Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee, and Shri Narendrabhai Modi Saheb have always maintained that the nation develops with the central idea of cultural nationalism and unitary humanism. These footprints have always been a source of inspiration for CR Patil in sociology.
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Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee
Syama Prasad Mukherjee was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as the Minister for Industry and Supply in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. After falling out with Nehru, protesting against the Liaquat-Nehru Pact, Mukherjee resigned from Nehru's cabinet.
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Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
Deendayal Upadhyaya was an Indian politician and thinker of right-wing Hindutva ideology espoused by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Shri Atal Bihari Bajpayee
In 1951, Vajpayee was seconded by the RSS, along with Deendayal Upadhyaya, to work for the newly formed Bharatiya Jana Sangh, a Hindu right-wing political party associated with the RSS. He was appointed as a national secretary of the party in charge of the Northern region, based in Delhi.
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Shri Narendrabhai Modi
In June 1975, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared a state of emergency in India which lasted until 1977. During this period, known as "The Emergency", many of her political opponents were jailed and opposition groups were banned. Modi was appointed general secretary of the "Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti", an RSS committee co-ordinating opposition to the Emergency in Gujarat.