Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (6 July 1901 - 1952) (also spelled Mookerjee) founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the Bharatiya Janata Party of India.

The Oxford educated son of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, he was a vice chancellor of the University of Calcutta.