Nanaji Deshmukh: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Indian Social Reformer}}{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]

| constituency = [[Balrampur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Balrampur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]

| death_place = [[Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh|Chitrakoot]],<br >[[Satna District]],<br>[[Madhya Pradesh]],<br>[[India]]

| alma_mater = Birla College (BITS Pilani)

'''Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh''' also known as '''Nanaji Deshmukh''' (11 October 1916 – 27 February 2010) was a social reformer and politician from [[India]]. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He was honoured with the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1999. He was posthumously awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]], India's highest civilian award in 2019 by [[Government of India]]. He was a leader of the [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] and also a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/bharat-ratna-pranab-mukherjee-bhupen-hazarika-nanaji-deshmukh-ram-nath-kovind-republic-day-2019/354087 | title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika | publisher=Times Now | date=25 January 2019 | access-date=25 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Who was Nanaji Deshmukh?|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/who-is/who-is-nanaji-deshmukh-4884617/|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=11 October 2017}}</ref>

In Uttar Pradesh, BJS gained strength from Upadhyaya's vision, [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'s oratory skills and Deshmukh's organizational work and it emerged as an important player in the state politics. Deshmukh always shared good relations not only with his party colleagues but also with his opponents. Gupta, who suffered many defeats at the hands of Deshmukh, yet continued to have great respect for him and called him 'Nana Phadanvis '. His relations with Dr. [[Ram Manohar Lohia]] changed the course of Indian politics. Once he invited Lohia in BJS ''karaykarta sammelan'' where he met Upadhyaya for the first time and this association brought the BJS closer to other socialist parties in exposing the Congress and its misrule. Lohia and Deshmukh's association led to the first non-Congress coalition government in Uttar Pradesh after the 1967 state assembly election <ref>{{cite web |url=https://theprint.in/india/nanaji-deshmukh-key-architect-of-janata-party-who-quit-politics-to-transform-rural-india/521300/}}</ref>

Deshmukh did social work in [[Gonda district|Gonda]] (U.P.), [[Balrampur district|Balrampur]] and [[Beed district|Beed]] (Maharashtra). The motto of his project was {{transl|hi|Har hath ko denge kaam, har khet ko denge paanee}}.

He was awarded [[Bharat Ratna]] in 2019 (Posthumously) and [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1999.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121023083707/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2001-10-19/lucknow/27225871_1_abdul-kalam-principal-scientific-advisor-human-resources Utilise human resources judiciously: Kalam]. ''Times of India''. 19 October 2001</ref>

Deshmukh died on 27 February 2010 in the premises of [[Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya|Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya]] that he established. He was unwell for some time due to geriatric problems and had refused to be taken to Delhi for treatment. He bequeathed his body to Dadhichi Dehdaan Sanstha of New Delhi which was accepted, and his body was sent to [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] for [[medical research]]. His body was sent by road up to [[Satna]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], and hundreds of people and local residents accompanied this last procession to Satna. From Satna, his body was carried by a chartered plane to New Delhi. In New Delhi, his body was kept for few hours at Keshav Sadan (Delhi headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayam Sewak Sangh), and after that the body was donated to AIIMS with the help of Dadhichi Dehdan Sanstha<ref name="TNIE1" />

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