Nanaji Deshmukh, a bharat ratna awardee, was a social reformer in India. Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh was born on 11 october,1916 in Kadoli village in Hingoli district in Maharastra. After his schooling in Sikar, he studied in Birla college( present day BITS Pilani). Then was the time he joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
Nanaji Deshmukh was an active member in RSS. After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, RSS was banned. When the ban was removed after lomg time, it was decided to form a political organisation. Then Bharatiya Jana Sangh was formed. Deshmukh was asked to be the general secretary of the organisation in Uttar Pradesh. His work as the general secretary was incredible and as a result, he was nominated to Rajya sabha by the NDA government in 1999.
After retirement from active politics Deshmukh then served Deendayal Research Institute that he himself had established way back in 1969. He worked towards anti-poverty and also rural health and education.He also established Chitarkoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaaya in Chitrakoot, India’s first rural University, and served as its Chancellor.
Deshmukh died on 27 February 2010 in the premises of Chitrakoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya. Later in 2019, he was awarded the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna for his work in the fields of education, health and rural self-reliance.
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