Tulsidas Jadhav

Background

Tulsidas Subhanrao Jadhav was born on 25 January 1905 at village Dahitane and was educated at Haribhai Deokarn High School, Solapur.

Career

He was an agriculturist or farmer by profession. He was associated with Indian National Congress from 1921 to 1947 and was one of the active freedom fighter from Solapur. In 1930 during time of communal he was imprisoned in 1931, 1932, 1941 and 1942.

Once during satyagraha, officer put a pistol on his chest and ordered his to leave but he refused to budge - luckily he was let-official

He was closely associated with Mahatma Gandhi and served as his secretary, when in Yerwada prison in 1932. In 1961 he again joined Congress with his other PWP colleagues like Keshavrao Jedhe, Shankarrao More.

He was part of radical camp in Maharashtra Congress of which other politicians included Shankarrao More and R. K. Khadlikar. He also served as Parliamentary Committees on Draft Third Five Year Plan.

As a social reformer, he worked relentlessly for the upliftment of Harijan and Dalit communities beginning since decades of 1930 till his active life.

He died on 11 September 1999 at Mumbai. In February 2009 a statue of Tulsidas Jadhav was erected at Mechanic Chowk to acknowledge his bravery act, when for three days from 9 to 11 May 1930, the law and order of town was maintained by Tulisdas, when all police officers had run out of town due to protests. lieutenant was inaugurated at the hands of Sharad Pawar and Sushil Kumar Shinde.

Maharashtrache shilpkaar - Tulsidas Jadhav(महाराष्ट्राचे शिल्पकार - तुलसीदास जाधव) is a biography published by Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya ani Sanskruti Mandal authored by Vyankatesh Kamatkar.

Achievements

• After independence, he left Congress in 1947 and with some other ex-congressman joined the Peasants and Workers Party of India, of which he was one of founder member.

Membership

From 1937-1939, 1946-1951 and 1951-1957 he was a member of Bombay Legislative Assembly. He was given ticket and was elected as a member of 3rd Lok Sabha from Nanded from 1962-1967 and as a member of the 4th Lok Sabha from Baramati as a Congress candidate. Among others he served also as a member of the Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee and was its General Secretary - 1957-1960.

He gave his services as a member of the Electricity Consultative Committee, T.B. Board, Leprosy Committee.

Study Group on Road Safety In 1985, he was signatory to the "Apostle of Peace" award which was recognized by Giani Zail Singh, President of India from 1982-1987, Doctor South. South. Mohapatra, Secretary General of India, and Tulsidas Jadhav, who at that time was President of the Parliamentary Center.