Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was born on 6 July 1901 in a Brahmin family in Calcutta. His father’s name was Ashutosh Mukherjee who was a barrister. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee was an Indian politician, barrister and academic, who served as India’s first Minister of Industries and Supplies (now known as the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) in Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet. Later, in protest against the Liaquat-Nehru pact, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee resigned from Nehru’s cabinet. With the help of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor of the Bharatiya Janata Party, in 1951. which later came to be recognized as the Bharatiya Janata Party. BJP State Committee celebrated Shyama Prasad Mukherjee’s 122th birth anniversary today on July 6. Minister Tingku Roy, Minister Sudhanshu Das, BJP State Vice President Ashok Sinha and other leaders were present at the tribute ceremony at the state office.