Deendayal Upadhyaya | |
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 Joint postage stamp issued by India and South Africa, 2018 | |
| 10th President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| In office December 1967 – February 1968 | |
| Preceded by | Balraj Madhok |
| Succeeded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1916 Nagla Chandraban, Mathura, United Provinces, British India (present-day Deendayal Dham, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Died | 11 February 1968 (aged 51) Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| Alma mater | Sanatan Dharma College, Kanpur, Agra University (BA) |
| Known for | Integral Humanism[1] |
Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968), known by the epithet Panditji, was an Indian politician, a proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[2] Upadhyaya started the monthly publication Rashtra Dharma, broadly meaning 'National Faith', in the 1940s to spread the ideals of Hindutva revival.[3] Upadhyaya is known for drafting Jan Sangh's official political doctrine, Integral humanism,[1] by including some cultural-nationalism values and his agreement with several Gandhian socialist principles such as sarvodaya (progress of all) and swadeshi (self-sufficiency).[4]
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- ^ "Points about Deendayal Upadhyay". IndiaToday. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ^ Gosling, David (2001). Religion and ecology in India and Southeast Asia. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24030-1.