Education
Despot Badžović and his brother Đorđe graduated at the Second Department of the Belgrade Orthodox Seminary founded by Miloš Milojević.
Despot Badžović and his brother Đorđe graduated at the Second Department of the Belgrade Orthodox Seminary founded by Miloš Milojević.
Đorđe left the school in 1875 to became a teacher in Smilevo, and Despot left in 1876 to live in Serbia. During the Serbian-Ottoman War Badžović distinguished himself by mobilizing volunteers who illegally crossed the border to join Serbian forces and as a company commander. After the war ended in February 1877, Despot became a scribe in the Pčinja District.
On 20 May 1877 Badžović was in the delegation of “Serbs of Old Serbia" who asked the government of Serbia to “liberate” and unite Old Serbia with the Principality of Serbia.
They also informed representatives of the Great Powers and the Emperor of Russia of their demands. On 20 May 1879 Badžović suggested to the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs that Serbian forces should enter Macedonia to incite rebellion against the Ottomans.
In the same year Badžović became a member of the Committee for the Liberation of Old Serbia and Macedonia.
