NANAJI DESHMUKH | IAS GYAN

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Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh on his birth anniversary.

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He was influenced by Lokamanya Tilak and his nationalist ideology.
He was a leader of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
He actively participated in Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan.
Deshmukh was the main force behind social activist Jayaprakash Narayan's agitation for total revolution.
He was a social reformer with focus on health, education and rural self-reliance.
He established Chitarkoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya in Chitrakoot, India’s first rural University and had
He was one of main architects of the Janata Party.
In 2019, the President of India, conferred the Bharat Ratna upon him (posthumously) for his services to the nation.