Syama Prasad Mookerjee's 66th Death Anniversary
Updated: June 23, 2019 16:12 pm
Syama Prasad Mookerjee was the founder of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh, the predecessor of the ruling BJP. Born in a Bengali family in Kolkata on July 22, 1901, Syama Prasad Mookerjee's tryst with politics began in 1929 when he entered the Bengal Legislative Council as an Indian National Congress (INC) candidate presenting Calcutta University.
