Syama Prasad Mukherjee
- October 26, 2021
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Subject – History
Context – J&K now free of strongarm tactics by three families: Shah
Concept –
- Syama Prasad Mukherjee was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet.
- After falling out with Nehru,[3] protesting against the Liaquat-Nehru Pact, Mukherjee resigned from Nehru’s cabinet.
- With the help of the Rashtriya SwayamsevakSangh, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951.
- He was also the president of AkhilBharatiya Hindu Mahasabha from 1943 to 1946.
- Since the Bharatiya Janata Party is the successor to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, Mukherjee is also regarded as the founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party.