Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukhopadhyay was one of the greatest patriots and parliamentarians of India. He was born
6th July in
1901. He was the worthy son of Sir
Ashutosh Mukhopadhyay. He was a very meritorious student since childhood. Shyamaprasad passed the B.A. Exam with first class first in English Honours from the Presidency College in
1921. Then he passed the M.A. Exam with first class first position in Bengali from Calcutta University in
1923. After this he went over to England to study law. He returned to India and dedicated himself to the service of his motherland. Shyamaprasad became the Vice Chancellor of Calcutta University at the age of only thirty-three. Like his illustrious father, he also devoted himself to the progress of Calcutta University. He was also a great lawyer of the country. In
1937 Shyamaprasad was elected a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He became the president of the All India Hindu Mahasabha in
1940. Shyamaprasad held an important ministry in Haq Ministry formed in the wake of the fall of Muslim League Ministry in Bengal in
1941. Shyamaprasad was actively beside the cyclone-hit people of Midnapore in early forties and formed the Bengal Cyclone Relief Committee. He played a major role in the formation of Punjab and West Bengal as two new Indian states. He became the minister of Industries in the first Indian ministry after independence and introduced mixed industry in the country. But he resigned from the Nehru Ministry in protest against Nehru's Kashmir policy and formed the Janasangha in
1950. This great leader and orator suffered a premature death most mysterious in a jail in Kashmir in
1953.
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