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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Upadhyay was born in a small village (Sarayan Ujiyar) in [[Ballia District]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1923 and did his college studies at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Shri Rabindra Nath Upadhyay">{{cite web \| url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2003/constructive-work/shri-rabindra-nath-upadhyay \| title=Shri Rabindra Nath Upadhyay \| publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation \| date=2013 \| access-date=8 November 2015 }}{{dead link\|date=April 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Attracted by the ideals of [[Subash Chandra Bose]], he joined the [[Indian independence movement]] during his school days and is said to have been involved in armed struggle but, after the assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1948, he abandoned violent politics to pursue [[~~non violence~~]].<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003">{{cite web \| url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/Media/pdf/JBA_2003_Bio_Rabindra_Upadhyay.pdf \| title=Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003 \| publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> Associating himself with [[Vinoba Bhave]] and his [[Bhoodan Movement]],<ref name="Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award">{{cite web \| url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20070126/575402.html \| title=Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award \| publisher=Web India` \| date=26 January 2007 \| access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> he joined ''Shram Bharati'', a Gandhian community, in 1951, to work alongside renowned Gandhians such as [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], [[:de:Dhirendra Nath Majumdar\|Dhirendra Majumdar]] and [[Acharya Ramamurti]].<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> When the [[Sino-Indian War]] broke out in 1962, he moved to the [[Assam]] border and worked there as a [[Shanti Sena\|Shanti Sainik]].<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi and the Gandhians in the North-East">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct%20010/nat.htm \| title=Mahatma Gandhi and the Gandhians in the North-East \| author=Natwar Thakkar \| journal=Astha Bharati \| date=October 2010 \| volume=12 \| issue=2}}</ref>		Upadhyay was born in a small village (Sarayan Ujiyar) in [[Ballia District]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1923 and did his college studies at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Shri Rabindra Nath Upadhyay">{{cite web \| url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2003/constructive-work/shri-rabindra-nath-upadhyay \| title=Shri Rabindra Nath Upadhyay \| publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation \| date=2013 \| access-date=8 November 2015 }}{{dead link\|date=April 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Attracted by the ideals of [[Subash Chandra Bose]], he joined the [[Indian independence movement]] during his school days and is said to have been involved in armed struggle but, after the assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1948, he abandoned violent politics to pursue [[nonviolence]].<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003">{{cite web \| url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/Media/pdf/JBA_2003_Bio_Rabindra_Upadhyay.pdf \| title=Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003 \| publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation \| date=2015 \| access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> Associating himself with [[Vinoba Bhave]] and his [[Bhoodan Movement]],<ref name="Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award">{{cite web \| url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20070126/575402.html \| title=Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award \| publisher=Web India` \| date=26 January 2007 \| access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> he joined ''Shram Bharati'', a Gandhian community, in 1951, to work alongside renowned Gandhians such as [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], [[:de:Dhirendra Nath Majumdar\|Dhirendra Majumdar]] and [[Acharya Ramamurti]].<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> When the [[Sino-Indian War]] broke out in 1962, he moved to the [[Assam]] border and worked there as a [[Shanti Sena\|Shanti Sainik]].<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi and the Gandhians in the North-East">{{cite journal \| url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct%20010/nat.htm \| title=Mahatma Gandhi and the Gandhians in the North-East \| author=Natwar Thakkar \| journal=Astha Bharati \| date=October 2010 \| volume=12 \| issue=2}}</ref>

