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Samta Diwas
Every year on 5th April, on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Jagjivan Ram, 'Samta Diwas' is organized all over India.
Jagjivan Ram was born on April 5, 1908 in Chandwa, Bihar.
His early education took place in Arrah city.
Jagjivan Ram came under the influence of Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya in the year 1925.
Later on the invitation of Malviya ji, he went to Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
After completion of tenure in BHU, he did B.Sc. from Calcutta University in the year 1931.
In the year 1931, he became a member of the Indian National Congress (Congress Party).
He contributed to the formation of the All India Depressed Classes League in the year 1934-35.
In the year 1935, he proposed in a session of the Hindu Mahasabha that drinking water wells and temples should be kept open for untouchables.
In the year 1935, Jagjivan Ram appeared before the Hammond Commission in Ranchi and demanded voting rights for Dalits for the first time.
He participated in the Quit India Movement against British rule and was jailed twice in the 1940s for political activities related to it.
Babu Jagjivan Ram became the youngest minister in Jawaharlal Nehru's interim government in the year 1946.
After independence, he ministered the Labor Department till the year 1952.
He served as Minister of Communications (1952–56), Transport and Railways (1956–62) and Minister of Transport and Communications (1962–63) in the Nehru cabinet.
He served as the Minister of Food and Agriculture between years 1967-70 and in 1970 he was made the Defense Minister.
He was the Defense Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war of 1971 which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh.
In 1977, he left the Congress and joined the Janata Party (new party) and served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India (1977–79) in this government.
His uninterrupted representation in the Parliament from 1936-1986 (40 years) is a world record.
He also holds the record of being the longest serving cabinet minister in India (30 years).
Jagjivan Ram died on July 6, 1986 in New Delhi.
The name of the memorial at his cremation site is Samta Sthal.