths India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1977–1979 Desai administration Gujarati people Janata Party politicians Prime Ministers of India Indian Deputy Prime Ministers Recipients of