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'''Ganesh Vasudeo Joshi''' (9 April 1828 – 25 July 1880), popularly known as '''Sarwajanik Kaka''', was a lawyer, social reformer, and political activist. He was a founding member of [[Poona Sarvajanik Sabha]].<ref>{{cite book<br />
| last = Low<br />
| first = Donald Anthony<br />
| title = Soundings in Modern South Asian History<br />
| publisher = University of California Press<br />
| date = 1968<br />
| location = India<br />
| pages = 391<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=WfD02m8q8eYC&q=ganesh+vasudev+joshi+satara<br />
}}<br />
</ref><ref>{{cite web<br />
| last = Government of Maharashtra<br />
| title = The Gazetteers Department - SATARA<br />
| url = https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/SATARA/his_satara.html<br />
| access-date = 4 August 2014<br />
}}<br />
</ref> He was a great support system for the noble works initiated and carried out successfully by Honorable Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade. <br />
He was a social activist in Pune when Maharashtrian revival began, and he was the elderly guiding philosopher when [[Lokmanya Tilak|Tilak]] and Agarkar's generation gave impetus to Indian independence struggle. Joshi also represented [[Vasudev Balwant Phadke]] as his lawyer in Phadke's trial.<ref><br />
{{cite journal<br />
| last = Rao<br />
| first = Parimala V.<br />
| title = New Insights into the Debates on Rural Indebtedness in 19th Century Deccan<br />
| journal = Economic & Political Weekly<br />
| date = 24 January 2009<br />
| url = http://environmentportal.in/files/New%20Insights%20into%20the%20Debates.pdf<br />
| access-date = 11 August 2014}}<br />
</ref><br />
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Joshi had a daughter who was married to [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]].{{cn|date=August 2014}}<br />
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At the [[Delhi Durbar|Delhi Durbar of 1877]], wearing "''homespun spotless white khadi''" Joshi rose to ask of the viceroy of India (then the [[Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton|1st Earl of Lytton]]), that Her Majesty the Queen might:<br />
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<blockquote>Grant to India the same political and social status as is enjoyed by her British subjects.</blockquote><br />
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With this demand, it can be said that the campaign for a [[Mahadev Govind Ranade#Political|free India]] was formally launched,<ref>The Delhi Durbar, Dimdima.com, magazine of [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]],[http://dimdima.com/knowledge/freedom.asp?q_content2=yes&tit=The+Delhi+Durbar free india]</ref> which was the beginning of a great transformation for India.<ref>KESAVAN MUKUL <br />
(Sunday, 29 May 2005) "''STORY OF THE CONGRESS - Three pivotal moments that shaped early nationalism in India''", The Telegraph, Calcutta, retrieved 3/19/2007 [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050529/asp/opinion/story_4798753.asp nationalism]</ref><br />
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Joshi died on 25 July 1880 due to heart trouble.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:Marathi people]]<br />
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]</div>->Monkbot