Deendayal Upadhyaya
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 |
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). Upadhyaya started the monthly publication Rashtra Dharma, broadly meaning 'National Duties', in the 1940s to spread the ideals of Hindutva revival. Upadhyaya is known for drafting Jan Sangh's official political doctrine, Integral humanism, by including some cultural-nationalism values and his agreement with several Gandhian socialist principles such as sarvodaya (progress of all) and swadeshi (self-sufficiency).