Gangadhar Appa Burande

Gangadhar Appa Burande (, 29 December 1919 in Moha – 1 October 2008) was an Indian politician.

He was born in Moha village in the Marathwada region, and went to school in Ambajogai, Nanded and Hyderabad. During his student days in Hyderabad, he became involved in the leftist movement and joined the All India Students Federation.

Following Independence, he organized the All India Kisan Sabha (Peasants' Union) in Beed District. He served as sarpanch of Moha between 1956 and 1974. In 1960 he founded the organization Maharashtra Shikshan Sanstha, which offers schooling and housing for students from poor backgrounds. He was again jailed between 1962 and 1966. For a brief period, he was a representative in the Beed Zilla Parishad.

In 1982 he became a member of the Maharashtra State Secretariat of CPI(M). In 1986 he was elected president of the Kisan Sabha in Maharashtra, and was one of the representatives of Maharashtra in the Central Kisan Committee (the national leadership of AIKS). In the 1990s, he stepped down from the CPI(M) State Secretariat, and instead took over as the first chairman of the State Control Commission of the party.