Dattopant Thengadi

Dattopant Bapurao Thengadi, He was born in Arvi, Wardha, Maharashtra.

Thengadi was a full-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak until his death on 14 October 2004. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan, but refused to accept it. He finished his post-graduation from Morris College and LLB from Law College in Nagpur. He was a lawyer as well as a philosopher, and displayed an early talent for administration. At the age of 15, he served as president of the "Vanar Sena" as well as the Municipal High School student union at Arvi. Sarva Panth Samadar Manch, and Paryavaran Manch. He was also a co-founder of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad (1992), Akhil Bharatiya Grahak Panchayat and Bharatiya Vichara Kendra.

Parliament Thengadi was a member of the Rajya Sabha from Bharatiya Jana Sangh for two terms during 1964–76, :

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Death

Thengadi died on 14 October 2004 due to brain hemorrhage.