J. B. Kripalani Short Biography

J. B. Kripalani Short Biography: Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani, also called Acharaya Kriplani, prominent Indian educator, social activist, and politician in both pre- and post-independence India, who was a close associate of Mohandas K. Gandhi and a longtime supporter of his ideology.

He was a leading figure in the Indian National Congress (Congress Party) during the 1930s and ’40s and later was a founder of the Praja Socialist Party (PSP).

Kripalani participated in 1917 freedom movement. He was imprisoned for the first time in 1920.. He was jailed for 18 months in 1930 for having participated in salt movement. He was jailed for three years for his participation in the Quit India Movement.

In 1951, he formed the Kisan Majdoor Dal. He was member of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha for many years. He was Secretary of the Indian National Congress and also its President in 1946.

Acharya Kripalani was born in Hyderabad, Sind (now in Pakistan) in a Sindhi family. He did his M.A. from Bombay. From 1912 to 1916 he was Lecturer in History in Muzzaffarpur, Bihar. He became Private Secretary to Mahamana Malviya in 1918.

In 1919, he became Professor of Political Science in Benaras University. He wrote many books also. Kripalani was the author of several books, including Gandhi: His Life and Thought (1970). He married Sucheta quite late in life.

The two had big age difference but they had good relations with each other. Sucheta later became first woman Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He died in 1982 at the age of 94.

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