Pandit
Deendayal Upadhyay (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an Indian
philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and political
scientist. He was one of the most important leaders of the Bharatiya Jana
Sangh, the forerunner of the present day Bharatiya Janata Party. He was born in
the village Chandrabhan, now called Deendayal Dham, near the Farah town in
Mathura District, 26 km away from Mathura. His father, Bhagwati Prasad, was a
well-known astrologer and his mother Shrimati Rampyari was a religious-minded
lady. Deendayal Upadhyaya was a man of soaring idealism and had a tremendous
capacity for organisation and reflected different aspects of a social thinker,
economist, educationalist, politician, writer, journalist, speaker, organiser
etc. He was regarded as an ideal swayamsevak of the RSS essentially because
‘his discourse reflected the pure thought-current of the Sangh’. Upadhyaya
conceived the political philosophy Integral Humanism – the guiding philosophy
of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The philosophy of Integral Humanism advocates
the simultaneous and integrated program of the body, mind and intellect and
soul of each human being.
Commemorative
Stamp on Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was released by Uttar Pradesh Governor Shri
Ram Naik and President of the Bharatiya Janata Party Shri Amit Shah at Lucknow
on 29th December 2016.
