Tulsidas Jadhav

Tulsidas Jadhav (25 January 1905 – 11 September 1999) was an Indian freedom fighter, political activist, social worker, farmer and member of Bombay Legislative Council and Lok Sabha.

Early life

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

Profession He was an agriculturist or farmer by profession. He was imprisoned in 1931, 1932, 1941 and 1942. He was given congress ticket but was lost in 1957 elections for 2nd Lok Sabha from Solapur constituency. He was elected as a member of 3rd Lok Sabha from Nanded from 1962–67 and as a member of the 4th Lok Sabha from Baramati as a Congress candidate.

He also served as Parliamentary Committees on Draft Third Five Year Plan. In 1985, he was signatory to the "Apostle of Peace" award which was recognized by Giani Zail Singh, President of India from 1982-1987, Dr. S. S. Mohapatra, Secretary General of India, and Tulsidas Jadhav, who at that time was President of the Parliamentary Center.

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

Memorials In February 2009 a statue of Tulsidas Jadhav was erected at Mechanic Chowk to acknowledge his bravery, when for three days, from 9 to 11 May 1930, law and order in the town was maintained by Tulsidas, when all police officers in the town had deserted their posts. It was inaugurated by Sharad Pawar and Sushil Kumar Shinde. Tulsidas Jadhav Adhyapak Vidhyalay at Sholapur is a teacher's training school named after him. Maharashtrache shilpkaar - Tulsidas Jadhav(महाराष्ट्राचे शिल्पकार - तुलसीदास जाधव) is a biography published by Maharashtra Rajya Sahitya ani Sanskruti Mandal authored by Vyankatesh Kamatkar.