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  1. The BJP's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, popularly known as the Jana Sangh, founded by Syama Prasad Mukherjee in 1951 in response to the politics of the dominant National Congress party. It was founded in collaboration with the Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and was widely regarded as ...

  2. 5 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. 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. Our Journey

  4. Apr 8, 2020 · The prominent leaders of the BJP, who are also their national representatives, are the following: Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Senior Leader of BJP, Vajpayee has been the founder of the BJP. He was also the Prime Minister of India from 1998-2004.

  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 BJP's founder members were Atal Bihar Vajpayee, LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Nanaji Deshmukh, KR Malkani, Sikandar Bakht, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Vijay Raje Scindia, Bhairo Singh Shekhawat, Shanta Kumar, Ram Jethmalani and Jagannath Rao.

  7. Atal Bihari Vajpayee ( Hindi pronunciation: [əʈəl bɪɦaːɾiː ʋaːdʒpai] ; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician and poet who served three terms as the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. [1]

  8. Syama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Many members of the right-wing Hindu nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) began to contemplate the formation of a political party to continue their work, begun in the days of the British Raj, and take their ideology further.

  9. May 6, 2024 · Lal Krishna Advani, Indian politician who was a founding member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and deputy prime minister of India (2002–04). He was largely responsible for popularizing and strengthening the BJP, which emerged as one of the strongest political forces in India.

  10. 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. The BJP was formally established in 1980.