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.

By: ASRAF UDDIN AHMED