J B Kriplani

November 15, 2023

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).