Portrait of a Martyr: Biography of Dr.Shyama Prasad Mookerji

This edition of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee’s biography was published in 2001 to mark his 100th birth anniversary. Dr Mookerjee was one of the remarkable figures who played a crucial role in Indian politics during the decades before and after independence. This book explores the life and career of a versatile genius who excelled in every field of activity he entered – as vice-chancellor of Calcutta University (1934-38), as the acting president of the Hindu Mahasabha (1940), as a parliamentarian and the first president of the Jana Sangh (1951-53) and as a crusader for the cause of Indian unity for which he laid down his life, under mysterious circumstances, in prison, on 23 June 1953.