Nanaji Deshmukh
Nanaji Deshmukh | |
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Deshmukh on a 2017 stamp of India | |
| Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
| In office 22 November 1999 – 21 November 2005 | |
| Constituency | Nominated |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1977–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Bhal Mani Tiwari |
| Constituency | Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh 11 October 1916 |
| Died | 27 February 2010 (aged 93) Chitrakoot, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Party | Bharatiya Jana Sangh |
| Alma mater | Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
| Awards | Bharat Ratna (January 2019) Padma Vibhushan (1999) |
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Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh (ⓘ; 11 October 1916 – 27 February 2010), better known as Nanaji Deshmukh, was an Indian social activist and politician. He worked in the fields of education, health, and rural self-reliance. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award in 2019 by the Government of India. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the precursor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alongside being a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation.