Jawaharlal A. Darda | |
Honorific Suffix: | 'बाबूजी' |
Office: | Member of Maharashtra Legislative Council |
Term Start: | (1972–1978), (1978–1984), (1984–1990), (1990 |
Term End: | 1996) |
Office2: | President of the Yavatmal City Indian National Congress |
Term Start2: | 1946 |
Term End2: | 1956 |
Office3: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start3: | March 1978 |
Term End3: | July 1978 |
Office4: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start4: | June 1980 |
Term End4: | Jan 1982 |
Office5: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start5: | March 1985 |
Term End5: | June 1985 |
Office6: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start6: | June 1985 |
Term End6: | March 1986 |
Office7: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start7: | June 1988 |
Term End7: | March 1990 |
Office8: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start8: | Jan 1991 |
Term End8: | June 1991 |
Office9: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start9: | June 1991 |
Term End9: | Feb 1993 |
Office10: | Cabinet Minister Government of Maharashtra |
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Term Start10: | March 1993 |
Term End10: | March 1995 |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1923 |
Birth Place: | Babhulgaon, Yavatmal district, Maharashtra |
Death Place: | Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Spouse: | Veenadevi |
Children: | Vijay & Rajendra |
Jawaharlal Amolakchand Darda (2 July 1923 – 25 November 1997), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian freedom fighter and a senior Indian National Congress politician.[1] He was the founding editor of Lokmat group of newspapers (now Lokmat Media). He was a pioneering journalist and a prominent politician of his time.[2]
Darda began as a social worker and then, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi, participated in the Satyagraha Movement in 1942 and joined the Quit India Movement, for which he was sentenced to jail for one year and 9 months. While in Jabalpur Jail he organized a youth conference on 10 August 1942. In 1944 he created Azad Hind Sena at Yavatmal. In 1973 he represented the Government of India at Copenhagen (Denmark) at an International Conference on Housing.[3] [4] The Government of India will be issuing a Rs 100 commemorative coin to mark the birth centenary of Jawaharlal Darda,[5]
On 12 September 2013, Jawaharlal Darda was posthumously conferred the Lifetime Achievement Award at UK's House of Commons.[6]