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Syama Prasad Mukherjee

1901 - 1953

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Syama Prasad Mookerjee (শ্যামাপ্রসাদ মুখোপাধ্যায়) (6 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) was an Indian barrister, educationist, politician, activist, social worker, and a minister in the state and national governments. Noted for his opposition to Quit India movement within the independence movement in India, he later served as India's first Minister for Industry and Supply (currently known as Minister of Commerce and Industries) in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet after breaking up with the Hindu Mahasabha. After falling out with Nehru, protesting against the Liaquat–Nehru Pact, Mukherjee resigned from Nehru's cabinet. With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1951. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Syama Prasad Mukherjee is the 7,864th most popular politician (up from 14,775th in 2019), 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 7,864 out of 19,576. Before him are Jotapianus, 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, and Ziaur Rahman.

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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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