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Detailed explanation-1: -UPSC Mains. Q. The ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre’ is built in which Indian city? Notes: The ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre’ is to be inaugurated at Varanasi by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 16 February 2020 in Varanasi, Narendra Modi opened the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre and unveiled a 63-foot statue of Upadhyaya, his tallest statue in the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Every year, Antyodaya Diwas is celebrated in India on September 25 to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya and remember his life and legacy. In 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the day in honour of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.

Detailed explanation-4: -Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (informally known as DDUC) (Hindi: ) is one of the top constituent college of the University of Delhi in India, located at Phase 1, Dwarka Sector-3, Dwarka, New Delhi, Delhi 110078.

Detailed explanation-5: -Philosophy. According to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya, the primary concern in India should be to develop an indigenous development model that has human beings as its core focus. It is opposed to both western capitalist individualism and Marxist socialism, though welcoming to western science.