The Inspiration and founder of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh
The Late Shri Dattopantji Thengdi
The great sentinel of India's freedom movement, national organizer,
architect, thinker, visionary, writer, austere, sacrificer, national seer,
honorable Shri
Dattopant Bapurao Thengdi was born on 10th Nov 1920 in village Arvi of Wardha distt.
in the Maharastra State of India. His father was honorable Shri Bapurao Dajiba Thengdi.
From childhood he was intelligent and hard working student who
became committed for the national cause from very early age. In 1935 at a young age of 15
he was elected President of Arvi Taluka municipal high school. In this position he
initiated the formation of a fund to help needy students. In 1935 itself he presided the
"Vanar Sena" of the Indian National Congress at Arvi. To motivate the hut dwellers to
join the national movement he worked amongst them and became governor of "Arvi
Goani Jhuggi Jhopadi Mandal" in 1936. From 1936 to 1938 he worked as an active member
of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army, Nagpur.
From early life he took to social service and the national cause. He took
admission in Morris College and Law College of Nagpur and was awarded the
degrees of MA and LLB respectively. From his student life since 1942 he became a Swayam Sevak of the RSS which had been the main source of inspiration for him. From
1942 to 1944 Thengdiji worked to develop organizations like Shri Vagmala Nanda.
Society Kalicut, Arya Samaj Kalicut, Hindu Mahasabha, British Malabar Poor
Home Kalicut. In 1955 established the Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh or BMS which developed
literally from a tiny acorn in beginning to now a mighty oak. For more than 50 years
he remained active for social and national awakening. To strengthen the creative
fields of RSS he initiated the establishment of Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, Samajik
Samrasta Manch, Sarva Panth Samadar Manch and the Swadeshi Jagran Manch and few
more similar organizations. A lot credit goes to him for the effective functioning of
majority of such bodies in India. Thengdiji also founded the Samskar Bharti and
inaugrated Akhil Bhartiya Adhivakta Parisad, Bhartiya Vichar Kendra, Akhil Bhartiya
Grahak Panchayat etc.
There may hardly be any national
labour organization, Dalit
Sangh, Railwaymens organization, farmers association, educational or literary
association to which he had not given his earnest contribution. His whole life was
embodiment of simplicity, steadfast commitment, studies, clarity of aim and vision. He has
contributed 26 books in Hindi, 12 in English and 2 in Marathi. These books are
testimony in print of his mission for the nationalist cause. His two books "Rashtra"
and "Dhyepath par Kisan" are guiding light like Gita.
Shri Thengadi was a
member of Rajya Sabha for a term. In 1969, He visited Soviet Russia
and Hungary as member of a parliamentary delegation; in 1977 he went
to Switzerland as a delegate to an ILO conference and also to the
Second International Anti-apartheid Conference at Geneva. In 1979,
he was invited to Yugoslavia by the Trade Union there to study that
country’s labourization, and also by the USA to study the American
trade union movement. The same year he also visited Canada and
Britain on invitation. In 1985, Shri Thengadi led a Bharatiya
Mazdoor Sangh delegation to china on the invitation of the All-
China Federation of Trade Unions. He subsequently attended the Tenth
Regional Conference of ILO at Jakarta, Indonesia, the same year, and
also visited Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,
Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. More recently he participated in the
Fifth European Hindu conference held at Frankfurt, Germany, in
August 1992, and World Vision 2000 in USA.
Res. Shri Dattopant
ji actively remained connected with many organizations as follows :
1950-51 - Organizational Secretary INTUC, MP Sangthan Mantri
1951-53 - Organizational Secretary Bhartiya Jan Sangh (M.P.)
1955 - Founded Bhartiya Majdoor Sangh
1956-57 - Organizational Secretary, Bhartiya Jan Sangh Dakshinmandal.
1964-70 - Member Rajya Sabha
1965-1966 - Member House Committee
1966-70 - Member Rajya Sabha Board of Vice President
Member people Industries Committee
1968-69 - Organiser, National Coordination Committee for Central
Labour Organizations.
1970-76 - Member Rajya Sabha
1974 - Presides National Conference of Labour Organizations
1975 - Coordinatior National Labour Struggle Committee.
1976 - Coordinator national labour public struggle committee. (during
emergency)
1979 - 4th March, establishes Bhartiya Kisan Sangh
1991 - Establishes Swadeshi Jagaran Manch
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