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]