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Ram Manohar Lohia (pronunciation ⓘ 23 March 1910 – 12 October 1967) was an Indian freedom fighter of the Indian independence movement and a socialist politician. As a nationalist, he worked actively to protest against colonialism , raising awareness of the same.
Ram Manohar Lohia in a 1997 stamp. Lohia was the general secretary of the Praja Socialist Party, but tension between him and other PSP leaders gradually grew. [3] [4] In March 1954 the PSP had formed a minority government in the Travancore-Cochin State led by Pattom A. Thanu Pillai, with support from the Indian National Congress.
JP, Lohia & Benipuri at Kisan Sabha CSP Patna Rally, August 1936. The Congress Socialist Party (CSP) was a socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress.It was founded in 1934 by Congress members who rejected what they saw as the anti-rational mysticism of Gandhi as well as the sectarian attitude of the Communist Party of India towards the Congress.
Opposition to the caste composition of the ministry led to some members of the samyukt socialist party, provoked by Health minister BP Mandal(who was forced to resign by Ram Manohar Lohia), join hands with the congress to form new government headed by first backward chief minister BP Mandal, which lasted just 50 days. [4]
In 1965, Ram Manohar Lohia merged his Socialist Party (Lohia) with SSP and contested in 1967 Indian general election. In 1972, SSP was reunited with PSP, forming the Socialist Party . [ 2 ] But in December 1972, SSP was recreated after the split in Socialist Party . [ 3 ]
Ram Manohar Lohia emerged as an important leader of the freedom movement. Along with activist Juliao Menezes, he hosted a pro-independence gathering lohia maidan, margao in 1946 where the crowd responded by hailing India, Gandhi and the two men, leading to the duo's arrest by colonial authorities who feared civil unrest. [10]
The Praja Socialist Party, abbreviated as PSP, was an Indian political party. [4] It was founded in 1952 when the Socialist Party, led by Jayaprakash Narayan, Rambriksh Benipuri, Acharya Narendra Deva and Basawon Singh (Sinha), merged with the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party led by J. B. Kripalani (former president of the Indian National Congress and a close associate of Jawaharlal Nehru).
Lohia Chowk at Assolna market Inscription stone of Dr. Juliao Menezes and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. A memorial named after Menezes and his companion Ram Manohar Lohia was constructed in the Assolna market, called the Lohia Chowk. [12] On 18 June 1986, the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu honoured Menezes posthumously. [13]