PM Pays Tribute to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya | 26 Sep 2025

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on 25th September 2025, paid homage to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya on his birth anniversary, highlighting his enduring contributions to India’s ideological foundation and developmental vision.

Key Points

• About: He was born on 25th September 1916, in the village of Nagla Chandrabhan in Mathura District, Uttar Pradesh and passed away on 11th February 1968.
  • He was an Indian politician, philosopher, and ideologue of the RSS and Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) (the predecessor of the Bharatiya Janata Party).
• Contributions: He focused on Antyodaya, i.e., uplifting the last person and addressing the needs of the most disadvantaged.
  • His philosophy of “Integral Humanism” emphasised welfare, social justice, economic equality, and self-reliance.
• Recognition: Since 25th September 2014, his birth anniversary has been observed as Antyodaya Diwas to honour his contributions to the nation.
  • In 2015, the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) was renamed Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-NRLM.
  • In 2018, Mughalsarai Junction in Uttar Pradesh was renamed after him