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Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay
● Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was born on September 25, 1916 in Nagla Chandraban village of Mathura district.
● His mother Smt. Rampyari was a religious woman and his father Sr. Bhagwati Prasad was an assistant station master in Jalesar.
● Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was a man of simple living and determination. He was a brilliant student, skilled organizer, writer, journalist, thinker, philosopher, true nationalist and outstanding humanist.
● Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay was a full-time worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
● He established the publishing house 'Rashtra Dharma Prakashan' in Lucknow.
● He launched the monthly magazine 'Rashtra Dharma' to propound his principles. Later he started the weekly 'Panchjanya' and the daily 'Swadesh'.
● Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was the founding member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. After becoming the general secretary of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, he also became the president.
● Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was the founder of the theory of 'holistic humanism'.
● February 11, 1968 Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay was found dead in the Mughal Sarai Railway Yard.

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