Party Name : Independents
Constituency : Guna
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 4 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 4
More Information :
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.
