| Name(s) |
Pandit DEENDAYAL
UPADHYAYA |
| Date of
Birth |
September 25, 1916 |
| Date of
Death |
February 11, 1968 |
|
Identity |
Indian philosopher,
economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and political
activist. |
|
Events &
Developments |
- He was one of the most important leaders of the
Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of the present day
Bharatiya Janata Party.
- A revered icon of Integral Humanism, he was an ideologue
and a guiding force for an alternative model of governance
and politics.
- Feb 10, 1968: In the
evening of this day, at Lucknow, he boarded the Sealdah
Express for Patna. The train reached Mughalsarai at about
2:10 AM but Upadhyaya was not found on the train. He was
murdered under mysterious circumstances on 11 February 1968
while travelling. His body was found near Mughalsarai
railway station in Uttar Pradesh 10 minutes after the train
arrived.
- Sep 25, 2017: On this
day, the anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, the UP
government put up the proposal to rename the Mughalsarai
railway station in his honour because of his connection to
the said station owing to his death under mysterious
circumstances at that station in 1968.
- On this very day, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi,
dedicated to the nation a new ONGC building - the "Deendayal
Urja Bhawan".
- Apr 28, 2018: The Prime
Minister of India, Narendra Modi, declared that it was a
historic day as every single village of India now had access
to electricity. He stated that All the villages have been
electrified under the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram
Jyoti Yojana. He further informed that the
last village to be brought on the national power grid was
Leisang village in the Senapati
district of Manipur at 5.30pm on on this day.
- Jun 05, 2018: A
notification was issued by the Uttar Pradesh government
bringing into effect the change in name of the
Mughalsarai Railway Station to "Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
Junction".
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