The NDA government lasted for its full term of five years till 2004, the only non-Congress government to do so.
March - The first non-Congress government sweeps to power following Indira Gandhi's defeat at the general elections.
Eventually, on Feb. 23, a non-Congress (I) government was sworn in for the first time in 10 years.
He set up a party called the Jana Congress, which formed the first non-Congress government in U.P. and ruled for over a year.
The following Congress and non-Congress governments showed no interest in the autonomy despite making politically correct noises about autonomy.
He was successful in bringing leaders of different political backgrounds on one platform to give Uttar Pradesh its first non-Congress government.
He lived long enough to survive the Emergency and see the first non-Congress government since Independence following the Janata Party victory in the 1977 polls.
The non-Congress governments consisted of coalition of Opposition parties .
The Forward Bloc contested with the aim of forming non-Congress governments at the Centre as well as in the states.
The party stormed to power within nine months of its formation in the 1983 Assembly elections, thus forming the first non-Congress government in Andhra Pradesh.