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  1. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Syama Prasad Mukherjee, after he left Hindu Mahasabha to form a party as the political wing of RSS.

  2. 4 days ago · Bharatiya Janata Party, political party of postindependence India that advocated Hindutva, an ideology that sought to define Indian culture in terms of Hindu values. The BJP was formally established in 1980 and began achieving electoral success in 1989.

  3. Birth of Jana Sangh: On 21 October 1951, Bharatiya Jana Sangh is formed in Raghomal Girls High School, Delhi with Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee as its first President.

  4. Apr 8, 2020 · The BJS was founded by Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookherjee in 1951, to combat the increasing political power of the Indian National Congress (INC), which was said to have initiated a number of compromises in the questions of political and cultural integrity and unity of India, such as appeasement policy for Muslims.

  5. Aug 15, 2020 · Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya became the general secretary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Deendayal ji moved the resolution of Cultural Renaissance expressing ‘Geo-cultural nationalism’. It was the first ideological resolution and state Reorganisation Commission was demanded.

  6. Apr 6, 2023 · The founders of the Jana Sangh were Syama Prasad Mookerjee, Balraj Madhok, and Deendayal Upadhyaya. The election symbol of the Jana Sangh was 'deepak' (oil lamp) and it had a saffron flag. Jana Sangh's First Election. In the 1952 Lok Sabha elections, candidates contested 94 seats on the Bharatiya Jana Sangh ticket and its election symbol.

  7. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), English Indian People’s Party, Pro-Hindu political party of India. The BJP traces its roots to the the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (founded in 1951), which advocated the rebuilding of India in accordance with Hindu culture.

  8. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Deputy Prime Minister L. K. Advani founded the party in April 1980. "Bharatiya" means "Indian" and "Janata" means "People". The BJP's political beliefs are similar to the beliefs of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh).

  9. Founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. The BJP is the successor party of the BJS, which merged itself into the Janata Party in 1977. The BJP was formed as a separate party in 1980 after internal differences in the Janata Party resulted in the collapse of it’s government in 1979.

  10. The BJP was formed in 1980, the successor to the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), which was founded in 1951 by Shyama Prasad Mookherji. The BJS had been established with the reluctant acquiescence of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which had rapidly become the preeminent "Hindu-first" national organization after its creation in 1925.