Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Syama Prasad Mukherjee

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1901

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 23-Jun-1953

Profession: lawyer, politician, academic

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Syama Prasad Mukherjee (6 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) 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, Mukherjee quit the Union Government because of differences of opinion with Nehru led government on the issue of Jammu & Kashmir.
With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951.He was also the president of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha from 1943 to 1946.
Mukherjee was strongly opposed to Article 370 seeing it as a threat to the unity of the country and fought against it inside and outside the parliament with one of the goals of Bharatiya Jana Sangh being the abrogation of the article.
His dream to repeal Article 370 saw the light of day on 5 August 2019 with the bill being tabled in Rajya Sabha.
He died in the custody of Abdulla led government of J&K in 1953.
Mysterious conditions suspected primary reason was heart attack.
The then opposition alleged Nehru & J&K police for the conspiracy.
Since BJP is the successor party of Bhartiya Jana Sangh, Mukherjee is regarded as the founder of BJP too.