page_title: Dattopant Thengadi
section_title: L.K. Advani
hierarchical_section_title: Dattopant Thengadi / Death and Condolence / L.K. Advani
caption_attribution_description: English: Lal Krishna Advani giving tribute to Dattopant Thengadi.
context_page_description: Dattopant Bapurao Thengadi, was an Indian Hindu Ideologue, trade union leader and founder of the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh and the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh. He was born in the village of Arvi in Wardha district in Maharashtra.
  Thengadi was a full-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak until his death on 14 October 2004. The kind of impact he left on the social and economic life of India was unique, and set the tone for generations to come. Some of the hallmark qualities of his lifestyle are: simple living, in-depth study, deep thinking, clarity of thought, courage of the conviction and missionary zeal for the goal. He was awarded with Padma Bhushan, but he refused to accept it.
context_section_description: L.K. Advani, Deputy Prime Minister of India 
  I have had close relations with Dattopantji for the last 50 years. If one has to explain the personality of Dattopantji in one sentence, we can say that he was a dedicated Rashtrasevak.He lived his whole life as a karmayogi. The work he took up he aimed it out with full responsibility. He established a wide network of friends without compromising on his views and ideology. His thinking was not confined to labourers or economic issues alone it involved the entire life of the nation and the world. His death is a personal loss to me. A strong pillar of our work is no more.
caption: Lal Krishna Advani (first from right) and Narendra Modi (first from left) giving tribute to Dattopant Thengadi.
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