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Jana Sangh

British  
/ ˈdʒʌnə ˈsʌŋɡ /

noun

  1. a political party in India

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Jana Sangh

Hindi, literally: people's party

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The state was home to some of the forebears of Hindu nationalism, including the first president of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the predecessor to the BJP.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

Protesting partition of Punjab, Yagya Dutt Sharma, 47, a leader of the militantly orthodox Jana Sangh Party, began a fast of his own in the marketplace of Amritsar.

From Time Magazine Archive

Third place went to the Jana Sangh Party, which has won 33 seats so far.

From Time Magazine Archive

These include the right wing of the old Congress Party, the free-enterprising pro-Western Swatantra, and the fast-growing Jana Sangh, which has a strong rural base in the northern Hindi-speaking states.

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In addition, intraparty disputes over the growing power of Jana Sangh, a right-wing Janata faction, had led to widespread defections from the alliance.

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