Narendra Deva

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Acharya Narendra Deva (; 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. He was born at Sitapur in U.P. imprisoned several times during the freedom movement 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. In the electoral politics of Uttar Pradesh, his guide and mentor was Chaubey Mukta Prasad of Lucknow. He served as the 8th Vice Chancellor of University of Lucknow from 1947-1951 and as Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University...

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