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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. Its three founding members were Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal Upadhyaya.
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.
The Jana Sangh contested all 31 seats of Jammu and several seats in the Valley. The Plebiscite Front officially boycotted the election, but several members contested as independent candidates, including the General Secretary Ali Mohammad Naik, who contested from Tral , and Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, contesting from Habbakadal in Srinagar.
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In 1951, Madhok joined Shyama Prasad Mookerjee in the formation of what later become the political party of the Sangh Parivar, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The Bengal branch of the Jana Sangh was established by Mookerjee on 23 April 1951 and the Panjab and Delhi branch was established by Madhok a month later, on 27 May 1951.
By this time, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was formed in Delhi to champion Hindu nationalist politics, and the Praja Parishad became its affiliate in Jammu and Kashmir. [17] Even though Jana Sangh won only 3 seats in the Indian Parliament in the 1951–52 general elections , Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was a powerful leader, commanding a big block of ...
Party Flag Seats Contested Won % of Seats ... Bharatiya Jana Sangh: 50: 8: 5.00: 1,93,532: 5.93 Krishikar Lok Party: 46: 7: ... This page was last edited on 16 May ...
Arif Beg soon joined Jana Sangh in 1973, as one of its earliest Muslim faces, who was later eclipsed in prominence when Sikander Bakht joined BJP in 1980. [5] He was jailed during Emergency with other leaders of Jana Sangh, like Kushabhau Thakre. In 1977 he was elected to Lok Sabha from Bhopal as Janata Party candidate. He lost from Bhopal in ...