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Context: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh on his birth anniversary.
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- He was influenced by Lokamanya Tilak and his nationalist ideology.
- He was a leader of Bharatiya Jana Sangh and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
- He actively participated in Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan.
- Deshmukh was the main force behind social activist Jayaprakash Narayan's agitation for total revolution.
- He was a social reformer with focus on health, education and rural self-reliance.
- He established Chitarkoot Gramoday Vishwavidyalaya in Chitrakoot, India’s first rural University and had
- He was one of main architects of the Janata Party.
- In 2019, the President of India, conferred the Bharat Ratna upon him (posthumously) for his services to the nation.
https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1866638
