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The Janata Morcha (People’s Front) was a coalition of Indian political parties formed in 1974 to oppose the government of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and her Congress (R) party. The coalition was an integral part of the popular movement against the Emergency rule of Indira Gandhi and the direct predecessor of the Janata Party which defeated the Congress (R) in the Indian general election 1977 to form the first non-Congress government in independent India.