Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari Explained

Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari
Birth Date:	25 September 1928
Birth Place:	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Death Date:	1 June 2006
Death Place:	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation:	Journalist
Known For:	Journalism
Children:	Three daughters and a son
Awards:	Padma Shri

Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari (1928–2006) was an Indian journalist and the editor of Loksatta, a popular Marathi daily published by the Indian Express Group.^[1] He was also associated with the All India Radio, Maharashtra Times, Sakal and their Goa edition, Gomantak Times^[2] during his career. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.^[3]

Biography

Gadkari was born into Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (CKP) family^[4] on 25 September 1928 in Mumbai, in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra.^[5] His first known posting was with the All India Radio. Later, he worked with Maharashtra Times, and moved on to Sakal and their Goan edition, Gomantak Times. Subsequently, he joined Loksatta and became its Group Editor in 1991. After his retirement from service in 1992, he continued freelance writing and contributed a column in the city based newspaper, Mumbai Chaufer, till 1997.

Gadkari was in the news on more than one occasion. On 20 December 1990, a bomb blast took place in his house following which a few Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad supporters were arrested.^[6] In 2004, he was again in the news when a group of known personalities including Subhash Bhende, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and himself, filed a public interest litigation at the Mumbai High Court, seeking disenfranchisement of the Mumbai slum dwellers.^[7] He was awarded the civilian honour of the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1990.

Gadkari died on 1 June 2006, aged 78, at his Mumbai residence, leaving behind his wife, three daughters and a son.

See also

• Loksatta
• Sakal

Notes and References

1. Web site: Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away . 1 June 2006 . 27 September 2015.
2. [:nl:Gomantak Times|Gomantak Times, 2015]
3. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .
4. News: सीकेपी तितुका मेळवावा!. loksatta. Karandikar. छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे सेनानी – बाजीप्रभू देशपांडे, मुरारबाजी देशपांडे, बाळाजी आवजी चिटणीस, खंडो बल्लाळ चिटणीस. मराठी साहित्यिक राम गणेश गडकरी, साहित्य संमेलनाच्या पहिल्या स्त्री अध्यक्षा कुसुमावती देशपांडे. अर्थशास्त्रज्ञ चिंतामणराव देशमुख. १९१२ मधील मुंबई हायकोर्टाचे मुख्य न्यायाधीश महादेव भास्कर चौबळ. राजकारणी दत्ता ताम्हाणे, बाळासाहेब ठाकरे, उद्धव ठाकरे, राज ठाकरे. माजी लष्कर प्रमुख अरुणकुमार वैद्य. हवाईदल प्रमुख अनिल टिपणीस. नाट्यसृष्टीच्या सर्वच दालनांच्या सर्वज्ञा विजया मेहता.मराठी आणि हिंदी चित्रपट सृष्टीतील सुमती गुप्ते, शोभना समर्थ, नूतन, तनुजा, नलिनी जयवंत, स्नेहप्रभा प्रधान. विविध २०० प्रकारचे वैज्ञानिक शोध लावणारे आणि ४० पेटंट्स नावावर असलेले आणि ज्यांना भारताचे एडिसन म्हटले जाते ते शास्त्रज्ञ शंकर आबाजी भिसे. संगीतातील फक्त एकच नाव घेतले पुरे आहे ते म्हणजे श्रीनिवास खळे. क्रिकेटपटू बाळू गुप्ते – सुभाष गुप्ते – नरेन ताम्हाणे. १९६५ च्या युद्धात अवघ्या २३ व्या वर्षी शाहिद झालेला लेफ्टनंट दिलीप गुप्ते, पत्रकार माधव गडकरी, आणखी कितीतरी…..
5. Web site: Autographs of Media Personalities of India . Indian Autographs . 2015 . 27 September 2015.
6. Web site: Altekar gets justice after 16 long years . Hindu Net . 18 December 2006 . 27 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150928043325/http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1206/172.html . 28 September 2015 . dead .
7. Web site: Banning the majority from voting . https://web.archive.org/web/20120323002221/http://infochangeindia.org/governance/analysis/banning-the-majority-from-voting.html . usurped . 23 March 2012 . Info Change India . October 2004 . 27 September 2015.