Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Politician, Educationist, Lawyer

Indian Calcutta, West Bengal, India

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ProfessionPolitician, Educationist, Lawyer
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth06/07/1901
Age51 years (died on 23, Jun, 1953)
BirthplaceCalcutta, West Bengal, India
Date of Death23/06/1953

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameShyama Prasad Mukherjee
NicknameDr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee

Educational Qualification(s)

Details
  • Graduated from Presidency College, Calcutta (1921)
  • Barrister from Lincoln’s Inn, London
  • Enrolled as Advocate, Calcutta High Court (1924)

Family

FatherSir Ashutosh Mukherjee

Career

Positions
  • Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta University (1934-1938)
  • Finance Minister, Bengal (1930s-1940s)
  • Minister for Industry and Supply, Government of India (1947-1950)
  • Founder President, Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951)
  • Member of Parliament (1952-1953)
  • Member, Bengal Legislative Council (1929, 1937-1942, 1946)
  • Leader of Opposition, Bengal (1937)
  • Working President, All-India Hindu Mahasabha (1940-1944)
  • Member, Constituent Assembly (1946)
Political Affiliations
  • Indian National Congress (initially)
  • Hindu Mahasabha (1939-1940s)
  • Bharatiya Jana Sangh (1951)
Key Achievements
  • Founded The Nationalist, an English daily newspaper (1944)
  • Founded The People, an English weekly (1951)
  • Formed Progressive Coalition Government with Krishak Praja Party in Bengal (1941)
  • Elected to Parliament from South Calcutta Constituency (1952)
  • Formed National Democratic Block in Parliament as opposition leader

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Youngest Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University at age 33
2. Resigned from Nehru's cabinet in 1950 over Nehru-Liaquat Pact
3. Died in detention in Srinagar after arrest for entering Jammu and Kashmir without permit
4. Stood seventeenth in Inter-Arts Examination (1916)
5. Lost his father in 1924, the same year he enrolled as an advocate
6. Formed first and last Hindu-Muslim joint ministry in Bengal with Krishak Praja Party leader Fazlul Haq
7. Met M.A. Jinnah in 1944 to find solution to Hindu-Muslim problems but opposed Jinnah's partition plan
8. Strongly opposed Article 370 and advocated for full integration of Jammu and Kashmir
9. Died in detention in Srinagar after 40 days of arrest for entering Jammu and Kashmir without permit
10. Founder of publications including Leaves from a Diary and Awake Hindustan!
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