Syama Prasad Mukherjee

IN NEWS:

• The Union Cabinet has approved renaming the Kolkata Port Trust as Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port Trust.

ABOUT SYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE:

• He was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet.
• After falling out with Nehru, Mukherjee quit the Union Government because of differences of opinion with the Nehru-led government on the issue of Jammu & Kashmir.
• With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951.
• He was also the president of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha from 1943 to 1946.
• He died in the custody of Jammu and Kashmir Police in 1953.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Q. Union government has decided to rename which of the following port as Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port Trust?

1. Nhava Sheva
2. Kolkata Port
3. Kandla port
4. Mangalore Port

Answer to Prelims question