Recently a good news just struck my eyes. The news was that
the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee research Foundation was retrieving information such
as speeches, various interviews etc. of the revered son of India Shri Shyama
Prasad Mukherjee in order to rebuild his image again in the Indian subcontinent
which was completely lost because of the Nehru-Gandhi clan members who had a
grudge against Mr. Mukherjee on various issues.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, from the very beginning, had been a
great leader to follow. His work for the motherland remains unparalleled. At a
time when people used to think that no one except Nehru-Gandhi clan can run the
nation, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee had a vision of providing people with an
alternative and today’s BJP is also a brain child of this great man, who was
the founding father of Jana Sangh and the political mentor of various
politicians like former Indian Prime Minister, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s life is in itself a remarkable
paradigm for others to follow. Even today after 61 years of his death, his good
deeds continue to stimulate us to transcend all the limits of love for our
motherland. 6 July 1901 marked the birth of Mr. Mukherjee. Mr. Mukherjee was
born to Bengali parents in the heart of West Bengal, Kolkata. His father, Mr.
Ashutosh Mukherjee was a judge under the British rule, at the High Court of
Judicature at Fort William, Bengal and was also the vice-chancellor of
University of Calcutta. Mr. Mukherjee’s mother name was Lady Jogmaya Devi
Mukherjee, while his younger brother was Umaprasad Mukhopadhyay, an eminent
writer and a Himalayan lover.
Mr. Mukherjee from the very beginning was a very bright and
brainy student who excelled in studies. He graduated from the University of
Calcutta. He graduated in English, securing first position in the graduation
level in the 1921 batch of the university and then went on to complete his
Master’s Degree in Bengali and amusingly, stood first in this too in the year
1923. In the year 1924, Mr. Mukherjee enrolled himself as an advocate in the
Calcutta High Court after the unfortunate demise of his father, but after
sometime in the year 1926, Mr. Mukherjee left for England to study law at
Lincoln Inn and became a barrister at law in the year 1927. And at the age of
just 33, Mr. Mukherjee became the youngest Vice-chancellor of University of
Calcutta.
Mr. Mukherjee’s tryst with politics started in 1929 when he
was elected on the ticket of Indian National Congress (INC) in order to
represent the University of Calcutta. But after some time when INC boycotted
the legislature, Mr. Mukherjee was made to resign. Subsequently, he fought the
election again, this time as an independent candidate, to get an entry into the
legislature again.
Soon Mr. Mukherjee came out as a Hindu leader after he
joined Hindu Mahasabha and became its president in the year 1944. At that time
some people opposed him by calling his somewhat non-secular leader in order to
defame him, but if we try to see and review that situation again, then we could
easily say that Mr. Mukherjee was the harbinger of the peace between Hindus and
Muslims and always wanted unity between both of them. He once said that Hindu
Mahasabha should not be only restricted to the Hindus, but should work for the
welfare of the whole nation. Mr.
Mukherjee became a Hindu leader not to opposed the Muslims but to support Hindus
against the misdeeds being carried out by Muslim National League such as a
separate electorate etc. Mr. Mukherjee also opposed the partition of Indian
with tooth and nail. He ran various movements in order to prevent the partition
of India and the making of Pakistan but unfortunately, the failed strategies of
the top brass of that time led to the formation of Pakistan. The partition
deeply affected Mr. Mukherjee to the hilt.
After India achieved independence, Jawahar Lal Nehru on
watching Mr. Mukherjee’s ability to have a deeper understanding of everything
he did, inducted him into the cabinet allocating him Ministry of Industry and
Supply. Mr. Mukherjee was deeply respected by all the members of INC and even
by Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel.
But soon Mr. Mukherjee’s stint at the cabinet ended after an
altercation with Pt. Nehru on 1950 Delhi act and the formation of article 370.
This ultimately led to huge difference in their beliefs and Mr. Mukherjee at
last resigned out from the cabinet. Subsequently Mr. Mukherjee founded the Jana
Sangh on 21 October, 1951 in Delhi and became its first president. His, this
new sapling even got 3 seats in the parliament. He was always opposed to the
formation of Pakistan, special status to Jammu and Kashmir and ban slaughter
and that’s why till his last breathe struggled for his great motherland.
Mukherjee also wanted India to be strong with respect to the
defence sector and that’s why he also laid the foundation of the nuclear research
in the whole nation. Mukherjee once proclaimed that nuclear research can create
conditions of paradise on earth and relieve mankind of much of the drudgery
which is responsible for the creation of societies composed of slaves and lords
or capitalists and labours and also founded Institute of Nuclear Physics in
1948.
Mr. Mukherjee also had profound thoughts and vision about
the foreign strategies and Indian democracy and at last was a great leader and
son of mother India. Unfortunately on 23 June 1953, this great son bid adieu to
the whole world silently but still continues to rule our heart. India today
needs more sons like him.
JAI HIND JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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