{"id":360174,"date":"2026-04-06T18:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=360174"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T13:06:22","slug":"babu-jagjivan-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/babu-jagjivan-ram\/","title":{"rendered":"Babu Jagjivan Ram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: On 5 April 2026, the 119th birth anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram was observed with floral tributes and prayers in New Delhi.<\/p>\n<h2>About Babu Jagjivan Ram<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Babu Jagjivan Ram, known as Babuji, was a national leader, freedom fighter, and a strong crusader for social justice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birth<\/strong>: He was born on April 5, 1908, in Chandwa village of Bihar in a Dalit family.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education<\/strong>: Despite facing caste discrimination, he studied at Banaras Hindu University and later graduated from Calcutta University in 1931.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philosophy<\/strong>: He followed the philosophy of equality and human dignity throughout his life and worked continuously to remove social discrimination and injustice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Contributions &amp; Legacy<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Freedom Struggle<\/strong>: He participated in movements and also acted as a bridge between Dalits and the Indian National Congress, linking social reform with national freedom.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Reformer<\/strong>: In 1934, he founded the All India Depressed Classes League to promote equality for untouchables.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interim Government (1946)<\/strong>:He became the youngest minister in Jawaharlal Nehru\u2019s interim government and handled the Labour portfolio.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Labour Minister (1946\u20131952):<\/strong> During this period, he introduced important labour laws such as the Minimum Wages Act, Employees\u2019 State Insurance scheme, and Provident Fund Act.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Defence Minister (1970\u20131974)<\/strong>: He led India during the 1971 Indo-Pak war, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agriculture Minister (1967\u20131970):<\/strong> During this tenure, he guided the Green Revolution and made India self-sufficient in food grains.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other Key Role<\/strong>: In 1977, he formed the Congress for Democracy and later served as Deputy Prime Minister from January 1979 to July 1979.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Longest-Serving Minister<\/strong>: He served as a Union Cabinet Minister for 35 years, which is the longest tenure in Indian history.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Literature<\/strong>: In 1980, he wrote Caste Challenge in India, which explains his views on social inequality.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Death<\/strong>: He passed away on July 6, 1986.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: On 5 April 2026, the 119th birth anniversary of Babu Jagjivan Ram was observed with floral tributes and prayers in New Delhi. About Babu Jagjivan Ram Babu Jagjivan Ram, known as Babuji, was a national leader, freedom fighter, and a strong crusader for social justice. Birth: He was born on April 5, 1908, in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/babu-jagjivan-ram\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Babu Jagjivan Ram<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212,12039,11210],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-360174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","category-knolls","category-personalities-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}