Indian independence activist and politician (1908–1986)
Jagjivan Ram
4th Deputy Prime Minister of India
In office 24 January 1979 – 28 July 1979
Serving with Charan Singh
Prime Minister
Morarji Desai
Preceded by
Morarji Desai
Succeeded by
Yashwantrao Chavan
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha
In office 29 July 1979 – 22 August 1979
Preceded by
Yashwantrao Chavan
Succeeded by
Vacant
Minister of Defence
In office 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Prime Minister
Morarji Desai
Preceded by
Bansi Lal
Succeeded by
Chidambaram Subramaniam
In office 27 June 1970 – 10 October 1974
Prime Minister
Indira Gandhi
Preceded by
Sardar Swaran Singh
Succeeded by
Sardar Swaran Singh
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Personal details
Born
(1908-04-05)5 April 1908 Arrah, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bihar, India)
Died
6 July 1986(1986-07-06) (aged 78) New Delhi, NCT of Delhi, India
Political party
Indian National Congress-Jagjivan (1981–1986)
Other political affiliations
Indian National Congress (Before 1977) Congress for Democracy (1977) Janata Party (1977–1981)
Spouse
Indrani Devi
(m. 1935; died 1986)
Children
Suresh Kumar Meira Kumar
Alma mater
Banaras Hindu University University of Calcutta
Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986),[1] known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was instrumental in the foundation of the All India Depressed Classes League, an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables, in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937, after which he organised the rural labour movement.
In 1946, he became the youngest minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's interim government, the first cabinet of India as a Labour Minister and also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, where he ensured that social justice was enshrined in the Constitution. He went on to serve as a minister with various portfolios for the next 30 years as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). Most importantly, he was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war of 1971, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. His contribution to the Green Revolution in India and modernising Indian agriculture, during his two tenures as Union Agriculture Minister are still remembered, especially during the 1974 drought when he was asked to hold the additional portfolio to tide over the food crisis.[2][3]
Though he supported Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during the Emergency (1975–77), he left Congress in 1977 and joined the Janata Party alliance, along with his Congress for Democracy. He later served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India (1977–79); then in 1981, he formed Congress (J). At his death, he was the last surviving minister of the Interim Government and the last surviving original member of the first cabinet of independent India. Including his service during the Interim Government, his total tenure of over 30 years in various ministries remains the longest of any Indian federal minister.
^Jagjivan Ram at the Encyclopædia Britannica
^Swaminathan, M. S. (7 February 2008). "Jagjivan Ram & inclusive agricultural growth". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 10 February 2008.
^"Prez, PM call for a second green revolution". The Times of India. 6 April 2008. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
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