	In Assam, he chose Tamulpur village, on advice from [[Amalprava Das]], the head of local [[Shanti Sena]], and founded the ''Tamulpur Anchalik Gramdan Sangha'' (TAGS), a non governmental organization<ref name="World Directory Of Environmental Organisations">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQJlJ3E9iQEC&q=Rabindra+Nath+Upadhyay&pg=PA187 \| title=World Directory Of Environmental Organisations \| publisher=APH Publishing \| author=S. Vandana \| year=2005 \| pages=615 \| isbn=9788170248569}}</ref> in Tamulpur village for spreading the ''Gramodyog'' (Village industry) ideals, under the aegis of which he promoted [[cottage industries]] such as silk, khadi, honey and oil.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> The organization has since become a [[Khadi Gramodyog]] Training Center.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> He also founded a ''Peace Centre'', at Kumarikata village in the [[Nalbari District]]. Under the aegis of these organizations, he established a common granary to act as a food depository for use in times of need and arranged for financial assistance to free up land from the local land owners.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> Establishment of Creches, low cost sanitation, [[biogas]] plants and drinking water facilities were some of the other contributions of Upadhyay in Assam and [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. He was also involved with relief operations when famine affected the area.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" />		In Assam, he chose Tamulpur village, on advice from [[Amalprava Das]], the head of local [[Shanti Sena]], and founded the ''Tamulpur Anchalik Gramdan Sangha'' (TAGS), a non governmental organization<ref name="World Directory Of Environmental Organisations">{{cite book \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQJlJ3E9iQEC&q=Rabindra+Nath+Upadhyay&pg=PA187 \| title=World Directory Of Environmental Organisations \| publisher=APH Publishing \| author=S. Vandana \| year=2005 \| pages=615 \| isbn=9788170248569}}</ref> in Tamulpur village for spreading the ''Gramodyog'' (Village industry) ideals, under the aegis of which he promoted [[cottage industries]] such as silk, khadi, honey and oil.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> The organization has since become a [[Khadi Gramodyog]] Training Center.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> He also founded a ''Peace Centre'', at Kumarikata village in the [[Nalbari District]]. Under the aegis of these organizations, he established a common granary to act as a food depository for use in times of need and arranged for financial assistance to free up land from the local land owners.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> Establishment of Creches, low cost sanitation, [[biogas]] plants and drinking water facilities were some of the other contributions of Upadhyay in Assam and [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. He was also involved with relief operations when famine affected the area.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" />

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'''Rabindra Nath Upadhyay''' (1923–2010) was an Indian social worker, [[Gandhian]] and the founder of ''Tamulpur Anchalik Gramdan Sangha'' (TAGS), a [[non governmental organization]] working for the social development of the rural people in the Kumarikata village of [[Assam]].<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R">{{cite web | url=http://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/gandhi/mss/MSS_Newsletter_May_5_2010.pdf | title=M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R | publisher=Mahila Shanti Sena | date=5 May 2010 | access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> He was a recipient of the 2003 [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]].<ref name="JBF Awards 2003">{{cite web | url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2003 | title=JBF Awards 2003 | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]], in 2000, for his services to the society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Upadhyay was born in a small village (Sarayan Ujiyar) in [[Ballia District]] of the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in 1923 and did his college studies at [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name="Shri Rabindra Nath Upadhyay">{{cite web | url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/awards/archives/2003/constructive-work/shri-rabindra-nath-upadhyay | title=Shri Rabindra Nath Upadhyay | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2013 | access-date=8 November 2015 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Attracted by the ideals of [[Subash Chandra Bose]], he joined the [[Indian independence movement]] during his school days and is said to have been involved in armed struggle but, after the assassination of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] in 1948, he abandoned violent politics to pursue [[non violence]].<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003">{{cite web | url=http://jamnalalbajajfoundation.org/Media/pdf/JBA_2003_Bio_Rabindra_Upadhyay.pdf | title=Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003 | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | date=2015 | access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> Associating himself with [[Vinoba Bhave]] and his [[Bhoodan Movement]],<ref name="Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20070126/575402.html | title=Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award | publisher=Web India` | date=26 January 2007 | access-date=8 November 2015}}</ref> he joined ''Shram Bharati'', a Gandhian community, in 1951, to work alongside renowned Gandhians such as [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], [[:de:Dhirendra Nath Majumdar|Dhirendra Majumdar]] and [[Acharya Ramamurti]].<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> When the [[Sino-Indian War]] broke out in 1962, he moved to the [[Assam]] border and worked there as a [[Shanti Sena|Shanti Sainik]].<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /><ref name="Mahatma Gandhi and the Gandhians in the North-East">{{cite journal | url=http://www.asthabharati.org/Dia_Oct%20010/nat.htm | title=Mahatma Gandhi and the Gandhians in the North-East | author=Natwar Thakkar | journal=Astha Bharati | date=October 2010 | volume=12 | issue=2}}</ref>

