Syama Prasad Mukherjee was born in a Bengali Brahmin family on July 6, 1901, in Calcutta (Kolkata). 
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was a barrister, academician, and politician. 
At the age of 33, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee became the youngest vice-chancellor of Calcutta University in 1934. 
He co- founded Janata Party in the year 1977-1979, which later on became the Bharatiya Janata Party. 
He championed nationalism and cultivated the seeds of a powerful political alternative in India. 
He served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s cabinet. 
Shyama Parsad Mukherjee died on June 23, 1953.
