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- Recently, the Prime Minister has paid tributes to Acharya Kripalani on his Jayanti.
More about Acharya Kripalani
- About:
- Birth:
- Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani, also called Acharya Kripalani was born November 11, 1888, in Hyderabad, India (now in Pakistan).
- Acharya:
- He earned the moniker ‘Acharya’ around 1922 when he was teaching at the Gujarat Vidyapith, founded by Mahatma Gandhi.
- Birth:
- Contribution to India’s freedom struggle:
- Acharya Kripalani was a prominent Indian educator, social activist, and politician in both pre-and post-independence India.
- Pre-independence:
- Kripalani was prominently involved over a decade in top Congress party affairs, and in the organisation of the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement.Â
- He was a close associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi and a longtime supporter of his ideology.
- Kripalani served in the interim government of India (1946–1947) and the Constituent Assembly of India.
- Congress presidency:
- He was an Indian politician noted particularly for holding the presidency of the Indian National Congress during the transfer of power in 1947.
- Post-independence:
- Kripalani was a harsh critic of both Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.Â
- He opposed Nehru’s policies, which he thought were against Gandhian values, and later opposed Indira’s policies too.
- He joined the economically right-wing Swatantra Party later in life.
- He was also the husband of Sucheta Kripalani.
- Sucheta Kripalani was an Indian freedom fighter and politician.Â
- She was India’s first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.
- Death:
- Acharya Kripalani died on 19 March 1982 in Ahmedabad at the age of 93.
Source: IE
