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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. 6 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. Thus, the Bharatiya Janata Party comes into existence on 6 April 1980. 6 April 1980: Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee is elected the founding President of the BJP (1980-1986). In December 1980, he presides over the first Executive meeting of BJP.

  4. 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.

  5. Apr 8, 2020 · The Bharatiya Janata Party was formally announced in 1980, comprising members of the nucleus of Janata Party. Vajpayee was the first President of the BJP. The BJP came to power at the Centre, by forming a coalition of parties called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) from 1998 to 2004.

  6. 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.

  7. Apr 6, 2023 · Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani and other leaders of the Jana Sangh announced the formation of a political party called the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on April 6, 1980, at Feroze Shah Kotla ground in Delhi.

  8. Jul 6, 2019 · After he left the Indian National Congress due to difference of opinion with the then-Prime Minister Dr Jawaharlal Nehru on Jammu and Kashmir issues, he co- founded Janata Party in the year 1977-1979, which later on became the Bharatiya Janata Party.

  9. The history of the Bharatiya Janata Party starts with the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (abbreviated BJS). The BJS was a political party created by Syama Prasad Mookerjee in 1951. At that time, the Indian National Congress was the political party that ruled India.

  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.