• The Prime Minister paid homage to socialist stalwart Acharya JB Kripalani on his birth anniversary (11^th November).
• He was an independence activist, Indian politician and an Educationist.

ABOUT J B KRIPLANI

• Full name- Jiwatram Bhagwandas (J.B.) Kripalani
• Born on 11^th November 1888 in Hyderabad, Sindh.
• He accompanied Mahatma Gandhiji in his campaign in Champaran movement.
• He was part of the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920-22) and the Civil Disobedience movement and Quit India Movement (1942).
• He earned the moniker ‘Acharya’ around 1922 when he was teaching at the Gujarat Vidyapith( which was founded by the Mahatma Gandhi)
• He was the President of Indian National Congress (INC) at the time of independence.
• He served in the Interim government of India (1946–1947).
• He was the Chairman of Fundamental Rights subcommittee in the Constituent Assembly of India.
• He was the founder of the Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
• He moved the first-ever No confidence motion in Lok Sabha in 1963, immediately after the India-China War (1962).