Bharatiya Jana Sangh
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Bharatiya Jana Sangh is the old name of Bharatiya Janata Party, a major political party of India. 'Bharatiya Jana Sangh' consists of three Hindi words (as indicated within brackets), with literal meanings of - Indian (Bharatiya), People or Public (Jana) and Union or Organisation or Union (Sangh).
'Bharatiya Jana Sangh' was started by Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee (also spelt as Shyama Prasad Mukherjee) on 21st October 1951 at Delhi in consultation with the RSS. The symbol of the party in Indian elections was the lamp. In 1952 general elections to the Parliament of India, Bharatiya Jana Sangh had won three seats - Dr. Mookerjee being one of the winning candidates.
After the party's bad showing in 1984, it was re-launched as the Bharatiya Janata Party, which was the governing party of India from 1998 until 2004 when the Congress Party won an upset election.