Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
On 25th September, 2023, Prime Minister unveiled a 72-feet statue of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in New Delhi on his 107th birth anniversary.
- Antyodaya Diwas is celebrated on September 26 every year to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
About Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya
- He was a politician, a teacher, a writer, who was born on September 25, 1916, in Nagla Chandraban, Mathura, in Uttar Pradesh.
- He joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1942.
- He joined the Bhartiya Jana Sangh (1951) founded by Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, and became its President in 1967 (Calicut session).
Ideology
- He drafted Jan Sangh's official political ....