Acharya J.B. Kripalani Member of Parliament (MP) from Guna (Madhya Pradesh) Biodata

Name of Member: Acharya J.B. Kripalani

Political Party: Independents

Constituency & State: Guna (Madhya Pradesh)

Lok Sabha Experience: 1,2,3,4

4th Lok Sabha
Members Bioprofile

KRIPALANI SHRI J. B., M.A., Ind., (Madhya Pradesh—Guna—1967): s. of Divan Bhagwandas Kripalani; b. at Hyderabad Sind, 1888; ed. at Bombay University; m. Shrimati Sucheta Das Kripalani; Khadi and Village Worker; Director, Shri Gandhi Ashram; Professor in Bihar Bhumikar College, Muzaffarpur, under the Calcutta University, 1912—17; joined Mahatma Gandhi in Champaran Satyagraha, 1917; worked as Private Secretary to late Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya, 1918; Professor of Politics, Banaras Hindu University, 1919-20; Acharya (Principal), Gujarat Vidyapeeth, 1922—27; General-Secretary, Indian National Congress, 1934—1946; President, Indian National Congress, 1946-47; founded “Vigil” a political weekly, 1950; formed the Congress Democratic Front, 1951; resigned from the Congress and formed K.M.P.P., 1951; Chairman, Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party for three years; Chairman, Praja Socialist Party for two and a half years; suffered imprisonment several times for participating in the freedom movement; Member, (1) Constituent Assembly, 1946—51; (2) Provisional Parliament 1950—52; (3) First Lok Sabha, 1952— 57; (4) Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62 and (5) Third Lok Sabha, 1963—67.

Social activities:  Director, Sri Gandhi Ashram, engaged in khadi and village industry and village work generally throughout U.P., Delhi and parts of Madhya Pradesh.

Favourite pastime and recreation:  Reading and occasionally writing.

Special interests:  The welfare and advancement of India.

Publications:  The  Gandhian way ; The Nonviolent Revolution ; The Indian National Congress; The Polities  of  Charkha ; The Future of the  Congress ; The Lastest Fad ; Basic Education ; Where are we Going ; The  Second Plan ;  The Gandhian Critique ; Planning; Pomp and Poverty;  The Fateful Year ; Gandhi – the Statesman ; Surplus Value . 

Travels abroad:  U.S.A., Europe, Japan, Formosa, Burma, Hongkong and Thailand.

Permanent address:   Shah Najaf Road, Hazratganj, Lucknow, U.P.

 


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