Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Indian Politics
Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Indian Politics

Author: Prashanto K. Chatterji

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789385386114

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This book is a pioneering work on the multi-faceted contributions of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee to India. Dr Mookerjee helped to oust the League ministry in Bengal (1941) and install the Progressive Coalition ministry of which he was the Finance Minister. He resigned in 1942 to protest against the Governor's policy of repression against the Quit India movement. As the Working President of the Hindu Mahasabha, he was responsible for its ascendancy in Indian politics from 1940-1944. As the Central Industries and Supplies Minister (1947-1950), he framed free India's industrial policy but resigned due to acute differences with Prime Minister Nehru's appeasement policy towards Pakistan. He, together with M.S. Golwalkar of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, formed a new political party, the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. Despite Dr Mookerjee's tragic death in 1953, the party drew adherents from all parts of India, and eventually was renamed the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Author: Tathagata Roy

Publisher: Viking

Published: 2018-03

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9780670090419

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Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is undoubtedly one of the most iconic and controversial leaders in India's recent history. In spite of his significant political and ideological differences with Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr Mookerjee was inducted to the first cabinet of independent India. However, following the Delhi Pact between the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan, Dr Mookerjee resigned from the cabinet. His role during the Great Bengal Famine of 1943 and the Great Calcutta Killings and Noakhali Carnage of 1946 was historic. His premature death in custody--in Kashmir--remains one of the unsolved mysteries of India's political history. Dr Mookerjee was an educationist, politician and patriot who often opposed the official narratives of his time but fought consistently for India's independence and pre-eminent position in the world. His life has remained largely unexplored till now. This biography aims to rectify that omission by examining his life in detail and shedding light on the turbulent and contentious events of his times.

Electoral Politics and Hindu Nationalism in India
Electoral Politics and Hindu Nationalism in India

Author: Koushiki Dasgupta

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-12-06

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1000765016

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This book analyses the rise and growth of the Hindu nationalist party Bharatiya Jana Sangh in post independent India, tracking the electoral journey of the party from 1951 to 1971. Offering a comprehensive analysis of the party Bharatiya Jana Sangh - its origin, ideas and electoral performances in the first two decades of its journey - the book provides an overview of the state-wise electoral record of the party mobilizing Hindu support and managing factional disputes. It surveys the issues of conflicts between the intraparty factions dominated by the recruits from the Rastriya Swayamseyak Sangh and the others. The author also presents a critique of the Hindutva politics of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh on account of its somewhat imperfect appeal among the masses and its problems in raising real issues of socio-economic concern. With a special emphasis on the states situated outside the Hindi language belt of Northern India, the electoral outcome of the Jana Sangh during each national and state legislative elections are analysed. Based on the dialectics of ideology and exigency, this book makes a thorough investigation of the leadership-succession crises in the party, patterns of vote sharing at the regional level and trends of coalition with the non-Congress parties in the states. Providing a nuanced understanding of the processes leading to the strengthening of right-wing political parties in India, the book will be of interest to academics working in the fields of nationalism, party politics and South Asian Politics.

Leaves from a Diary
Leaves from a Diary

Author: Śyāmāprasāda Mukhopādhyāẏa

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13:

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By an Indian politician and social activist; includes some of his letters in appendices (p. 169-212).

Syama Prasad Mookerjee
Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Author: Anirban Ganguly

Publisher:

Published: 2018-06

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9788183284967

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Syama Prasad Mookerjee was an academician, administrator and educational thinker, as may be discerned from his life-long engagement with education and discourses on education that he delivered on various occasions in the last two decades of his life in particular. Ironically, his contribution to domains beyond politics remains unacknowledged, and a serious and vigorous consideration of his educational views and vision still eludes us to an extent that they are not a part of the discussions in the mainstream education system in India even today. The present volume endeavours to put together Mookerjee's educational discourses culled from almost all known sources till now. It is a tribute to Mookerjee, the educationist, who was committed to high ideals of Indian education and culture, and strove to implement his vision in his different capacities. Be it stressing on the importance of Indian languages, the need to stay connected with the nation's civilsational strength and rich heritage, walking in step with the rest of the world in science and technology and shaping Indian education in a manner that it would appreciate the best of all religions rather than be totally cut off from them, Mookerjee's insights on education were essentially to facilitate the rediscovering of the Indian mind. This comprehensive book capturing the timeless vision of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, not just on education, but also on using education as a means to nation building and in creating a new world order with contribution from enlightened Indian minds, is a treasure for educationists, scholars, education administrators as well as the uninitiated.

The Lion of Parliament
The Lion of Parliament

Author: Anita Arya

Publisher: Gyan Books

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13:

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The illustrious biographical work in the scholastic approach of deep knowledge and beautiful writing style presents the life and works of the founder-leader of Jana Sangh Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee with answer to each query about him. A benchmark in every respect.

Portrait of a Martyr
Portrait of a Martyr

Author: Balraj Madhok

Publisher: books catalog

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9788171674930

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Dr. Mookerji was one of the remarkable figures who adorned India's political firmament during the crucial decades before and after Independence. This book puts into perspective the life and career of this versatile genius who excelled in every field of activity he entered - as Vice-Chancellor of Calcutta University; as the acting president of the Hindu Mahasabha; as parliamentarian and the first president of Jana Sangh; and as a crusader for the cause of Indian unity. Prof Bal Raj Madhok's association with Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerji began in 1940. He has worked in close association with Dr. Mookerji for the formation of Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which reached the highest watermark of popularity under his leadership in 1967

War over Words
War over Words

Author: Devika Sethi

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-05-23

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1108484247

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Recovers, narrates, and interrogates the history of censorship of publications in India over three crucial decades - 1930-1960.