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'''Gangadhar Appa Burande''' ({{lang-mr|गंगाधर अप्पा बुरांडे}}, 29 December 1919 in Moha – 1 October 2008) was an Indian politician.

He was born in Moha village in the [[Marathwada]] region, and went to school in [[Ambajogai]], [[Nanded]] and [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]]. During his student days in Hyderabad, he became involved in the leftist movement and joined the [[All India Students Federation]].<ref name="pd"/> In 1942 he became a member of the [[Communist Party of India]].<ref name="pd"/> He was one of the pioneers of establishing and building the Communist Party in Marathwada,<ref name="pd"/> and an activist in the anti-[[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizam]] struggle. For a period he was jailed.<ref name="pd">{{cite news |first=Ashok |last=Dhawale |title=Comrade Gangadhar Appa Burande |url=http://pd.cpim.org/2008/1130_pd/11302008_23.htm |work=People's Democracy |publisher=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] |date=30 November 2008 |access-date=7 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=माजी खासदार कॉम्रेड गंगाधर बुरांडे यांचं निधन |url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3548246.cms |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |date= 1 October 2008 |access-date=7 December 2008 |language=mr}}</ref>

Following [[Independence of India|Independence]], he organized the [[All India Kisan Sabha]] (Peasants' Union) in [[Beed District]]. He served as [[sarpanch]] of Moha between 1956-1974. In 1960 he founded the organization Maharashtra Shikshan Sanstha, which offers schooling and housing for students from poor backgrounds. He was again jailed between 1962-1966. For a brief period, he was a representative in the Beed [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]].<ref name="pd"/>

When the Communist Party was divided in 1964, Burande sided with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He became the Secretary of the Beed District Committee of CPI(M), and a member of the [[Maharashtra]] State Committee of the party. In 1969, he was elected vice-president of the Maharashtra State Committee of the CPI(M)-led [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)|Kisan Sabha]].<ref name="pd"/>

During the [[Emergency (India)|Emergency]], Burande was jailed again. He was imprisoned in 1975, and released in 1977. In the [[1977 Indian general election|1977 general election]] he was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (Lower House of Parliament) from [[Beed (Lok Sabha constituency)|Beed]].<ref name="pd"/> Burande got 197,497 votes (57.56%), defeating the [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]] candidate Laxman Shankarao Deshmukh.<ref>[[Election Commission of India]]: ''[http://www.eci.gov.in/statisticalreports/ls_1977/vol_i_ls_77.pdf Statistical Report on the 1977 General Election] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031061304/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |date=31 October 2008 }}''</ref>

In 1982 he became a member of the Maharashtra State Secretariat of CPI(M). In 1986 he was elected president of the Kisan Sabha in Maharashtra, and was one of the representatives of Maharashtra in the Central Kisan Committee (the national leadership of AIKS). In the 1990s, he stepped down from the CPI(M) State Secretariat, and instead took over as the first chairman of the State Control Commission of the party.<ref name="pd"/> At the 2004 state conference of the Kisan Sabha, he was elected vice-president of the State Committee.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ashok |last=Dhawale |title=Maharashtra Kisan Sabha State Conference calls for Defeat Of Anti-Peasant And Communal BJP In Coming Elections|url=http://pd.cpim.org/2004/0425/04252004_dhawale.htm |work=People's Democracy |publisher=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] |date=25 April 2004 |access-date=7 December 2008 }}</ref>

==See also==

1. [[Sundarrao Solanke]]

==References==
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[[Category:6th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Marathi politicians]]
[[Category:People from Beed district]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:People from Marathwada]]
[[Category:Maharashtra district councillors]]

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