Camillo Benso Count of Cavour vs Shyama Prasad Mukherjee

Cavour was appointed Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia by King Victor Emmanuel II. He implemented economic reforms, modernized the army, and pursued a policy of diplomatic maneuvering to unify Italy under Piedmontese leadership.

Cavour sent Piedmontese troops to fight alongside Britain and France in the Crimean War. This participation gained Piedmont-Sardinia a seat at the Congress of Paris, where Cavour raised the Italian question, gaining international sympathy for unification.

Cavour secretly met with French Emperor Napoleon III at Plombi

Cavour provoked Austria into declaring war, leading to the Second Italian War of Independence. Franco-Piedmontese forces won key battles at Magenta and Solferino, resulting in the annexation of Lombardy and the unification of central Italian states under Piedmont.

Cavour oversaw the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy under King Victor Emmanuel II, with the first Italian parliament meeting in Turin. He died shortly after, but his diplomatic and political efforts had largely achieved Italian unification.

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee founded the Bharatiya Jana Sangh in Delhi, a right-wing political party that advocated for Hindu nationalism and opposed the appeasement of minorities. The party later evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mukherjee campaigned for the abrogation of Article 370, which granted special autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir. He argued that the provision undermined national integration and called for its removal.

Mukherjee was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir government for entering the state without a permit to protest discriminatory laws. He died in detention under mysterious circumstances, leading to allegations of foul play.