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BJP flag being flown in one of its campaign rallies. The name as well as the symbol of the party were selected by the founders. The name "Bharatiya Janata Party" literally translates to "Indian People's Party". The Symbol of the party is the flower Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera). [54] Lotus has a cultural significance within India as well as Hinduism ...
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]
Vajpayee became the first president of the BJP upon its formation in 1980. Under him the BJP projected itself as a centrist party that had moved away from the strident politics of the BJS. Vajpayee, often seen as the moderate face of the BJP, later became the first Prime Minister of India not from the Indian National Congress to serve a full ...
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. Its three founding members were Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Bharatiya Janata Party: 12 Pratibha Patil (born 1934) Maharashtra: Governor of Rajasthan: 25 July 2007 25 July 2012 5 years K. G. Balakrishnan [9] 2007: M. Hamid Ansari: Indian National Congress: 13 Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) West Bengal: Minister of Defence. Minister of Finance. Minister of External Affairs. 25 July 2012 25 July 2017 5 ...
Upon the book release, Singh was expelled from his membership of Bharatiya Janata Party, to which he responded that BJP is "narrow-minded" and has "limited thoughts". [240] [241] Jinnah was the central figure of the 1998 film Jinnah, which was based on Jinnah's life and his struggle for the creation of Pakistan.
The name "Fathers of Confederation" is given to those who attended the Charlottetown and Quebec Conferences in 1864, and the London Conference of 1866, to establish the Canadian Confederation. There were 36 original Fathers of Confederation. [20] Queen Victoria, who supported and encouraged this process, is known as the Mother of Confederation.
Name Took office Ref. Andhra Pradesh: Daggubati Purandeswari: 4 July 2023 (1 year, 177 days) [3] Arunachal Pradesh: Biyuram Wahge: 17 January 2020 (4 years, 346 days) [4] Assam: Bhabesh Kalita: 26 June 2021 (3 years, 185 days) [5] Bihar: Dilip Kumar Jaiswal: 26 July 2024 (155 days) [6] Chhattisgarh: Kiran Singh Deo: 21 December 2023 (1 year, 7 ...