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Jana Krishnamurthi was born on 24 May, 1928 in Madurai, Madras Presidency, British India, is an Indian political leader (1928–2007). Discover Jana Krishnamurthi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 79 years old?

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Occupation Lawyer, politician
Age 79 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 24 May 1928
Birthday 24 May
Birthplace Madurai, Madras Presidency, British India
Date of death 25 September, 2007
Died Place Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality India

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1928

K. Jana Krishnamurthi (24 May 1928 – 25 September 2007) was an Indian political leader who rose to be the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2001.

A former Union Law Minister and a member of the Parliament of India, Krishnamurthi was the second person from Tamil Nadu to head a national party in India after Kamaraj.

Krishnamurthi was born in Madurai in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

His mother tongue was Tamil.

1940

An active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from 1940, Krishnamurthi took over as the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) in Tamil Nadu at the instance of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

He played an active part in building an equity for the relatively unknown BJS in South India.

1965

An alumnus of the Chennai Law College, he gave up his successful law practice in Madurai in 1965.

He was persuaded by M. S. Golwalkar, the then chief of the RSS, to enter politics.

1974

In 1974, when Katchatheevu was ceded by India to Sri Lanka, he became the first Tamil leader to challenge it legally.

On a request from Atal Behari Vajpayee, he filed a petition in the Madras High Court challenging the secession of Katchatheevu.

1975

In 1975 when emergency was declared, he was the secretary of the resistance movement in Tamil Nadu.

1977

In 1977 when BJS merged with the Janata Party, he became the General Secretary of that party's Tamil Nadu unit.

1980

In 1980, he helped found the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, SS Bhandari, Kushabhau Thakre and Jaganatha Rao Joshi.

He was the founder National Secretary.

From 1980 to 1990, he helped the BJP expand in the four Southern states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

1983

In 1983 became one of the General Secretaries and from 1985 he was the Vice-President of the Party.

1993

In 1993 he moved to Delhi at the request of L. K. Advani and set up the Intellectual Cells of the BJP on Economic, Defence and Foreign Affairs.

1995

From 1995 onwards he was in charge of the BJP Headquarters.

He also served as the Spokesperson of the Party.

1998

In 1998, Krishnamurthi contested the Lok Sabha election from South Chennai and lost by a very small margin.

2001

On 14 March 2001 he took over as the President of the BJP from Bangaru Laxman.

2002

He held office until June 2002.

Krishnamurthi then became the Union Law Minister in the cabinet of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

He stepped down in a year, due to ill health.

He was a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament from the State of Gujarat

and an active member of the Parliament Standing Committees on External Affairs and Defence.

He was also the Chairman of the Petitions Committee.

His tenure will be remembered for his frank and forthright report on Petrol Adulteration.

2007

Krishnamurthi died on 25 September 2007.

He succumbed to a cardio-respiratory arrest at a private hospital in Chennai.

His wife, Bhagyalakshmi died on 14 May 2021.

He is survived by two sons (Krishnaswamy and Anantha Narayan) and three daughters (Radhika, Bharathi, and Shanthi).