Jagjivan Ram
| Babu Jagjivan Ram | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of India | |
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In office 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 Serving with Charan Singh |
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| Prime Minister | Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Morarji Desai |
| Succeeded by | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 24 March 1977 – 1 July 1978 |
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| Prime Minister | Morarji Desai |
| Preceded by | Sardar Swaran Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sardar Swaran Singh |
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In office 27 June 1970 – 10 October 1974 |
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| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Bansi Lal |
| Succeeded by | Chidambaram Subramaniam |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 April 1908 Chandwa, Bhojpur, Bihar, British India |
| Died | 6 July 1986 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress-Jagjivan (1981–1986) |
| Other political affiliations |
Indian National Congress (Before 1977) Congress for Democracy (1977) Janata Party (1977–1981) |
| Spouse(s) | Indrani Devi (1935-1986) |
| Children |
Suresh Kumar Meira Kumar |
| Alma mater |
Banaras Hindu University University of Calcutta |
Suresh Kumar
Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was a leader of the Dalit community. He was instrumental in foundation of the All-India Depressed Classes League, an organisation dedicated to attaining equality for untouchables, in 1935 and was elected to Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1937, after which he organised the rural labour movement.
In 1946, he became the youngest minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's interim government, the first 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 to serve as a minister with various portfolios for more than forty years as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). Most importantly, he was the Defence Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war of 1971, which resulted in the creation 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 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi during the Emergency (1975–77), he left Congress in 1977 and joined the Janata Party alliance, along with his Congress for Democracy. He later served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India (1977–79), then in 1980, he formed Congress (J).
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