Dattopant Thengadi
Dattopant Thengadi | |
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| Born | Dattatrye Bapurao Thengadi 10 November 1920 |
| Died | 14 October 2004 (aged 83) Pune, Maharashtra, Republic of India |
| Alma mater | Morris College |
| Organization(s) | Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh All India Congress Committee Communist Party of India |
| Known for | Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Bharatiya Kisan Sangh |
| Parent(s) | Bapurao Dajeebaa Thengadi (father) Shrimati Janaki Devi (mother) |
| Awards | Awarded the Padma Bhushan, but he declined to accept it. |
| Website | https://dbthengadi.in/ |
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Dattopant Bapurao Thengadi, (Marathi: दत्तोपंत ठेंगडी, 10 November 1920 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian Hindu ideologue, trade union leader associated with Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad and the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh. He was born in Arvi, Wardha, Maharashtra.
Thengadi was a full-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak until his death on 14 October 2004. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, but refused to accept it.