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NANAJI DESHMUKH

12th October, 2022 Culture

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Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh on his birth anniversary.

Details:

  • He was influenced by Lokamanya Tilak and his nationalist ideology.
  • He was a leader of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
  • He actively participated in Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan.
  • Deshmukh was the main force behind social activist Jayaprakash Narayan's agitation for total revolution.
  • He was a social reformer with focus on health, education and rural self-reliance.
  • He established Chitarkoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya in Chitrakoot, India’s first rural University and had
  • He was one of main architects of the Janata Party.
  • In 2019, the President of India, conferred the Bharat Ratna upon him (posthumously) for his services to the nation.

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1866638