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Syama Prasad Mukherjee

1901 - 1953

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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (6 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) was an Indian barrister, educationalist, politician, Hindutva activist, and a minister in the state and national governments, appointed by Nehru the first Prime Minister of India. Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, a nationalist leader who emphasised organised self-reliance over impulsive agitation, took a pragmatic stance during the Quit India Movement to prevent famine and administrative collapse in Bengal. He later became India’s first Minister for Industry and Supply in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet (1947–1950) and resigned over the Nehru–Liaquat Pact, citing concerns about the treatment of Hindus in East Pakistan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Syama Prasad Mukherjee is the 7,861st most popular politician (up from 14,768th in 2024), the 285th most popular biography from India (up from 642nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Syama Prasad Mukherjee ranks 7,860 out of 19,576. Before him are Peter Krešimir IV of Croatia, Ashraf Pahlavi, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Henry XIV, Duke of Bavaria, and Ardo. After him are Wendell R. Anderson, Mikhail Kasyanov, Serdar Berdimuhamedow, George Allen, Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, Ziaur Rahman, and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Syama Prasad Mukherjee ranks 102. Before him are Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Margarete Buber-Neumann, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Hellmuth Stieff, René Pleven, and Gino Cervi. After him are Eiji Tsuburaya, Sid Atkinson, Cassandre, Henry Eyring, Carlo Biotti, and George Gallup. Among people deceased in 1953, Syama Prasad Mukherjee ranks 56. Before him are Nobutake Kondō, Hank Williams, Sergei Winogradsky, Stanisław Wojciechowski, Jacques Thibaud, and Jim Lightbody. After him are Prince Oscar Bernadotte, Sergey Belyavsky, Elsa Beskow, Albert Gleizes, Julian Tuwim, and Francesco Saverio Nitti.

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In India

Among people born in India, Syama Prasad Mukherjee ranks 285 out of 1,861. Before him are Vandana Shiva (1952), R. D. Burman (1939), Birsa Munda (1875), Suniel Shetty (1961), Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906), and Joseph Coutts (1945). After him are Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), John Abraham (1972), Vallabha (1479), Morarji Desai (1896), The Great Gama (1878), and Meher Baba (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Syama Prasad Mukherjee ranks 95. Before him are Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Lala Lajpat Rai (1865), Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Shahu I (1682), Birsa Munda (1875), and Chandra Shekhar Azad (1906). After him are Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), Morarji Desai (1896), Chand Bibi (1550), Afzal-ud-Daulah (1827), Tarabai (1675), and Jaswant Singh (1938).

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