Celebrated annually on September 25.
Aim : to mark the birth anniversary of Indian leader Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
- It is a day of remembrance and celebration of his life and legacy and he was one of the most prominent figures in India’s political history.
- He was a co-founder of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) and a thinker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
- Antyodaya means ‘rising of the last’.