A.O. Hume founded Indian National Congress.
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee served as the founding President of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
He initiated the concept of Integral Humanism in India.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya (1916-1968):
Born in Mathura, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya was the 10th President of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.
He joined The Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) in 1937, became a pracharak, & served as a full-time RSS worker since 1942.
He was one of the founding members & the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (1951- 67).
He introduced the concept of ‘Integral Humanism’ which followed the tradition of 'Advaita Vedanta’ (introduced by Adi Shankara).
The philosophy of Integral Humanism emphasizes that the human being is at the centre position of the political, social and economic model.
It views Marxian socialism and Western liberalism as materialistic ideologies incapable of handling the native Indian problems and hence opposes both the views.
In December 1967 he became the president of Jan Sangh, but that was short-lived.
Within two months he was found dead by a railway track in Mughal Sarai on 11th February 1968 under mysterious circumstances. |
