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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Bal Apte<br />
|image = Balavant Apte.jpg<br />
| birth_name = Balavant Apte<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Member of Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| term_start = 03 April 2000<br />
| term_end = 02 April 2012<br />
|birth_date = {{birth date|1939|1|18|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Rajgurunagar]], [[Pune district]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|7|17|1939|1|18|}}<br />
|death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
|spouse = Nirmala Apte<br />
|children = Jahnavi (Daughter)<br />
| alma_mater = [[Government Law College, Mumbai|Government Law College]], [[Bombay University]].<br />
|profession = [[Lawyer]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Balavant Apte''', also called '''Bal Apte''' and '''Balasaheb Apte''' (18 January 1939 – 17 July 2012) was a lawyer, politician of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and a member of the [[Parliament of India]] representing [[Maharashtra]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]]. He was a MA LLM. He died on 17 July 2012 at [[Hinduja Hospital]] in [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/india/32713120_1_rss-ideologue-senior-bjp-leader-bjp-president |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103134953/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-17/india/32713120_1_rss-ideologue-senior-bjp-leader-bjp-president |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |title=Senior BJP leader and RSS ideologue Bal Apte passes away | date=17 July 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] | accessdate=2014-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://organiser.org/Encyc/2012/7/22/-b-Bal-Apte--Organisation-man,-ideal-politician--b-.aspx |title=Bal Apte: Organisation Man, Ideal Politician |newspaper=Organiser |date=22 July 2012 |accessdate=2014-09-26}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Bal Apte was a Vice President of the BJP. He had been actively involved in the legal process of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi movement]]. He rose to fame after the BJP's defeat in the 2009 General elections, when he was appointed to frame a report on the reasons for the Party's loss. Called the "Bal Apte Report," it was a big critique of the functioning of the party and an indirect indictment of many of its top leaders.<br />
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Apte was a dedicated [[swayamsevak]] of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and the National President of the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] and was active in ABVP for 38 Years. He was an Additional Advocate General for the State of Maharashtra and a Senior Advocate of the [[Supreme Court of India]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=123 india.go.in]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060618074527/http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=123 Profile on Rajya Sabha website]<br />
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