![]() That is why he gave more time to farmer politics. ![]() He favored the connection between the agricultural revolution and the socialist revolution. In the same way, he saw mutual supplementation between the farmers and workers’ revolutionary power. He did not see any contradiction between Marxism and National Independence Movement of India and the rest of the world under the yoke of colonial rule. But he was not a supporter of pro-American capitalist imperialism in any way. Acharya was a critic of the undemocratic character of the administration of Soviet Russia and the lack of political freedom there. This is to say that in the name of the proletariat, a dictatorial attitude of a person or a group within the communist party was unacceptable to his democratic mind. But he was not a stereotypical or orthodox communist. On one occasion he said that he can leave the party but not Marxism. Acharya was inclined to follow Marxism as a contemplative line of thought and method. Lohia’s ‘Pachmarhi Thesis’ is well known, in the same way Acharya’s ‘Gaya Thesis’ is a masterpiece. He presided over the formation conference of the Congress Socialist Party held in Anjuman Ismailia Hall of Patna on and was also elected the first president of the new outfit. Chandrasekhar joined politics with the inspiration of Acharya and continued to honour him as his guru.Īcharya was politically active in Congress, Congress Socialist Party and Socialist Party-Praja Socialist Party after Independence. Lal Bahadur Shashtri, the second Prime Minister of India, Kamlapati Tripathi, senior Congress leader and Chandrashekhar, socialist leader, were prominent names among his students. His relationship with the students was cordial and inspirational. His own life was very austere and he used to help the poor students financially. After teaching at Kashi Vidyapeeth, he became the Vice Chancellor of Lucknow University from 1947 to 1951 and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) from 1951 to 1953. However, he confined his academic and political activism to Uttar Pradesh. Simultaneously, he was an international scholar of socialist theory and ideology. The role and reputation of Acharya in Indian politics was of a political philosopher at the national level. A politician’s ambition and strategic skills were not in him, nor did he push his talent and energy in that direction. It is said that Acharya was born to be a teacher. ![]() ![]() Having a good knowledge of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Pali, German, French and English languages, the range of his study was quite vast but his mode of teaching was simple. He was a serious scholar of history, archeology, religion, philosophy and culture. But his scholastic mind did not find satisfaction and he became a history teacher at Kashi Vidyapeeth in 1921. He obtained his law degree from Allahabad University and practiced law for some time. His schooling took place in Faizabad and higher education in Allahabad and Banaras. But his ancestors came to UP from Sialkot. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on EmailĪcharya Narendra Deva, known as the patriarch and doyen of Indian socialism, was born on 31 October 1889 in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.
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