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{{Infobox person
| name = Balasaheb Bharde
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| birth_date = 1912
| birth_place = [[Shevgaon]], [[Ahmednagar district]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2006|11|22}}
| death_place = [[Pune]], Maharashtra, India
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| occupation = Indian social workers<br/>Politician<br/>Independent activist
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| known for = Cooperative movement<br/>Social service
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| children = Five sons and a daughter
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2001)
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'''Balasaheb Shivram Bharde''' (1912–2006), also known as '''Trimbak''', was an [[Indian independence activist]], social worker, educationist and the speaker of [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]].<ref name="Karandikar2008">{{cite book|author=N. S. Karandikar|title=Sir Swami Samarth.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ukr_Jk9TDCYC&pg=PA214|date=21 February 2008|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-81-207-3445-6|pages=214–}}</ref> He was known for his contributions to the cooperative movement in Maharashtra<ref name="CM condoles demise of Balasaheb Bharde">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/22/cm-condoles-demise-of-balasaheb-bharde-1164209779.html | title=CM condoles demise of Balasaheb Bharde | publisher=One India | date=22 November 2006 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Blessings of Late Shri. Balasaheb Bharde">{{cite web | url=http://ravighate.com/index.php/references.html | title=Blessings of Late Shri. Balasaheb Bharde | publisher=Ravi Ghate | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329101106/http://www.ravighate.com/index.php/references.html | archive-date=29 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> as the Minister of Co-operation (1957–1962).<ref name="About Us">{{cite web | url=http://balasahebbhardepratishthan.defindia.org/about-us/ | title=About Us | publisher=Padmabhushan Balasaheb Bharde Pratishthan | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826081402/http://balasahebbhardepratishthan.defindia.org/about-us/ | archive-date=26 August 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Bank History">{{cite web | url=http://akoladcc.com/english/bank_history.html | title=Bank History | publisher=Akola District Central Coop. Bank | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404064651/http://akoladcc.com/english/bank_history.html | archive-date=4 April 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was associated with several social and government organizations such as [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission|Khadi Gramodhyog]], [[Harijan Sevak Sangh]] and Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi (MGSN) and served as the chairman of the first named and as the second president of the MGS Nidhi.<ref name="Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi">{{cite web | url=http://mgsnidhi.org/history/ | title=Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi | publisher=Maharashtra Gandhi Smarak Nidhi | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> He also chaired the Maharashtra State Khadi Board.<ref name="Balasaheb Bharade passes away">{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/11/22/balasaheb-bharade-passes-away-1164206474.html | title=Balasaheb Bharade passes away | publisher=One India | date=22 November 2006 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

Born in 1912 at [[Shevgaon]], a small village in [[Ahmednagar district]] of the Indian state of [[Maharashtra]], he represented his native constituency at the State Legislative Assembly for two decades from 1952.<ref name="List of successful Candidates">{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf | title=List of successful Candidates | publisher=Election Commission of India | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016 | pages=9 of 408}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2001, for his contributions to society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2016 |access-date=3 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> He died on 22 November 2006 at the age of 94, in [[Pune]], survived by his wife, five sons and a daughter.<ref name="Balasaheb Bharade passes away" /> Several educational institutions<ref name="Other Institutions">{{cite web | url=http://bhardesakshartaprasarakmandal.com/mypage.php?page_id=MTY0 | title=Other Institutions | publisher=Bhardesaksharta Prasarak Mandal | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="balasaheb bharde vidyalaya">{{cite web | url=http://wikimapia.org/2568726/balasaheb-bharde-vidyalaya | title=balasaheb bharde vidyalaya | publisher=Wikimapia | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref> and a public library in Shevgaon have been named after Bharde.<ref name="Deshbhakt Balasaheb Bharde Granthalaya">{{cite web | url=http://indiaany.com/d/62463/hfddg/deshbhakt-balasaheb-bharde-granthalaya | title=Deshbhakt Balasaheb Bharde Granthalaya | publisher=Indian Any | date=2016 | access-date=29 May 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Cooperative movement in India]]
* [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
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