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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Keshavrao Sitaram Sonawane
| image = Keshavraoji_Sonawane.png
|native_name= केशवराव सोनवणे
| caption = सहकार महर्षी केशवरावजी सोनवणे
<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-49444233|title=विधानसभा निवडणूक 2019: महाराष्ट्र विधानसभेची पहिली निवडणूक आणि तीन मुख्यमंत्री|work=BBC Marathi|accessdate=27 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="maharshi">{{cite web|url=http://esakal.com/Tiny.aspx?K=ZBTEU|title=सहकारमंत्री (कै.) केशवराव सोनवणे यांची पुतणी सरिता पाटील यांची बेळगाव महानगरपालिकेच्या नगरसेवकपदी बिनविरोध निवड झाली}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1925|02|04}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|11|8|1925|02|04}}<ref name="mirror"/>
| death_place = [[Latur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| birth_place = Mogarga, [[Ausa]], [[Latur district|Latur]], [[Hyderabad State]], [[British Raj]]
| spouse = Kadubai Sonavane
| children = 3 Sons 4 Daughters
| alma_mater = [[Osmania university]]
| education = B.A. L.L.B.
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| occupation = [[Politician]] <br/> [[Lawyer]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
| order = [[Co-operative Ministers of Maharashtra|Co-operative Minister]] <br/>[[Government of Maharashtra]]
| term_start = 1962
| term_end = 1967
| predecessor = Balasaheb Bharde
| successor =
| constituency_AM1 = [[Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latur]]
| assembly1 = Maharashtra Legislative
| term_start1 = 1957
| term_end1 = 1962
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| term_start2 = 1962
| term_end2 = 1967
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = V.R. Kaldate
| constituency_AM3 = [[Ausa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausa]]
| assembly3 = Maharashtra Legislative
| term_start3 = 1972
| term_end3 = 1977
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| term_start4 = 1978
| term_end4 = 1980
| predecessor4 = V. S. Musande
| successor4 = Shivshankar Vishwanath Utage
| citizenship = [[India]]
| residence = [[Latur]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| parents = Sitaram Sonawane
}}

Shri '''Keshavrao Sonavane''' (1925–2006)(Marathi: [[:mr:केशवराव सोनवणे|केशवराव सोनवणे]] ) was an Indian politician, who served four terms in the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]], and was a Co-operative minister in [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]'s cabinet and later [[Vasantrao Naik]]'s cabinet during 1962–1967.<ref name="mirror"/> He was elected as Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly for 4 times, twice from [[Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latur constituency]] and twice from [[Ausa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausa constituency]].<ref name="1957-Latur"/><ref name="1962-Latur"/><ref name="ausa">{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/ausa.html|title=Ausa (Maharashtra) Election Results 2014, Current and Previous MLA|work=elections.in|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Keshavrao Sonavane was born in Mogarga of Ausa taluka in the farmer's family.<ref name="loksatta"/> Keshavrao Sonavane's father Sitaram Sonawane was a farmer who was follower of the Arya Samaj. According to the Arya Samaj all children should be well educated. Inspired by the teachings of Arya Samaj Keshavrao's Father Sitaram Sonavane decided to relocate his family to Latur for education of his children. Keshavrao got his primary education from Government High School Latur. After completing his primary education he moved to Hyderabad for pursuing Bachelor of Laws ([[LLB]]).
Keshavrao Sonawane, got his Bachelor of Laws ([[LLB]]) from [[Osmania University]], Hyderabad. After getting his Bachelor of Laws, he started his practice in the Latur district court. He was a criminal defence lawyer in Latur.<ref name="loksatta"/>

== Political career ==
[[Yashwantrao Chavan]] selected Keshavrao as a Congress party candidate for the position of Bombay Legislative Assembly Member from Latur Constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://adarshgavkari.com/more-info.aspx?newsID=2110|title=यशवंतरावांनी उस्मानाबादला केशवरावांना मंत्री केले. }}</ref> In 1957, Keshavrao ran for Bombay Legislative Assembly election from Latur Constituency and won the Bombay Legislative Assembly election by defeating Vithalrao Kelgaokar.<ref name="1957-Latur"/><ref name="mirror"/> Subsequently, he won the assembly election in 1962 from Latur Constituency by defeating Ramchandra Govind and became the Co-operative Minister for Maharashtra state.<ref name="1962-Latur"/><ref name="mirror"/><ref name="bhasker">{{cite web|url=http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-MAR-amit-deshmukh-latest-news-in-marathi-4630285-PHO.html|title=केशवराव सोनवणे यांच्या रूपानं जिल्ह्याला पहिल्यांदा सहकारमंत्रिपद मिळालं Divyamarathi}}</ref>

