Acharya Giriraj Kishore (4 February 1920 – 13 July 2014) was an Indian

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representing

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. 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. He had done his master's degree 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

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from the

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. Mrs. Scindia, whose sympathies lay with VHP, gave him a start in the organisation during the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation,"Band of Brothers", by Pradeep Kaushal,
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'', 17 March 2002 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 Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) () is an Indian Right-wing politics, right-wing Hindu organisation based on Hindutva, Hindu nationalism. The VHP was founded in 1964 by M. S. Golwalkar and S. S. Apte in collaboration with Chinmayananda Saraswati, ...

. Kishore died on 13 July 2014 at RK Puram, New Delhi. He donated his body to medical college for social cause.

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