DR. SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE

Union home minister paid tribute to Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee on his birth anniversary.

He was an Indian politician, barrister, and academician who served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet
He was born on 6th July 1901 in a Bengali Brahmin family in Calcutta.
He demanded the partition of Bengal in the year 1946 to prevent the inclusion of its Hindu majority area in a Muslim-dominated East Pakistan.
At the age of 33, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee became the youngest vice-chancellor of Kolkata university in 1934.
During his term as the Vice-Chancellor, Rabindranath Tagore delivered the university convocation address in Bengali for the first time, and the Indian vernacular was introduced as a subject for the highest examination.
He founded the Janta party due to a difference in opinion on the Kashmir issue with Jawaharlal Nehru, which today is known as the Bhartiya Janata Party.
He protested against the special status given to Kashmir in 1953 and tried to enter Kashmir without taking permission and was arrested.
He died in mysterious circumstances during detention.

Source: PIB

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