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The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbreviated as BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh [9]) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee , Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya .
The BJP's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, popularly known as the Jana Sangh, founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee in 1951 in response to the politics of the dominant National Congress party. It was founded in collaboration with the Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and was widely regarded as ...
Balraj Madhok (बलराज मधोक; 25 February 1920 – 2 May 2016) was an Indian political activist and politician from Jammu.Originally an activist of the nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), he later worked as a politician in the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (BJS).
Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968), known by the epithet Panditji, was an Indian politician, a proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [2]
Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, a farmers' organisation; Political parties that are independent from the Sangh Parivar's influence but that also espouse the Hindutva ideology include the Hindu Mahasabha, Prafull Goradia's Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh, [146] and the Marathi nationalist Shiv Sena, [147] Shiv Sena (UBT) and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, [7] he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951. [8] He was also the president of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha from 1943 to 1946. He was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in 1953 when he tried to cross the border of the state.
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.
Syama Prasad Mukherjee, who founded the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Jana Sangh, on a 1978 stamp of India. Mookerjee was the founder of the Nationalist Bharatiya Jana Sangh party, the precursor of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mookerjee was firmly against Nehru's invitation to the Pakistani PM, and their joint pact to establish minority ...