Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

Indian political party

Political party in India

Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party

Leader| Jivatram Kripalani
Founder| Jivatram Kripalani
Founded| 1951
Dissolved| 1952
Split from| Indian National Congress
Merged into| Praja Socialist Party
Ideology| Agrarianism
Socialism
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The Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party (Farmer Worker People's Party) was a political party of India. Established in 1951, it merged with the Socialist Party to form the Praja Socialist Party in the following year.

## History[edit]

In June, 1951 Indian National Congress dissidents led by Jivatram Kripalani founded the KMPP. Two of its leaders, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh and Tanguturi Prakasam, had been chief ministers of West Bengal and of Madras respectively.[1] It contested the 1951–52 Indian general election, the first such polls in India. The party nominated candidates in 145 constituencies across sixteen states, but won only ten seats, six candidates being elected from Madras state,[2] and one each from Mysore state, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Vindhya Pradesh,[3][4] getting 5.8% of the votes. Kripalani himself lost from the (now defunct) Faizabad District (North West) constituency, but his wife, Sucheta Kripalani, was elected from New Delhi. It won 77 seats in the state legislative assemblies.[citation needed] In September, 1952 it merged with the Socialist Party to form the Praja Socialist Party.[1][5]

## See also[edit]

* Indian National Congress breakaway parties
* Haripada Chattopadhyay

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b Chandra, Bipan & others (2000). India after Independence 1947-2000, New Delhi:Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-027825-7, p.201
2. ^ http://loksabhaph.nic.in/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=69&lsno=1. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|title=` (help)
3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2008.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^ "Archived copy". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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