Balasaheb Bharde Explained

Balasaheb Bharde
Birth Date:1912
Birth Place:Shevgaon, Ahmednagar district, Maharashtra, India
Death Place:Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation:Indian social workers
Politician
Independent activist
Known For:Cooperative movement
Social service
Children:Five sons and a daughter
Awards:Padma Bhushan (2001)

Balasaheb Shivram Bharde (1912–2006), also known as Trimbak, was an Indian independence activist, social worker, educationist and the speaker of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.[1] He was known for his contributions to the cooperative movement in Maharashtra[2] [3] as the Minister of Co-operation (1957–1962).[4] [5] He was associated with several social and government organizations such as Khadi Gramodhyog, Harijan Sevak Sangh and Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (MGSN) and served as the chairman of the first named and as the second president of the MGS Nidhi.[6] He also chaired the Maharashtra State Khadi Board.[7]

Born in 1912 at Shevgaon, a small village in Ahmednagar district of the Indian state of Maharashtra, he represented his native constituency at the State Legislative Assembly for two decades from 1952.[8] The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 2001, for his contributions to society.[9] He died on 22 November 2006 at the age of 94, in Pune. He had a wife, five sons and a daughter. Several educational institutions[10] [11] and a public library in Shevgaon have been named after Bharde.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: N. S. Karandikar. Sir Swami Samarth.. 21 February 2008. Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 978-81-207-3445-6. 214–.
  2. Web site: CM condoles demise of Balasaheb Bharde . One India . 22 November 2006 . 29 May 2016.
  3. Web site: Blessings of Late Shri. Balasaheb Bharde . Ravi Ghate . 2016 . 29 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160329101106/http://www.ravighate.com/index.php/references.html . 29 March 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: About Us . Padmabhushan Balasaheb Bharde Pratishthan . 2016 . 29 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160826081402/http://balasahebbhardepratishthan.defindia.org/about-us/ . 26 August 2016 . dead .
  5. Web site: Bank History . Akola District Central Coop. Bank . 2016 . 29 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160404064651/http://akoladcc.com/english/bank_history.html . 4 April 2016 . dead .
  6. Web site: Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi . Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi . 2016 . 29 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Balasaheb Bharade passes away . One India . 22 November 2006 . 29 May 2016.
  8. Web site: List of successful Candidates . Election Commission of India . 2016 . 29 May 2016 . 9 of 408.
  9. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2016 . 3 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 . dmy .
  10. Web site: Other Institutions . Bhardesaksharta Prasarak Mandal . 2016 . 29 May 2016 . 6 August 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160806112814/http://bhardesakshartaprasarakmandal.com/mypage.php?page_id=MTY0 . dead .
  11. Web site: balasaheb bharde vidyalaya . Wikimapia . 2016 . 29 May 2016.
  12. Web site: Deshbhakt Balasaheb Bharde Granthalaya . Indian Any . 2016 . 29 May 2016.

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