Devendra Swarup

{{Short description|Indian writer, journalist, and RSS ideologue (1926–2019)}}

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| birth_place = Moradabad district, Uttar Pradesh

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| awards = Padma Shri (2019)

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Devendra Swarup (1926 – 14 January 2019) was an Indian writer, journalist and RSS ideologue, who was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India posthumously in 2019.{{cite web |title=List of Padma Awardees 2019 |url=https://padmaawards.gov.in/PDFS/2019AwardeesList.pdf |website=Padmaawards.gov.in |publisher=Government of India}}{{cite news |title=वरिष्ठ स्तंभकार, इतिहासकार और संघ विचारक देवेंद्र स्वरूप का निधन |url=https://www.jagran.com/politics/national-ncr-senior-columnist-and-rss-thinker-devendra-swaroop-passed-away-18854850.html |publisher=Dainik Jagaran |date=January 15, 2019 |language=Hindi}}

== Death ==

Devendra Swarup died on 14 January 2019, at the age of 93.{{cite news |title=RSS ideologue Devendra Swarup dies at 93 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/rss-ideologue-devendra-swarup-dies-at-93-119011401080_1.html |publisher=Business Standard |date=January 14, 2019}}