Prime Minister paid tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister, Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary.
About Babu Jagjivan Ram (1908-1986)
- Born in Shahabad District, now Bhojpur in Bihar, he is popularly known as Babuji.
- He was a national leader, a freedom fighter, a crusader of social justice, a champion of depressed classes, an outstanding Parliamentarian.
- Education: Banaras Hindu University and Calcutta University.
- Key Contributions:
- He founded the Akhil Bharatiya Ravidas Mahasabha in Calcutta, Khetihar Mazdoor Sabha for the agricultural labour and the All India Depressed Classes League.
- He participated in Civil Disobedience Movement, Satyagraha, Quit India Movement.
- He appeared before the Hammond Commission at Ranchi and demanded, for the first time, voting rights for the Dalits.
