Birth Anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his birth anniversary (6th July) highlighting his legacy in national unity, industrial policy, and education, and his relevance in India’s modern development.Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Dr. Mookerjee is the son of Sir Ashutosh Mookerjee, a renowned educationist and Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University. Dr. Mookerjee represented Calcutta University at the Conference of the Universities of the British Empire in England. Dr. Mookerjee became the youngest Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University at the age of 33 in 1934. He started “Bang Wani”, a Bengali journal, in 1922 and The Nationalist in the 1940s. In the 1920s, Dr. Mookerjee joined the Indian National Congress but resigned later over ideological differences with the leadership. He later joined the Hindu Mahasabha and played a key role in forming a Progressive Coalition government in Bengal in 1937, where he served as the Finance Minister. Became the acting President of the Hindu Mahasabha in 1940 and advocated for complete independence for India. He founded the All India Bharatiya Jan Sangh in 1951, which later evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party.
