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| name = Laxman Shrawan Bhatkar<br />
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| birth_place =[[Thugaon]] Amravati district<br />
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| death_date =7 feb 1970<br />
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'''Laxman Shrawan Bhatkar''' (b 1901 Thugaon Amravati district - d 1970 ) was a politician and social worker from Central Provinces and Berar of British India. He was born in 1901 at Thugaon village of then Amravati district of the Province. He studied at Depressed Classes Mission High School at Bombay.<br />
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Later he became member of Satyasodhak samaj under the guidance of great Maharshi Vitthalramji shide. He used to compose playfolk songs and stories for the welfare of untouchables. For them, he started [[Chokhamela]] Hostel at [[Chikhli, Maharashtra|Chikhali]] in Buldana district in 1921.<ref name=book>{{cite book |title= Dalit movement in India and its leaders, 1857-1956 |author= Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara |year= 1994 |publisher= M D Publications New Delhi |pages=181–183 |isbn = 81-85880-43-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&q=r+d+bhandare&pg=PA181 }}</ref><br />
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In 1951, he was elected to first Lok Sabha from the 2 seats of Buldana Akola constituency of then Madhya Pradesh State along with [[Gopalrao Khedkar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Election of India 1951, List of Successful Candidate |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=2010-01-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404203355/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archivedate= 4 April 2014 }}</ref> In 1957, he was re-elected as a representative of the second Lok Sabha from Buldana Akola constituency of then Bombay State.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title=General Election of India 1957, List of Successful Candidate|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=2010-01-12}}</ref> He represent [[Khamgaon (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[3rd Lok Sabha]]. Along with it they are the Member of Constitution Assembly of India as Members (by province/state) Central Provinces and Berar <br />
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He died in 1970.<ref name=book/><br />
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[[Category:1901 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Amravati district]]<br />
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