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An Indian politician, Murli Manohar Joshi was born on 5 January 1934. He was the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) between 1991 and 1993 and is the former Member of Parliament for the Kanpur parliamentary constituency. He used to be a professor of physics at the University of Allahabad. The BJP would not have been the same without him; he was one of the key leaders. Joshi later became the Union Minister of Human Resources Development in the National Democratic Alliance government. In 2017, Joshi was awarded the second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, by the Government of India.
Fascinating Facts About Murli Manohar Joshi:-
– Joshi came into contact with the RSS in Delhi at a young age and took part in the Cow Protection Movement in 1953–54, as well as the Kumbh Kisan Andolan of UP in 1955, where he demanded a halving of land revenue assessment.
– He was elected to be the Member of Parliament from Almora. Joshi was elected General Secretary of the Janata Parliamentary Party when the Janata Party came to power, forming the first non-Congress government in Indian history.
– Joshi held the Ekta Yatra in December 1991 to show that the BJP supported national unity and was against separatist movements.
– The journey began on 11 December in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, and 14 states were visited over the course of the journey. The rally’s final stop to hoist the Indian flag in Jammu and Kashmir on 26 January 1992 was considered a failure, with only a small number of people from the local area taking part.
– The life and work of Babasaheb Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, and Deendayal Upadhyaya are known to have influenced Joshi.
Joshi was a Member of Parliament from Pune for three terms. He was defeated in the Lok Sabha elections of May 2004 from Allahabad.
– As a BJP candidate, he won the election to the 15th Lok Sabha from Varanasi. He served as the home minister for 13 days of government in 1996.
– In 2009, Joshi was appointed Chairman of the Manifesto Preparation Board of the BJP. The Allahabad University Alumni Association honored him as a “Proud Past Alumni” of Allahabad University.
– Murli Manohar Joshi was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in the year 2017.
