 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Upadhyay akaberekerwa mumusha muduku Sarayan Ujiyar muBallia District yenyika yeIndia yeUttar Pradesh muna 1923 uye akaita zvidzidzo zvake zvekoreji paBanaras Hindu University. Achikwezvwa nemafungiro aSubash Chandra Bose, akabatana neboka revaIndia raida kuzvimiririra achiri kuchikoro uye anonzi akanga achitobatanidzwa mukurwisana nezvombo asi, pashure pokuurayiwa kwaMahatma Gandhi muna 1948, akasiya zvematongerwe enyika dzechisimba kuti atevedzere kusaita chisimba. Achizvibatanidza amene naVinoba Bhave neBhoodan Movement yake, akabatana neShram Bharati, sangano raGandhian, muna 1951, kuti ashande pamwe chete nevaGandhian vakakurumbira vakaita saJayaprakash Narayan, naAcharya Ramamurti. Apo Hondo yeChina neIndiamuna 1962, akatamira kumuganhu weAssam uye akashanda ikoko saShanti Sainik. 