During his absence in Latur city while he was serving as a co-operative minister, opposition got stronger in the latur. because of this he had lost the assembly election from Latur Constituency in 1967 against socialist leader Bapu Kaldate.<ref name="kal">{{cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-11-17/news/30410133_1_chandrasekhar-aurangabad-assembly-polls|title=Former MP Bapu Kaldate passes away|work=timesofindia-economictimes|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>

Despite this huge setback, in 1972 he decided to stand for Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election from Ausa Constituency where he had very strong support in the form of his network of family members and relatives.<ref name="ausa"/> At the same time as a chief member of Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee he nominated Shivaraj Patil as his successor for the Latur Constituency seat after deciding to run for election from Ausa Constituency. This time he won the election against Madhav Patil and became the Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Ausa Constituency. Kashinath Jadhav of former Janata Dal had lost by the margin of three thousand votes to Keshavraoji Sonavane in 1977 assembly elections.<ref name="kashinath">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-maha-polls-will-this-bjp-muslim-candidate-make-history-2024523|title=Maha Polls: Will this BJP Muslim candidate make history?|work=dna|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>

==Elections Contested==

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|-
!width=50|Year
!width=100|Constituency
!width=70|Party
!width=70|Result
!width=70|Vote Count
!width=200|Opposition Candidate / Runner up
!width=70|Opposition Party
!width=70|Opposition vote Count
|-
|[[1957 Bombay Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||[[Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latur]]||INC||{{won}}||14785 || Vithalrao Kelgaokar||IND||12178<ref name="1957-Latur">{{cite web|title=Bombay Province Assembly Election Results in 1957 for Latur constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Bombay_1957.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[1962 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||[[Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latur]]||INC||{{won}}||23049 ||Ramchandra Govind||IND||14036<ref name="1962-Latur">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962 for Latur constituency|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1962-election-results.html|publisher=Elections.in|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="1962-Latur-eci">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1962 for Latur constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Maharastra_1962.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||[[Latur City (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Latur]]||INC||{{no|Lost}}||24470 ||V. R. Kaldate||SSP||28948<ref name="1967-Latur">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1967 for Latur constituency|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html|publisher=Elections.in|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="1967-Latur-eci">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1967 for Latur constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1967/Statistical_Report_Maharashtra_1967.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[1972 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1972]]||[[Ausa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausa]]||INC||{{Won}}||44153 ||Dinkarrao Fatepurkar||CPI||14216<ref name="1972-Latur">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1972 for Ausa constituency|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1972-election-results.html|publisher=Elections.in|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="1972-Latur-eci">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1972 for Latur constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1972/StatReport_MT_72.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|[[1978 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|1978]]||[[Ausa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ausa]]||INC||{{Won}}||19321 ||Patil Madhavrao Santaram||IND||18393<ref name="1978-Latur">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1978 for Ausa constituency|url=http://www.elections.in/maharashtra/assembly-constituencies/1978-election-results.html|publisher=Elections.in|accessdate=9 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="1978-Latur-eci">{{cite web|title=Maharashtra Assembly Election Results in 1978 for Latur constituency|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%201978%20Maharashtra.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2 February 2017}}</ref>
|-

|}

== Notable Works ==

=== Dalda Factory ===
Dalda Factory was Asia's first oil mill set up on cooperative terms.<ref name="mirror">{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbaimirror.com/mumbai/others/Ex-minister-Keshavrao-Sonawane-dead/articleshow/15652040.cms|title=Ex-minister Keshavrao Sonawane dead|work=Mumbai Mirror|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref> Keshavrao was very actively involved in the establishment of Dalda Factory in Latur District. Dalda was major produce of the Latur region, for Dalda British Government had laid railway lines to Latur.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/74756/9/09%20_chapter%20-%20iii.pdf|title=For Dalda British Government has laid railway lines to Latur|work=Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in|accessdate=11 January 2017}}</ref>

===Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development & Regulation) Act, 1963===
As a Co-operative minister of Maharashtra Keshavrao Sonawane created the draft of this Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) act for the welfare of farmers in Maharashtra.<ref name="loksatta"/><ref name="Bombay High Court APMC Act 1963">{{cite web|url=http://bombayhighcourt.nic.in/libweb/acts/1964.20.PDF|title=The Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Development & Regulation) Act, 1963|work=Bombay High Court|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> Before passing this law, every market committee was having its own rules, this law made all market committees in Maharashtra to have single central administrative law under state control. Agricultural produce market committee (APMC) is a marketing board established by a state government in India.<ref name="Maharashtra Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB)">{{cite web|url=https://www.msamb.com/apmc/default.htm|title=Maharashtra Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB)|work=MSAMB|accessdate=26 April 2016}}</ref> APMC ensures that farmers are not exploited by any intermediaries like Dalals/Traders/commission agents who compel farmers to sell their produce at the farm gate for an extremely low price. This APMC act mandates that all food produce should first be brought to a market yard and then sold through auction.<ref name="Maharashtra Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB)"/>

