| Name(s) |
NANAJI DESHMUKH
(Full name: Chandikadas Amritrao
Deshmukh) |
| Date of
Birth |
October 11, 1916 |
| Date of
Death |
February 27, 2010 |
|
Identity |
Indian Social
Activist |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1937: Immediately after
graduation, he joined the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh),
a social service organization.
- 1947: RSS decided to launch
two journals Rashtradharma, Panchjanya and a newspaper
called Swadesh; for this Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee was
assigned the responsibility of the editor and Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya was made the Margdharshak with Nanaji as the
managing director.
- 1950: He established
India's first Saraswati Shishu Mandir at Gorakhpur in 1950;
Saraswati Sishu Mandir are a group of schools run by the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
- 1972: Deendayal Research
Institute (DRI) was founded by him to validate the
philosophy of Integral Humanism propounded by Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyaya.
- 1977: He won in the 1977
election held after revocation of the Emergency from
Balrampur Lok Sabha constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
- 1980: He opted out of
politics.
- 1999: He was awarded
Padma Vibhushan.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural
self-reliance.
- He was a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh and also a
member of the Rajya Sabha.
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