On April 8, 1950, the Nehru-Liaquat Pact was signed, also known as the Delhi Pact in history. After six days of negotiations, India’s then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistan’s then-Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan signed the pact. It was this pact against which Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee resigned from his position as the Minister of Industry in the Nehru government. Mukherjee believed that this pact would endanger Hindus in Pakistan, posing a threat to their well-being. He founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh on October 21, 1951, after his resignation. The signing of this pact was purportedly aimed at safeguarding the rights of minorities and mitigating the threat of future conflicts.
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