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Dr. Gopalrao Bajirao Deshmukh alias Abasaheb Khedkar (14 January 1901 – 25 May 1969), also known as Abasaheb Khedkar was a social activist and a farmer's leader in India. He was the Minister of Rural Development in the first cabinet ministry of Maharashtra[1] and the first President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.
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Dr. Abasaheb Khedkar | |
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डॉ. आबासाहेब खेडकर | |
1st Minister of Rural Development (Maharashtra) | |
In office 1 May 1960 – 19 November 1962 | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | S. K. Wankhede |
1st President of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee | |
Preceded by | position established |
Succeeded by | Vinayakrao Patil |
Personal details | |
Born | Khed Tal. Morshi, Amravati district, Maharashtra, India | 14 January 1901
Died | 25 May 1969 68) Amravati, India | (aged
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Profession | Politician |
He was born at Khed in Amravati district of Vidarbha, Maharashtra on 14 January 1901. In 1917, after his matriculation Abasaheb studied Homeopathy from Kolkata. In 1920, when he was studying at Amravati Victoria Technical School he came across Mahatma Gandhi non co-operation movement. He established Shivaji Boarding in 1923 which later became Shivaji Education Society.[2]
Abasaheb Khedkar was a protagonist of Samyukta Maharashtra and opposed to formation of separate Vidarbha. He wanted all Marathi speaking areas of India to be united under one state of Maharashtra, in the larger interest of Marathi people.[citation needed] He was one of the signatories of the informal agreement reached in 1953 by Marathi speaking politicians from different regions of Marathi speaking areas on the composition, and organization of the future Maharashtra state. The agreement is popularly known as the Nagpur Pact.[citation needed] He was the first president of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee.[3] He refused to take the position of Chief Minister of Maharashtra and preferred to take up the Rural Development portfolio. He was instrumental in implementing Panchayat raj in Maharashtra in the form of Zilla parishads (Equivalent to County or District Councils) in 1962.[4]
Khedkar was elected as Member of Parliament From Akola Lok Sabha constituency twice and served in the Lok sabha from 1951 to 1960. He resigned from the Lok sabha in 1960 to enter into government of the newly formed state of Maharashtra.
Khedkar was elected from Akot constituency in 1962 to the first legislative assembly of the newly formed state of Maharashtra. He was re-elected from the same constituency in the 1967 elections.
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