Babulal Patodi Explained

Babulal Patodi
Birth Date:15 June 1920
Birth Place:Sumtha, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Death Date:25 January 2012
Death Place:Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Occupation:Freedom activist
Social worker
Children:Three sons and three daughters
Parents:Chogalalji Patodi
Awards:Padma Shri
Restingplace:84 Gumashta Nagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Restingplacecoordinates:22.7456°N 75.7731°W

Babulal Patodi (1920-2012) was an Indian social worker and freedom activist.[1] He was a senior member of the Indian National Congress[2] and the president of the Indore Congress Committee from 1949–50 and 1953-54.[3] He also served as M.L.A. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri, in 1991.[4] He died on 25 January 2012, aged 92. A statue has been installed at top Gomatgiri hills in his honour.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patodi passes away . Free Press Journal . 2015 . 9 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Veteran Congress Leader Babulal Patodi passes away . Money Control . 25 January 2012 . 9 October 2015.
  3. Book: Urban Politics in India: Area, Power, and Policy in a Penetrated System . registration . Babulal Patodi. . University of California Press . 1974 . 9 October 2015 . Rodney W. Jones . 420 . 9780520025455.
  4. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . 15 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . dead .
  5. News: Statues of the living divide Digambar Jains . Indian Express . 24 April 2007 . 9 October 2015.