Bhaskarrao Vithojirao Jadhav (17 June 1867 – 26 June 1950) was an Indian politician, social reformer, and leader of the Satyashodhak Samaj, Non-Brahmin movement and the co-operative movement.

Bhaskarrao Jadhav was educated at the Wilson College, Elphinstone College, and the Government Law College.[1] He started his career as an administrator in the Kolhapur princely state in 1895. He worked as the Superintendent or administrator of Kolhapur municipality from 1904 to 1918[2] and retired as Revenue Member of the State Council in 1895.[1]

Jadhav started the Maratha Educational Conference in 1907 and was in the Non-Brahmin movement in the Bombay Presidency since its inception. He represented the claims of the Maratha and allied Communities before the joint Parliamentary Committee in England in 1919, and secured seven reserved seats for them. He was the President of the Satyashodhak Samaj from 1920 onwards.[1] He was nominated to the Bombay Legislative Council in 1922 and subsequently elected to the Council twice from Satara constituency in 1923 and 1926. He was the Leader of the Non-Brahmin Party in the Bombay Legislative Council. Under the system of diarchy in Bombay Presidency, he served as a Minister of Education from 1923 to 1926 and Minister of Forest, Excise & Agriculture from 1928 to 1930.[3] In September 1930, he was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. He represented the Justice Party at the Round Table Conference.

Bhaskarrao Jadhav was also a scholar of Indian history and philosophy. He wrote scholarly articles on various topics like criticism of Ramayana, origin of the Marathas and their language, development of the Vedas, evolution of the deity Mahadeva etc.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Indian Round Table Conference St. James's Palace (PDF).
  2. ↑ Babar, Bhimrao. Life and work of Bhaskarrao Jadhav. hdl:10603/136873.
  3. ↑ Srinivasan, Ramona (1992). The Concept of Dyarchy. NIB Publishers. p. 86. ISBN 9788185538006.
  4. ↑ Shyam Yedekar, ed. (1981). Dnyanbhaskar (ज्ञानभास्कर). A. B. Jadhav.
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