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Dinanath Mishra (or Dina Nath Mishra, 1937-2013) was an Indian journalist and writer belonging to the Hindu nationalist movement. He authored a seminal work ''RSS: Myth and Reality'' on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) from a nationalist point of view. He was elected to the Upper House of the Indian Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and served a five-year term. == Life and career == Mishra was born in 1937 in Gaya, Bihar. His father was Indranath Mishra. he had to struggle during his early life working as a child labourer, but eventually completed his education leading to an M. A. degree. He also became a volunteer (swayamsevak) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).〔 〕 He served as the editor of the RSS in-house newspaper Panchjanya from 1971 to 1974. Later he moved to Navbharat Times, heading its bureau in Delhi and subsequently its Patna edition.〔〔 〕 Having joined the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1998 to 2004, during the Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.〔 Jointly with Balbir Punj, he founded the ''India First Foundation'', which publishes a magazine called ''Eternal India'' (with a Hindi version ''Chirantan Bharat''). It also brought an edited collection called ''Sonia: the Unknown'' (''Sonia ka sach'' in Hindi), which includes biographical details of Sonia Gandhi and raises questions based on her foreign origin.〔 〕〔 〕〔 〕 Mishra died on 12 November 2013. He is survived by his wife, son and three daughters.〔 Senior BJP leader Balbir Punj called him a true swayamsevak dedicated to the cause of Hindutva. Rakesh Sinha of the India Policy Foundation called him a cultural nationalist that served and "survived in a secularist atmosphere."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dinanath Mishra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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