=== Dayanand Education Society ===
Dayanand Education society was established in the year 1961 in the month of May.<ref name="daya">{{cite web|url=http://www.dsclatur.org/?page_id=12|title=History – Dayanand Science College, Latur|work=dsclatur.org|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref> Earlier Latur was small town in the Osmanabad District.<ref name="daya"/> Facilities for higher education were not available in the Latur so students were left with no option but going to cities like Hyderabad, Pune, and Mumbai and so on.<ref name="daya"/>

Student from middle class and lower-middle-class families were not able to afford the costs of education and other costs arising from the needs to live in the cities like Mumbai, Pune etc.<ref name="daya"/> Higher education was rather like a dream for students from poor families.<ref name="daya"/> So to make the higher education facilities accessible to children of farmers, agricultural laborers, workers; the dignitaries and business people like Manikrao Sonavane (elder brother of Keshavrao Sonawane), Chandrashekhar Bajpai, Ramgopalji Rathi and Keshavraoji Sonawane established Dayanand Education Society in the May month of year 1961<ref name="daya2">{{cite web|url=http://dayanandlaw.org/?page_id=11|title=Introduction – Dayanand College of Law, Latur.|work=dayanandlaw.org|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref>

Manikraoji Sonavane, elder brother of Keshavrao and chairman of market committee, convinced the farmers of Latur to contribute to this cause.<ref name="daya"/> Shri Keshavraoji Sonavane, Co-Operative Minister of the Maharashtra state, contributed to this cause by completing all required formal government procedures.<ref name="daya"/>

=== Terna Sugar Factory ===
This is the first co-operative sugar factory in Osmanabad and Latur District.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatogether.org/sugarcut-human-rights|title=India Together: Cutting sugar: The bitter reality: Shirish Khare – 30 October 2013|work=indiatogether.org|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/10603/74756/9/09%20_chapter%20-%20iii.pdf|title=co-operative minister Shri Keshavraoji Sonawane has started two big factories on co-operative basis|work=Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> Formerly Latur was in Osmanabad District. Keshavraoji Sonavane brought this Sugar factory for Osmanabad and Latur District's farmers.<ref name="loksatta"/> It was beginning of the co-operative movement in the sugar industry started by keshavraoji Sonavane. Terna sugar factory was registered in 1965 with production capacity of 1250 Tons of Cane per Day.<ref name="Management Of Working Capital">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtchwG-3EocC&q=Terna+sugar+400&pg=PA51|title=Management Of Working Capital|work=Management Of Working Capital By S.D. Talekar|isbn=9788171419623|accessdate=9 September 2016|last1=Talekar|first1=S. D.|year=2005}}</ref> Currently terna has 3500 Tons of Cane per Day capacity.factory covers area of 3 talukas i.e. Osmanabad, Kallamb and Latur. This factory covers nearly 171 villages by area of operation.<ref name="Management Of Working Capital"/>

===Latur District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. Latur ===
Keshavraoji Sonavane was instrumental in the setup of Latur District Central Cooperative Bank.<ref name="loksatta">{{cite web|url=http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20061109/raj03.htm|title=Loksatta(Marathi Newspaper)|work=loksatta.com|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref> Latur DCC bank was developed during Keshavraoji's tenure in the government as Co-operative minister. Co-operative bank forms an integral part of banking system in India.<ref name="loksatta"/> As this bank operates mainly for the benefit of rural area, particularly the agricultural sector and Cooperative Banks in general and District Central Cooperative Banks in particular have to play major role in the upliftment of Economy.<ref name="ldcc">{{cite web|url=http://www.ldccbank.com/|title=Latur District Central Co-Op Bank Ltd. Latur|work=ldccbank.com|accessdate=18 April 2015}}</ref> By creating Latur DCC bank Keshavrao made a very positive impact on agricultural sector and especially on the farmers of Latur and Osmanabad District.<ref name="loksatta"/>

=== District Bar Association, Latur ===
Keshavrao Sonavane was a life member of District Bar Association, Latur.<ref name="bar">{{cite web|url=http://laturbarassociation.com/Index.html|title=History Of Latur District Bar Association , Latur.|work=laturbarassociation.com|accessdate=10 December 2016}}</ref> [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] and [[Shivraj Patil]] were also life members of District Bar Association, Latur.<ref name="bar"/> Keshavrao Sonawane was President of Latur Bar Association for year 1960.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laturbarassociation.com/body-member.html|title=President and Secretary List till now|work=laturbarassociation.com|accessdate=28 December 2016}}</ref>

== In Literature ==
He was mentioned in books Uchalya (The Branded) by [[Laxman Gaikwad]] (1987), Yeravaḍā vidyāpīṭhātīla divasa by Kumāra Saptarshī and Māndiyāḷī by Ananta Bhālerāva (1994).Uchalya novel is an autobiographical account of the life of a stereotyped underdog but of a representative of a section of society thriving on petty crimes.

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