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|honorific-prefix = Karmaveer<br />
|name = Dadasaheb Gaikwad<br />
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|image = Dadasaheb Gaikwad 2002 stamp of India.jpg<br />
|caption = Gaikwad on a 2002 stamp of India<br />
| office1 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1957<br />
| term_end1 = 1962<br />
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| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]] for [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1962<br />
| term_end2 = 1968<br />
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|birth_date = {{birth-date|15 October 1902}}<br />
|birth_place = Ambe, [[Dindori, Maharashtra|Dindori tuluka]] , [[Nashik district]]<br />
|death_date = {{death-date and age|29 December 1971|15 October 1902}}<br />
|death_place = Willingdon Hospital, [[New Delhi]]<br />
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|birthname = Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad<br />
|nationality = Indian<br />
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'''Bhaurao Krishnaji Gaikwad''' (15 October 1902 – 29 December 1971) popularly known as '''Dadasaheb Gaikwad''', was an Indian politician and social worker from [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Kshirsagar">{{cite book |title=Dalit Movement in India and its Leaders |last=Kshirsagar |first=Ramchandra |year=1994 |pages=214–217 |isbn=81-85880-43-3}}<br />
</ref> He was founder member of the [[Republican Party of India]] and was a member of parliament in both the [[Lok Sabha]] (1957 - 1962) and [[Rajya Sabha]] (1962 - 1968).<ref>{{cite web |title=Alphabetical list of Rajyasabha members since 1952 |url=http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp?alphabet=G |publisher=Government of India |access-date=23 March 2009}}</ref> He was a close colleague and follower of human rights leader [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. The people of Maharashtra honoured him with the [[sobriquet]] '''''Karmaveer''''' (King of actions) and the [[Government of India]] awarded him with [[Padma Shri]] in 1968 for his dedicated service to society.<br />
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==Life==<br />
[[File:Dr. BR Ambedkar with Dadasaheb Gaikwad at Nashik.jpg|thumb|Gaikwad (right) with [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]] (left) at Nashik railway station, November 1945]]<br />
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Gaikwad was born on 15 October 1902 into [[Mahar]] family at Ambe village in [[Dindori, Maharashtra|Dindori]] tehsil, [[Nashik district]] of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Letters by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar to Dadasaheb Gaikwad|last=Nimbalkar|first=Waman|publisher=Prabodhan Prakashan|year=2011|location=Nagpur|pages=518|language=mr, en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kshīrasāgara|first=Rāmacandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&q=bhaurao+gaikwad+mahar+caste&pg=PA213|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|date=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Conversion==<br />
Gaikwad embraced [[Buddhism]] at the hands of [[Babasaheb Ambedkar]] at [[Deekshabhoomi]], [[Nagpur]] on 14 October 1956.<ref name="auto">{{Cite book|title=Letters by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar to Dadasaheb Gaikwad|last=Nimbalkar|first=Waman|publisher=Prabodhan Prakashan|year=2011|location=Nagpur|pages=522|language=mr, en}}</ref> He imparted Buddha Dhamma Diksha to thousands at [[Chaitya Bhoomi]], [[Mumbai]] on 7 December 1956.<ref name="auto"/><br />
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==Legacy==<br />
Government of Maharashtra gives special assistance to socially and economically backward people on his name, Karmaveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad Sabalikaran & Swabhiman Yojana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Karmaveer Dadasaheb Gaikwad Sabalikaran & Swabhiman Yojana |url=https://sjsa.maharashtra.gov.in/en/karmaveer-dadasaheb-gaikwad-sabalikaran-swabhiman-yojana}}</ref><br />
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The [[Government of India]] issued a commemorative stamp in his honour in 2002.<ref>http://www.indianpost.com/viewstamp.php/Alpha/B/BHAURAO%20KRISHNARAO%20GAIKWAD</ref><br />
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}<br />
*{{cite web |title=Information regarding a documentary about him |url=http://intelindia.com/videostore/documentaries.htm}}<br />
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