♦ Antyodaya Diwas is celebrated every year in India on September 25 to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. This day was first observed in 2014. In the Indian context, ‘Antyodaya’ means that we have to ensure the rise and development of the last person in society. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya was born on 25 September 1916 in Dhankia, Rajasthan.