| Name(s) |
Babu Jagjivan Ram
- Popularly known as ‘Babuji’ |
| Date of
Birth |
April 05, 1908
– Chandwa, Bhojpur District, Bihar, India.
(His birthday is celebrated as SAMTA DIVAS in
India) |
| Date of
death |
July 06, 1986 |
|
Identity |
Indian Freedom
Fighter and Politician |
|
Date-wise Events |
- 1936 to 1986:
His uninterrupted representation in
the Parliament for this 50-year
period is a world record.
- 1937:
Elected to Bihar
Legislative Assembly.
- 1940:
Being among the principal leaders
who publicly denounced India's
participation in the World War II
between the European nations, he was
imprisoned in this year.
- 1946:
He became the youngest
minister in Jawaharlal Nehru’s
provisional government, the first
Union Cabinet of India as Labour
Minister.
- 1946:
He also became a member
of the Constituent Assembly of
India.
- June 27, 1970:
He took over as the Defence Minister
of India.
- 1971: He was the Defence Minister of
India during the Indo-Pak war of
1971, which resulted in formation of
Bangladesh.
- October 10, 1974:
He retired as the Defence Minister
of India.
- March 24, 1977:
He took over as the Deputy Prime
Minister of India and the Minister
of Defence of India.
- July 01, 1978:
He retired as the Defence Minister
of India.
- July 28, 1979:
He retired as the Deputy Prime
Minister of India.
- June 03, 2009:
Meira Kumar, his daughter, is an Indian
politician and a five time Member of
Parliament. She was elected unopposed as
the first woman Speaker of Lok
Sabha on this day.
|
|
General |
- A freedom fighter and a social
reformer hailing from the
backward classes of Bihar
in India.
- He was instrumental in
foundation of the 'All-India
Depressed Classes League',
an organisation dedicated to
attaining equality for untouchables.
- He went on serve as a minister
in the Indian parliament with
various portfolios for more than
forty years.
- He is still very much remembered
for his tenures as Minister for
Agriculture witnessing successful
green revolution in India.
- Though he supported Indira
Gandhi during the Emergency in India
(1975–1977), he left Congress in
1977 and joined Janata Party
alliance in 1977, along with his
Congress for Democracy.
- Later he served as the Deputy
Prime Minister of India (1977–1979).
- In 1980, he formed his party
Congress (J).
- Accolades, Awards and
Recognitions
|
|
Commemorations |
- The place he was cremated has
been turned into the memorial
Samata Sthal.
- Andhra University had conferred
an honorary doctorate
on him in 1973.
- The 'Babu Jagjivan Ram
National Foundation', has
been set up by Ministry of Social
Justice, Govt. of India in Delhi,
with a view to promoting his
ideologies.
|
|
