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| death_date = 21 May 1932 (aged 65)<br />
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| other_names = Keshavrao<br />
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Sri '''Keshav Rao Koratkar''', was a pioneer of political, social and educational reforms in [[Hyderabad State]], [[India]]. Initially working on behalf of the [[Marathi people]], he became involved in the [[Indian independence movement]].<br />
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==Early years and career==<br />
Keshav Rao Koratkar was born in a [[Deshastha Brahmin|Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin]] family{{Sfn|Sen|1973|p=392}} in 1867 at Purjal Village in his maternal grandfather's house. He was one among the five sons of Santukarao, a [[Marathi people|Maharashtrian]]. At the age of nine, Keshavraoji left for his sister's house in [[Gulbarga]] where he started learning Urdu. He decided to pursue law as a career; in 1889 he passed both law and judiciary exams and started his law career at Hyderabad in 1896. A highlight of his law career was his appointments as the High Court Judge for the state of Hyderabad.<br />
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==Community service==<br />
For over two decades Keshavrao was closely associated with the reform movement of [[Arya Samaj]]<ref>http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nanded/his1.html - 316k</ref> in Hyderabad. He was the President of Hyderabad Samajik Sudhar Sangh, a social reform organization. In 1907, he was instrumental in starting a school with Marathi as the language of instruction for the large local Marathi speaking community at [[Sultan Bazar|Residency Bazar]]. He was also actively involved in starting a school in [[Kalburgi|Gulbarga]] with his friend Sri Vittalrao Davulgavkar. He started a Marathi library in 1920 in Hyderabad and inspired the Mararastrian youth. He was instrumental in starting a Marathi monthly magazine named ''Rajhansa''.<br />
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==Indian Independence Movement==<br />
Keshavrao was influenced by his friend [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]], and on his request in 1897 he helped the [[Chapekar brothers]] of [[Pune]], who were in hiding, seek medical help in Hyderabad.<ref>http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/VOL-II/REVOLUTIONARY_I.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> He became a part of the [[Khilafat Movement|Khilafat movement]]. Although mainly a Muslim religious movement, it became a part of the wider Indian independence movement.<ref>Pernau-Reifeld Margrit :Reaping the Whirlwind. Nizam and the Khilafat Movement, in: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 34, pp 2745-51</ref> In 1919 Keshavrao missed his daughter's wedding to lead the [[Khilafat Movement]] rally,<ref>Benichou Lucien D:From Autocracy to Integration: Political Developments in [[Hyderabad State]], Orient Longman 2000 p.33</ref> an incident which exemplified his commitment to cause over family.<br />
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==Final years==<br />
Keshavrao's final years were marked by ill health due to undiagnosed [[diabetes]] and impaired vision. On 20 May 1930, he went into [[diabetic coma]], and breathed his last on 21 May 1930.<br />
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His son Shri Vidyalankar V. K. Koratkar is also Member of Hyderabad and Bombay Legislature and [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1221.htm |title=Shri Koratkar, V. K. Vidyalankar at Lok Sabha website. |access-date=6 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624040023/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1221.htm |archive-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
* http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Nanded/his1.html - 316k<br />
* http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/VOL-II/REVOLUTIONARY_I.pdf<br />
* http://www.epw.org.in/epw/uploads/articles/9232.pdf{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* Pernau-Reifeld Margrit :Reaping the Whirlwind. Nizam and the Khilafat Movement,: Economic and Political Weekly, Vol 34, pp 2745–51<br />
* Benichou Lucien D:From Autocracy to Integration: Political Developments in Hyderabad State,Orient Longman 2000 p.&nbsp;33:<br />
* {{ISBN|81-250-1847-6}}<br />
*{{cite book|title=Dictionary of National Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100394/page/n5|first=S.P.|last=Sen|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta|year=1973}}<br />
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