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{{short description|Indian politician, barrister and Ambedkarite activist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = B. D. Khobragade
| image = Rajabhau Khobragade 2009 stamp of India.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Khobragade 2009 stamp of India
| order = 3rd
| office = Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
| term_start = 17 December 1969
| term_end = 2 April 1972
| predecessor = [[Violet Alva]]
| successor = [[Godey Murahari]]
| office1 = [[Member of the Rajya Sabha]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
| term_start1 = 3 April 1958
| term_end1 = 2 April 1984
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| party = {{•}} [[Republican Party of India]]<br /> {{•}} [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]]
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|09|25|df=yes}}<ref name=r1>[http://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9349:remembering-rajabhau-khobragade-a-revolutionary-leader&catid=127:post-ambedkar-leaders&Itemid=158 Remembering Rajabhau Khobragade, a revolutionary leader]. ''Round Table India''.</ref>
| birth_place = [[Chandrapur]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]] {{small|(present-day [[Maharashtra]], India)}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|04|23|1925|08|25|df=y}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| occupation = {{hlist|Lawyer|Social activist|Politician}}
| father = Devaji Bapu Khobragade
| mother = Indirabai Khobragade
| spouse = Hirkani Khobragade (formerly) <br>
Indumati Khobragade (till death)
| children = Deven Bhaurao Khobragade (20.09.1969 - 18.09.1993)
| known_for = Activisim in [[Ambedkarite|Ambedkarite movement]] and [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
}}

'''Bhaurao Dewaji Khobragade''' (25 September 1925 – 9 April 1984), commonly known as '''Rajabhau Khobragade''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[barrister]], [[Ambedkarite]] social activist and politician. He was a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] of the [[Parliament of India]] at various times from 1958 to 1984. He was [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]] from 1969 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographical Sketches of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/deputy.pdf |page=1}}</ref> Khobragade was an Ambedkarite and leader of [[Republican Party of India]] (RPI).<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lokmat.com/politics/editorial-republican-party-divided-politics/|title=गटातटांत विखुरलेला रिपब्लिकन पक्ष|date=26 April 2019|website=Lokmat}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/khobragade-faction-of-rpi-supports-nda/articleshow/71557477.cms|title=Khobragade faction of RPI supports NDA | Nagpur News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web | last=वृत्तसेवा | first=सकाळ | title=रिपब्लिकन पक्ष उभारण्याचा संकल्प बाबासाहेबांचाच | website=eSakal | date=2019-10-03 | url=https://www.esakal.com/vidarbha/republican-party-anniversary-today-220417 | language=mr | access-date=2021-04-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article8402.html|title=Dr Ambedkar and Politics of Caste - Mainstream|website=www.mainstreamweekly.net}}</ref> He hails from [[Mahar]] ([[Scheduled Caste]]) community and, in 1956 he got converted into [[Buddhism]] along with [[B. R. Ambedkar]], the father of the Indian Constitution.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://roundtableindia.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9349:remembering-rajabhau-khobragade-a-revolutionary-leader&catid=127:post-ambedkar-leaders&Itemid=158|title=Remembering Rajabhau Khobragade, a revolutionary leader|first=Dipankar|last=Kamble|website=Round Table India}}</ref>

Khobragade had his early education at Jubilee High School, [[Chandrapur]]. He then went on to clear the Inter Science exam from Nagpur Science College in 1943 and [[B.A.]] exam from Morris College, Nagpur in 1945. On the advice of [[Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar]], he went to [[London]] to study [[law]]  in 1950. He was one of the 16 students Dr. Ambedkar sent to London to study but was an exception as he went to London bearing his own expenses and the rest were scholarship students.<ref name="auto1"/>

The [[Republican Party of India (Khobragade)]] is a [[political party]] in India, a splinter group of the [[Republican Party of India]] and named for its leader, B. D. Khobragade.<ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/>

== Honors ==
Indian Post issued a stamp dedicated to Khobragade in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://postagestamps.gov.in/Stamps2009.aspx|title=Postage Stamps:: Postage Stamps,Stamp issue calender 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps|website=postagestamps.gov.in}}</ref>

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