Shankarrao Kolhe
Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly (MLA)
In office
1972–1978
ConstituencyShirdi
In office
1978–1985
In office
1990–2004
ConstituencyKopargaon
Personal details
Born(1929-03-24)24 March 1929
Yesgaon, Ahmednagar District, British Raj
Died16 March 2022(2022-03-16) (aged 92)
Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Political partyNationalist Congress Party
EducationB.Sc in Agriculture
Alma materPune University

Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe (24 March 1929 – 16 March 2022) was an Indian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) and a minister in Government of Maharashtra.[1]

Early life and education

Kolhe was born Yesgaon village, now in Kopargaon taluka, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra.[2] He attended Pune University to earn a B.Sc in Agriculture.[3] He received a Ford Foundation scholarship to receive additional training in the United States and Europe.[1] In 1953, he travelled to Salt Lake City, Utah as an agricultural education program trainee.[4]: 10 

Career

Political career

Kolhe began his political career as a sarpanch in 1950 and moved up to the state minister post.[5][6] He was elected as an independent to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 1972.[7] As a state minister he handled revenue (1991), transport (1992) portfolios. He was a perennial political opponent of the Vikhe-Patil family.[8]

In 1970s, he led farmers March to Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai to demand a reduction in interest rates on loan to farmers.

He served as the vice-chairman of the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi from 2004 to 2012.[9][10] He was on the executive committee of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha.

Cooperative sector work

Kolhe was known for his work in the cooperative sector.[11][12] His work started in 1953 when he formed a taluka-level cooperative (Kopargaon Taluka Vikas Mandal) in Kopargaon to aid farmers.

In 1963, he founded the cooperative sugar factory Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Kolhe Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. (previously The Sanjivani (Takli) Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd.) near Sahajanand Nagar, Shingnapur in Kopargaon.[13][14][15][16] He also started the National Heavy Engineering Co-operative Ltd. in Pune, Godavari (Khore) Co-operative Milk Society (1976),[8]

Death

Kolhe died in Nashik on 16 March 2022 at the age of 92.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Citation-achivements-awards-and-contribution-of-Shri-Shankrarao-Kolhe.pdf" (PDF). www.sanjivanicoe.org.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "About Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe". mycorporateinfo.com.
  3. ↑ "Chairman's Desk: Shri Shankarrao Genuji Kolhe". www.sanjivanicoe.org.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Satyagrahi Shetkari (सत्याग्रही शेतकरी) (in Marathi). Utkarsh Prakashan. July 2012. ISBN 9788174253484.
  5. ↑ "Jiwan Pat (Biography)" (PDF). www.sanjivanicoe.org.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "Karbhari Bhimaji Rohamare vs Shanker Rao Genuji Kolhe & Ors on 18 November, 1974". indiankanoon.org.
  7. ↑ "Sahakar Maharshi Shankarrao Kolhe Passes Away माजी मंत्री सहकार महर्षी". बहुजननामा. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  8. 1 2 Bavadam, Lyla (22 October 2004). "An uneasy alliance". The Hindu. Mumbai. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Work Tenure - Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust, Shirdi". sai.org.in. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  10. ↑ Saini, Manveer (6 February 2011). "Shirdi: Cricketer Laxmipati Balaji was felicitated by Shankarrao Kolhe, Vice Chairman of Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "अन्वयार्थ : शंकरराव कोल्हे". Loksatta (in Marathi). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Merchant, Minhaz. "The economic and political influence of sugar cooperatives in Maharashtra". India Today.
  13. ↑ "Home: Sanjivani Group". Sanjivani Group. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "Free But Unwilling". Business Standard India. 23 April 1997.
  15. ↑ वैजापूरकर, सतीश (4 October 2021). "इंधनक्रांतीत कोल्हे कारखान्याचे पहिले पाऊल". Sakal (in Marathi). शिर्डी. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "सहकारमहर्षी शंकरराव कोल्हे सहकारी साखर कारखान्याचा देशपातळीवर सन्मान". Political Maharashtra. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "सहा दशकं आमदार राहिलेले ज्येष्ठ सहकार नेते शंकरराव कोल्हे यांचे निधन". Loksatta (in Marathi). Retrieved 17 March 2022.
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