Dattopant Thengadi

Dattopant Bapurao Thengadi, was a Hindu Ideologue, Indian trade union leader, and founder of the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh. He was born in the village of Arvi in Wardha district in Maharashtra.

Shri Dattopant Thengadi was born in the village of Arvi on Deepawali,November 1920. He was a lawyer as well as a philosopher, and displayed an early talent for administration. At the age of 15, he served as president of the Vanar Sena as well as the Municipal High School student unionat Arvi. He actively took part in Indias Freedom Movement and was a member of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association from 193638. He worked as organizing secretary of the Indian National Trade Union Congress from 195051, and was also associated with the Postal amp Railway Workers Union . He was profoundly influenced by Sh. Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar, popularly known as Guru Ji, some of the other towering figures of the time who influenced his persona are Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya. He always kept pace with time by establishing various organizations in different spheres, and maintained the core philosophy of Hindu Dharma and Bhartiya Darshan.

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