BABU JAGJIVAN RAM

NEWS: Prime Minister paid tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister, Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary

About

• Born in Shahabad District, now Bhojpur in Bihar
• Popularly known as
• National leader+ a freedom fighter+ a crusader of social justice+ a champion of depressed classes+ outstanding Parliamentarian.
• EducationàBanaras Hindu University and Calcutta University.

Key Contributions:

• Founded the Akhil Bharatiya Ravidas Mahasabha in Calcutta, Khetihar Mazdoor Sabha for the agricultural labour, the All India Depressed Classes League.
• Participated in Civil Disobedience Movement, Satyagraha, Quit India Movement.
• Demanded, for the first time, voting rights for the Dalits.