SHYAMA
PRASAD MUKHERJEE - MODERN INDIA
News:
How Syama Prasad
Mookerjee fought for J&K’s integration with India
What's
in the news?
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Following judgment of the Supreme Court
upholding the abrogation of Article 370, many invoked Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee
(1901-53), an ardent opponent of Kashmir’s ‘special status’ in the Indian
Union.
Syama
Prasad Mukherjee:
Birth:
July
6, 1901 in Calcutta.
Political
Career and Leadership Roles:
1929:
Mukherjee
became a member of the Bengal
Legislative Council.
1938:
He
was the youngest Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calcutta from 1934 to
1938.
1944:
He became president of Hindu Mahasabha
in 1944.
1951:
In 1951, Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya
Jana Sangh.
Books
Written:
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A Phase of the Indian Struggle
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Pledge for an Integrated India
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Sane Advice to Save India
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Awake Hindusthan
Resignation
from the Union Cabinet:
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He was the Minister for Industry and supply in independent India.
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He resigned
from the Union cabinet due to differences over Liaquat-Nehru pact also known as
the Delhi Pact, which was a bilateral agreement signed between India and
Pakistan in order to provide a framework for the treatment of minorities in the
two countries.