Nanaji Deshmukh

Bharat Ratna
Rashtra Rishi
Nanaji Deshmukh
Deshmukh on a 2017 stamp of India
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
22 November 1999 – 21 November 2005
ConstituencyNominated
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byChandra Bhal Mani Tiwari
Succeeded byChandra Bhal Mani Tiwari
ConstituencyBalrampur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh

(1916-10-11)11 October 1916
Kadoli, Parbhani District, Hyderabad State, British India
(present-day Kadoli, Hingoli District, Maharashtra, India)
Died27 February 2010(2010-02-27) (aged 93)
Chitrakoot, Satna District, Madhya Pradesh, India
Political partyBharatiya Jana Sangh
Alma materBITS Pilani
Awards Bharat Ratna (January 2019)
Padma Vibhushan (1999)

Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh (pronunciation), better known as Nanaji Deshmukh (11 October 1916 – 27 February 2010), was a social reformer and politician from India. 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 and also a member of the Rajya Sabha.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Bharat Ratna for Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika". Times Now. 25 January 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Who was Nanaji Deshmukh?". The Indian Express. Retrieved 11 October 2017.

Nanaji Deshmukh

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