Jayaprakash Narayan was one of the most influential social and political thinkers of India. His social and political insights had been inspired and driven by the Gandhian ideology and socialism. Firstly, he was a Marxist, and secondly, he was a Gandhian. Thus, he was a Marxist turned Gandhian socialist. He was a straightforward, courageous, optimistic, determined, goal oriented and dynamic socialist figure of India. He came across different renowned leaders and intellectual figures during his social and political journey. As far as his social and political philosophy is concerned, it was driven by ethics, Gandhism and socialism, and oriented towards the establishment of humane, inclusive, independent, self-reliant, caste free, poverty free and egalitarian society in India. He was an amazing leader, who not only revolutionized but also gave direction to the politics of India. He was an extremely rare and exceptional politician in the history of India as his politics was never driven by the intention of own interest but centered on the benefit of the society. He was against industrialization, centralization of power, communalism, urbanization, privatization, authoritarianism, violence, disparity, tyranny, exploitation, and so on and so forth; and he was the strong supporter of socialism, pluralism, national integration, decentralization of power, nationalization, egalitarian society, non-violence, autonomy, and many more good things.