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Acharya Narendra Deva | |
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![]() Narendra Deva on a 1971 stamp of India | |
7th Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University | |
In office 6 December 1951 –31 May 1954 | |
Appointed by | Rajendra Prasad |
Preceded by | Pandit Govind Malaviya |
Succeeded by | Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | University of Allahabad [1] |
Acharya Narendra Deva ( pronunciation (help·info);also Dev;30 October 1889 –19 February 1956) was one of the leading theorists of the Congress Socialist Party in India. His democratic socialism renounced violent means as a matter of principle and embraced the satyagraha as a revolutionary tactic. [2]
Dev was first drawn to nationalism around 1915 under the influence of B G Tilak and Aurobindo Ghosh. As a teacher he became interested in Marxism and Buddhism. He was active in the Hindi language movement. He was a key leader of the Congress Socialist Party from its founding in 1934 and was imprisoned several times during the freedom struggle. He was at times a member of the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.
He served as Vice Chancellor of University of Lucknow from 1947-1951 [3] and then served as Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University from December 1951 to 31 May 1954. Helped by Nirmal Chandra Chaturvedi,Executive Councillor and a prominent educationist of the state. He started a number of projects for the expansion of the university.
Narendra Dev advocated the abolition of poverty and exploitation not just through the Marxist materialist dialectic but especially on moral and humanistic grounds. He insisted that "without social democracy political democracy was a sham". Dev was active in the peasant movement and served as president of the All-India Kisan Congress.
He remained associated with the Socialist Party and its successor,the Praja Socialist Party,until his death in 1956.
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said:"Acharya Narendra Dev was one of the greatest sons of India and the nation owes a great debt to him."[ citation needed ]
The Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology was named in his honour in 1975.[ citation needed ]
In an emotional obituary in Rajya Sabha,Jawaharlal Nehru said:
He was also the first Principal of Lucknow Montessori Inter College
Dev had been professor at Kashi Vidyapeeth and Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University and Banaras Hindu University. He died at the age of 67 in 19 February 1956 in Madrass.[ citation needed ]
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