In Assam, he chose Tamulpur village, on advice from [[Amalprava Das]], the head of local [[Shanti Sena]], and founded the ''Tamulpur Anchalik Gramdan Sangha'' (TAGS), a non governmental organization<ref name="World Directory Of Environmental Organisations">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OQJlJ3E9iQEC&q=Rabindra+Nath+Upadhyay&pg=PA187 | title=World Directory Of Environmental Organisations | publisher=APH Publishing | author=S. Vandana | year=2005 | pages=615 | isbn=9788170248569}}</ref> in Tamulpur village for spreading the ''Gramodyog'' (Village industry) ideals, under the aegis of which he promoted [[cottage industries]] such as silk, khadi, honey and oil.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> The organization has since become a [[Khadi Gramodyog]] Training Center.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> He also founded a ''Peace Centre'', at Kumarikata village in the [[Nalbari District]]. Under the aegis of these organizations, he established a common granary to act as a food depository for use in times of need and arranged for financial assistance to free up land from the local land owners.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> Establishment of Creches, low cost sanitation, [[biogas]] plants and drinking water facilities were some of the other contributions of Upadhyay in Assam and [[Arunachal Pradesh]]. He was also involved with relief operations when famine affected the area.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" />

Aligning with [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]], Upadhyay started ''New Weavers' Training Centre'' for training villagers in cottage industries and set up buildings, work-sheds, hostels and equipment such as oil presses and bee-boxes for the farmers and artisans.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> When the Union Government decided to evict all refugees migrated from the erstwhile East Pakistan and settled in Tamulpur, he protested and declared a peaceful [[satyagraha]] which persuaded the government to revoke the decision.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> His opposition to the secessionist activities of [[Bodo people]] exposed him to physical assault by the militants.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> During the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency period]], he also suffered incarceration for protesting against the government.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" />

Upadhyay was married to Shakuntala Devi,<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> who was also involved in his social activities.<ref name="Recipient of Jamnalal Bajaj Award for Constructive Work-2003" /> He died on 12 April 2010, at [[Guwahati]], at the age of 87.<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" />

== Awards and honours ==
The Government of India included him in the 2000 [[Indian honours system|Republic Day honours]] list for the civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] for his services to the society.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> In 2003, he was awarded the [[Jamnalal Bajaj Award]] for constructive work by Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation.<ref name="JBF Awards 2003" /> The next year he received the ''Friends of North-east Award''<ref name="M S S E - N E W S L E T T E R" /> and the National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH), an autonomous body under the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] honoured him with the ''National Communal Harmony Award'' in 2006<ref name="Assamese Gandhian Rabindra Nath Upadhyay bags 2006 National Communal Harmony Award" /> which he received from [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], the then [[President of India]], on 23 May 2007.<ref name="RRB Non-Technical / Clerical Cadre">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rn8EwN8c_WoC&q=Rabindra+Nath+Upadhyay&pg=RA10-PA4 | title=RRB Non-Technical / Clerical Cadre | publisher=Sura Books | year=2006 | isbn=9788172540555}}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Div col}}
* [[Shanti Sena]]
* [[Khadi Gramodyog]]
* [[Subash Chandra Bose]]
* [[Mahatma Gandhi]]
* [[Vinoba Bhave]]
* [[Bhoodan Movement]]
* [[Jayaprakash Narayan]]
* [[Amalprava Das]]
* [[Acharya Ramamurti]]
{{div col end}}
{{portal|India}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXojeV2PjY | title=2003 Jamnalal Bajaj Awards - Award Investiture Ceremony | publisher=Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=19 May 2015 | access-date=8 November 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.gandhitopia.org/photo/rabindra-nath-upadhyay-garvin-shakuntala-at-khadi-tamulpur | title=Rabindra Nath Upadhyay Garvin Shakuntala at Khadi Tamulpur | publisher=Gandhi Topia | work=Image | date=2015 | access-date=8 November 2015}}
* {{cite web | url=https://www.amazon.com/Traveller-Rabindra-Nath-Upadhyay-Autobiography-ebook/dp/B01DSVZ0QQ/ | title= Autobiography - The Traveller: Autobiography of Karmyogi | work=[[Amazon Kindle]] | date=5 April 2016}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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