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{{Short description|Kushabhau Thakre}}{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| birth_date= 15 August 1922
| birth_place= [[Dhar]], [[Central India Agency]], [[British India]]
| death_date= 28 December 2003 (aged 81)
| death_place=[[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| nationality= [[India]]n
| party=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| profession= Lawyer, politician
}}

'''Kushabhau Thakre''' (15 August 1922 – 28 December 2003) was an Indian politician belonging to [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and Member of parliament.

==Early life==

Kushabhau Thakre was born at [[Dhar]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] in a [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] family<ref>{{cite book |title=Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics, 1925 to the 1990s|author=Christophe Jaffrelot|publisher=Columbia University Press|date=October 16, 1998|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y2buDDwdgIsC&pg=PA147|pages=133, 147, 148|isbn=9780231103350|quote=(pg 147)Members of the Maharashtrian high castes were particularly numerous, whether Brahmins or – like Thakre[Kushabhau, pg 133] – CKPs.(pg 148) In Indore, the Maharashtrian upper castes were particularly over-represented within the RSS and the Jana Sangh. In the municipal councils, from 1950–65, the Maharashtrian Brahmins and CKP accounted for two-thirds or three-fourths of the Hindu Nationalist representation.}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Regional Reflections: Comparing Politics Across India's States|author=Rob Jenkins|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|page=164|quote=In fact, in the late 1990s and in 2000 the party apparatus was still controlled by upper-caste leaders — either from the faction led by former Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa (a Jain) and BJP National President Kushabhau Thakre (a Kayasth[prabhu]),or by its opponents , led by Lami Narayan Pandey and former chief minister Kailash Joshi, both Brahmins}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Christophe Jaffrelot |title=Presses de la Fondation nationale des sciences politiques, 1993 Les nationalistes hindous: idéologie, implantation et mobilisation dès années 1920 aux années 1990|quote=Le cas du Madhya Pradesh En Inde centrale, une des premières zones de force du nationalisme hindou, cette charge fut progressivement confiée à Kushabhau Thakre. Natif de Dhar et de caste kayasth[prabhu] (rough translation of last part: the charge was gradually entrusted to Kushabhau Thakre. Native of Dhar and of caste CKP|page=150)}}</ref> to parents Dr. Sundarrao Shripatirao Thakre (father) and Smt. Shantabai Sundarrao Thakre (mother). He was educated at Dhar and [[Gwalior]].

== Career in RSS ==
In 1942 he was inducted as a [[Pracharak]] by the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] then moved to the Ratlam Division ([[Ratlam]], [[Ujjain]], [[Mandsaur]], [[Jhabua]], [[Chittorgarh|Chittaur]], [[Kota, Rajasthan|Kota]], [[Bundi]], [[Jhalawar|Jhalawad]], [[Banswada]] ([[Rajasthan|Raj]].), [[Dahod]] ([[Gujarat]])). He moved up in the [[Jana Sangh]], the political wing of the RSS at the time, and then in the [[Janata Party]] when the parties merged.<ref name=":0" />

== Political career ==

=== Early politics (1956–1967) ===
In 1956 he became Secretary (Organisation) [[Madhya Pradesh]] of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]. He was appointed All India Secretary of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] and also additional in charge of [[Gujarat]] in 1967.

=== Initial politics (1970–1979) ===
In 1974 he was made All India Secretary (Organisation). During the 1975–1977 Emergency, he was jailed for 19 months alongside other opposition political leaders. He was elected to [[Lok Sabha]] in 1979 in a by-election from [[Khandwa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khandwa]], Madhya Pradesh. He lost General Election from Khandwa in 1980. But he mostly stayed away from electoral politics.

=== Established politician (1980–2000) ===
When the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] was formed in 1980, he was appointed as a Secretary and in charge of Gujarat, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. Remained on this post until 1984. Throughout the years, he held offices as a national General Secretary, Vice-President or "in-charge" of a particular state.

==== Party president ====
On 14 April 1998 Thakre was elected as president of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. In August 2000, he stepped down from this post.<ref>[[List of presidents of the Bharatiya Janata Party]]</ref>

== Vision ==
A true visionary and an efficient team builder Thakre has major contribution in building the organisation in [[Chhattisgarh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Kushabhau Thakre Patrakarita Avam Jansanchar Vishwavidyalaya|url=https://www.ktujm.ac.in/ |access-date=2020-08-18|website=www.ktujm.ac.in}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died 28 December 2003 at the age of 81 at [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi|All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi]] after prolonged illness as he was suffering from kidney cancer.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec29/n4.asp |title=Kushabhau Thakre: a brave political soldier |access-date=24 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124213023/http://archive.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec29/n4.asp |archive-date=24 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Legacy ==

Some of the places named after him are [[Kushabhau Thakre Patrakarita Avam Jansanchar Vishwavidyalaya|Kushabhau Thakre University of Journalism and Mass Communication]] in [[Raipur]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kushabhau Thakre Patrakarita Avam Jansanchar Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur|url=https://collegedunia.com/university/25436-kushabhau-thakre-patrakarita-avam-jansanchar-vishwavidyalaya-raipur |access-date=2020-08-18|website=Collegedunia}}</ref> Kushabhau Thakre Nursing College, [[Kushabhau Thakre Inter State Bus Terminal]] in [[Bhopal]], Kushabhau Thakre Community Hall in [[Ahmedabad]], Kushabhau Thakre District hospital in [[Shahdol]] and Kushabhau Thakre Road in [[Indore]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.bjp.org/leadership/bjp-presidents/late-shri-kushabhau-thakre BJP Profile – Late Shri. Kushabhau Thakre]

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