Giriraj Kishore

Acharya Giriraj Kishore (4 February 1920 - 13 July 2014) was an Indian activist representing Hindu nationalism. He served as senior vice-president of Vishwa Hindu Parishad, the religious wing of the Hindu nationalist Sangh Parivar.

life

Kishore was from Etah Village Misauli (Near Jalesar-Hathras) of Uttar Pradesh. He had done his Masters in Hindi literature, History and Political Science. As a school teacher in the town of Morena, he caught the attention of Vijayaraje Scindia, a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party from the region. Mrs. Scindia, whose sympathies lay with VHP, gave him a start in the organisation during the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation,^[1] with which he came to be closely associated. He acted as joint general secretary, general secretary and senior vice president of the International wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad.

Activism

Acharya Giriraj Kishore was one of the leading figures of the Ram Janmabhoomi Andolan.
Fought against fraudulent conversions of Hindus by Christian missionaries.
Goraksha Andolan (Save Cows)
Fought against Emergency for democracy and was jailed
Social welfare acts
Scientific visionary who had donated his eyes to Army R&R Hospital in Delhi and his body to a medical college.

Kishore died on 13 July 2014 at RK Puram, New Delhi.He donated his body to Medical collge for social cause.^[2]

References

↑ "Band of Brothers", by Pradeep Kaushal, The Indian Express, 17 March 2002
↑ "Veteran VHP leader Giriraj kishore passes away". Patrika Group. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.

External links

http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20090615&fname=BJP+%28F%29&sid=2

Sangh Parivar (RSS Family of Organisations)

Organisations	Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Bharatiya Janata Party Swadeshi Jagaran Manch Bharatiya Kisan Sangh Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh Bharatiya Vichara Kendra Vishva Hindu Parishad Muslim Rashtriya Manch Rashtriya Sikh Sangat Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram Hindu Vivek Kendra Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad Bajrang Dal Durga Vahini Hindu Munnani Seva Bharati Vidya Bharati Balagokulam Vivekananda Kendra Rashtra Sevika Samiti Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas Akhil Bharatiya Akhara Parishad Ekal Vidyalaya

Sarsanghchalak	Keshav Baliram Hedgewar (1925–1930 and 1931–1940) Laxman Vaman Paranjpe (1930–1931) Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar (1940–1973) Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras (1973–1994) Rajendra Singh (1994–2000) K. S. Sudarshan (2000–2009) Mohan Bhagwat (2009–present)

Other Major figures	Vinayak Damodar Savarkar Balkrishna Shivram Moonje Syama Prasad Mukherjee Deendayal Upadhyaya Prabhakar Balwant Dani Babasaheb Apte Dadasaheb Apte Moropant Pingley Madhukar Rao Bhagwat Eknath Ranade H. V. Sheshadri Dattopant Thengadi Atal Bihari Vajpayee Lal Krishna Advani Murli Manohar Joshi Jana Krishnamurthi Kushabhau Thakre Narendra Modi Arun Jaitley Bal Thackeray Swami Chinmayananda Ashok Singhal Giriraj Kishore Praveen Togadia Ramchandra Das Paramhans

Independent authors	Sita Ram Goel Ram Swarup Girilal Jain Dharampal Ram Gopal Rama Jois Harsh Narain Ramesh Nagaraj Rao Arun Shouri Koenraad Elst François Gautier

Philosophy	Hindutva Hindu nationalism Gandhian socialism Integral humanism Akhand Bharat Uniform civil code Indigenous Aryans

Hindu nationalism	Hindutva Bengali Hindu Homeland Movement Bangabhumi Hindu Rashtra Panun Kashmir Banga Sena

Topics	Persecution of Hindus Shuddhi Ram Janmabhoomi Shah Bano case Ghar Wapsi

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