Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port

In News

• Recently, the Ship-to-Ship operation of LPG was undertaken at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, for the first time in the History of major ports in India.

Key Highlights 

• Kolkata Port was renamed Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port.
• The Kolkata Port is the first Major Port as well as the only riverine port in the country.
• It came to be governed by a Trust on 17th October 1870
• Kolkata Port has traversed 150 years and in this journey, it has been India’s gateway to trade, commerce and economic development.

Shyama Prasad Mookerjee (1901-1953)

• Born in a Bengali Family
• Leader of Hindu Mahasabha.
• Served as a minister in the Bengal government in 1937.
• Member of Constituent Assembly and later, the first Lok Sabha.
• Minister in Nehru’s first cabinet after independence; resigned in 1950 due to differences over relations with Pakistan.
• Founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh (The Bharatiya Janata Party -BJP is the successor of BJS).
• Was opposed to India’s policy of autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir; arrested during Jana Sangh’s agitation against Kashmir policy; died during detention.

Source: PIB