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Who was India's first Deputy Prime Minister?

  1. Sardar Vallabhai Patel

  2. Morarji Desai

  3. Choudhary Charan Singh

  4. Jagjivan Ram
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was India's first Deputy Prime Minister under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru from 1947 to 1950. He was also the first Home Minister. Morarji Desai became Deputy Prime Minister much later in 1967, Choudhary Charan Singh never held this post, and Jagjivan Ram was a cabinet minister but not Deputy PM.

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