School to Varsity, Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s ‘Life, Contribution & Legacy’ in Syllabi
Subhankar Chowdhury | 16 September 2026 | The Telegraph
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from which the BJP was born, will be included in syllabi at all levels from school to university, the Bengal government said on Tuesday.
The higher education department issued a notice in the evening, announcing the “inclusion of life, contribution and legacy of Syama Prasad Mookerjee in the curricula at the schools, colleges and universities”. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh from which the BJP was born, will be included in syllabi at all levels from school to university, the Bengal government said on Tuesday.
The higher education department issued a notice in the evening, announcing the “inclusion of life, contribution and legacy of Syama Prasad Mookerjee in the curricula at the schools, colleges and universities”.
The state government also asked the education secretary to “impress upon the National Library to take appropriate steps” to procure, collect and preserve relevant books, documents and other materials relating to Mookerjee “to develop a comprehensive repository for the benefit of researchers, students and future generations”.
The decision was taken a little over two months after chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said Mookerjee should be included in school and university syllabi, and the chapters on the farmers’ movement in Singur introduced by the Mamata Banerjee government dropped