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.
Remembering Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, flag bearer of Indian nationalism on his death anniversary
