Jana Krishnamurthi

Jana Krishnamurthi
Born(1928-05-24)24 May 1928
Madurai, Madras Presidency, British Raj
Died25 September 2007(2007-09-25) (aged 79)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Lawyer, politician
SpouseBhagyalakshmi[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ "President Patil condoles Jana Krishnamurthy's demise". 25 September 2007.
  2. ^ Yadav, Bhupendra (2022). The Rise of the BJP: The Making of the World's Largest Political Party (1st ed.). India: Penguin Random House India. ISBN 978-0670095254.