Babu Jagjivan Ram, known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India. He was instrumental in foundation of the 'All-India Depressed Classes League', an organization dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables, in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937, that is when he organized, rural labour movement.

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  • Babu Jagjivan Ram, known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India. He was instrumental in foundation of the 'All-India Depressed Classes League', an organization dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables, in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937, that is when he organized, rural labour movement. In 1946, he became the youngest minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's provisional government, the First Union Cabinet of India as a Labour minister, and also a member of Constituent Assembly of India, where he ensured that social justice was enshrined in the Constitution . He went on serve as a minister in the Indian parliament with various portfolios for more than forty years as a member of Indian National Congress (INC), most importantly he was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war of 1971, which resulted in formation of Bangladesh. His contribution to the Green Revolution in India and modernising Indian agriculture, during his two tenures as Union Agriculture Minister are still remembered, especial during 1974 drought when he was asked to hold the additional portfolio to tide over the food crisis . Though he supported Indira Gandhi during the Emergency in India (1975-1977), he left Congress in 1977 and joined Janata Party alliance in 1977, along with his Congress for Democracy, he later served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India (1977-1979), then in 1980, he formed Congress (J) . He is also famous for "forgetting to pay his taxes" during his years in power.
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  • Chandwa near Arrah,Bihar.
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  • , 1977 - , 1979
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  • Babu Jagjivan Ram, known popularly as Babuji was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the backward classes of Bihar in India. He was instrumental in foundation of the 'All-India Depressed Classes League', an organization dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables, in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937, that is when he organized, rural labour movement.
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