Question

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya: A multi-faceted personality essay in English (250 words)

Answer 1

Here I am writing about multiple facets and talents of Sri Pandit Deendayal U.  A profile picture is also enclosed too.

      Sri Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya was an Indian, who influenced a large number of people like Gandhiji.  He was a nationalist leader in Bharatiya Jana Sangh & RSS, that formed BJP later on.

    He was a noted economist, writer, editor, political scientist, journalist, sociologist, historian, thinker, employer and philosopher too.  He was an organizer, speaker and influenced his followers through his idealism, intelligence and completeness of his ideas.  He dedicated his life for the public and lived very simple.  He was influenced by Gandhiji's principles and lived selflessly the Gandhian way.  He even expelled some MLAs in Rajasthan as they opposed Jamindari Abolition Act.

    He was an editor and an employer.  In 1940s, he started a monthly “Rashtra Dharma”, a weekly "Panchajanya" and a daily “Swadesh” from Lucknow.  He was a good writer too.  He wrote a drama in Hindi “Chandragupta Maurya” and a biography of “Shankaracharya”.  He translated biography of Hedgewar (founder of RSS) into Hindi from Marathi.

     He was good in academics securing gold medal in Board exams.  He studied  in Birla college in Pilani with a scholarship.  Later he studied Arts in degree and literature in P.G.  He joined public service with an intention to serve the common man.  He left the service to help the people.

    He believed that "Dharma" was the correct guiding principle to govern a state. He argued that neither capitalisam nor communism suitable for India.  DeenDayal conceived an alternative model of political and economic governance.  It is called as Integral Humanism Theory (IHT) and was adopted by BJS/RSS/BJP.  He supported the concept of National sector (public sector organizations).  His principles are appreciated by many intellectuals including Dr. Subrahmanya Swamy and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.