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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.
The news of Lohia's arrest spread throughout India. Mahatma Gandhi then wrote to the Portuguese Governor-General, stating that "in free India Goa can not be allowed to exist as a separate entity in opposition to the laws of the free state." [6] Menezes and Lohia continued their nationalistic efforts after this incident. [7]
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.
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]
Borbora was a follower of Ram Manohar Lohia [7] and Jai Prakash Narayan and was imprisoned several times during the freedom movement. [5] He had been an active trade unionist from the early days of his political career. [7] He led peasant movements, trade union movements, and went to jail many times. [7]
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 ]