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The Prime Minister paid tribute to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay on his birth anniversary.

About Deendayal Upadhyay:

• • Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was born on 25th of September, 1916, at Nagla Chandrabhan village in Mathura district.
  • From 1942, he became a full-time member of the RSS.
  • He was a journalist in ‘Rashtra Dharma’ daily, worked as editor for ‘Panchjanya’ and wrote a column named ‘Political Diary’ for the weekly ‘the Organiser’. His mantra for journalism was ‘Don’t distort the news’.
  • Literary Contribution:
    • Samrat Chandragupt, Jagatguru Shankaracharya, Political Diary, Integral humanism, Ekatma manavvad.
  • Philosophical Worldview:
    • His philosophy of Integral Humanism contains visions organised around two themes: Morality in politics and swadeshi, Small-scale industrialization in economies.
  • Economic Thoughts: His though akin to Gandhian socialism, believing in the virtue of large production from small units.
  • His main ideas may be seen in his conceptualization of Bharatiyata, Dharma, Dharmarajya and Antyodaya.
•  Antyodaya emphasises the welfare of the poorest of the poor.