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The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbreviated as BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh, [10] was an Indian nationalist political party. This party was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi , and existed until 1977.
He had served as the president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in 1973. 3 1991–1993 Murli Manohar Joshi: Uttarakhand [11] [13] [14] [15] BJP ideologue Joshi had been affiliated with the RSS nearly fifty years before he became BJP president in 1991. As with his predecessor L. K. Advani, he played a large role in the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation.
The Jana Sangh won only three Lok Sabha seats in the first general elections in 1952. It maintained a minor presence in parliament until 1967. [59] [60] The Jana Sangh's first major campaign, begun in early 1953, centred on a demand for the complete integration of Jammu and Kashmir into India. [61]
All Indian citizens over the age of 21 were eligible to vote. ... Syama Prasad Mukherjee established the Jana Sangh in October 1951 and Law Minister B. R. Ambedkar ...
Jagannathrao Joshi (23 June 1920 – 15 July 1991) was an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was born at Nargund, Karnataka on 23 June 1920. He completed his matriculation from Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya in Pune and graduation in English Hons from Sir Parshurambhau College.
He also served as the Deputy Chairman of the council from 1980–1986. He was the State President of the Jana Sangh. [2] He was born in Tumkur on 26 June 1931. He died on 13 March 2014 in Tumkur at the age of 82 from a heart attack. [3]
On 7 November 1966, a group of Hindu protestors, led by ascetics, naga sadhus and backed by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (aka Jan Sangh), approached the Indian Parliament to protest to criminalize cow slaughter. [1] The incident resulted in a riot which ended with a death toll of 7 people and hundreds were injured.
Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 8 1 12.49 Independent: 25 0 9.32 Rajasthan(23) Indian National Congress: 22: 10: 39.95: Swatantra Party: 14 8 27.04 Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 7 3 10.27 Independent: 64 2 17.12 Uttar Pradesh(85) Indian National Congress: 85: 47: 33.44: Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 77 12 22.18 Samyukta Socialist Party: 43 8 10.27 Independent: 190 8 17. ...