Indian educator and activist (born 1916)

Nanaji Deshmukh

Chandikadas Amritrao Deshmukh, better known as Nanaji Deshmukh, was an Indian social activist and politician. 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 (BJS), the precursor to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alongside being a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation.

Born

1916

October 11

Died

2010

Era

1910s

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1916 Born
2010 Died

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1138 A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.
1142 A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
1311 The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
1614 The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.

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The world in 1916

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april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
april 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
april 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
april 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

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Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bobby Charlton 1937–2023 English footballer and manager (died 2023) Daniel Quinn 1935– American author and environmentalist (died 2018) Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Henry Luke Orombi 1949– Ugandan archbishop Jane Krakowski 1968– American actress and singer Louise Rennison 1951–2016 English author (born 1951) Luke Perry 1966–2019 American actor (born 1966) Miroslav Dvořák 1951–2008 Czech ice hockey player (born 1951)

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Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962) 1916– Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Colin McCool 1916– Australian cricketer (died 1986) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Dom Mintoff 1916–2012 Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916) Don Tallon 1916–1984 Australian cricketer (died 1984)

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