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{{Short description|Indian journalist (1928–2006)}}
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| birth_date = 25 September 1928
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = 1 June 2006
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'''Madhav Yeshwant Gadkari''' (1928–2006) was an Indian journalist and the editor of [[Loksatta]], a popular [[Marathi language|Marathi]] daily published by the [[Indian Express]] Group.<ref name="Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away">{{cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-veteran-journalist-gadkari-passes-away-1032701 | title=Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away | date=1 June 2006 | access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> He was also associated with the [[All India Radio]], ''[[Maharashtra Times]]'', ''[[Sakal]]'' and their [[Goa]] edition, ''Gomantak Times''<ref name="Gomantak Times">[[:nl:Gomantak Times|Gomantak Times, 2015]], Retrieved 27 September 2015{{Circular reference|date=October 2015}}</ref> during his career.<ref name="Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1990.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Biography==
Gadkari was born into [[Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu]] ([[CKP]]) family<ref>{{cite news|title=सीकेपी तितुका मेळवावा!|publisher=loksatta|author=Karandikar|quote=छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे सेनानी – बाजीप्रभू देशपांडे, मुरारबाजी देशपांडे, बाळाजी आवजी चिटणीस, खंडो बल्लाळ चिटणीस. मराठी साहित्यिक राम गणेश गडकरी, साहित्य संमेलनाच्या पहिल्या स्त्री अध्यक्षा कुसुमावती देशपांडे. अर्थशास्त्रज्ञ चिंतामणराव देशमुख. १९१२ मधील मुंबई हायकोर्टाचे मुख्य न्यायाधीश महादेव भास्कर चौबळ. राजकारणी दत्ता ताम्हाणे, बाळासाहेब ठाकरे, उद्धव ठाकरे, राज ठाकरे. माजी लष्कर प्रमुख अरुणकुमार वैद्य. हवाईदल प्रमुख अनिल टिपणीस. नाट्यसृष्टीच्या सर्वच दालनांच्या सर्वज्ञा विजया मेहता.मराठी आणि हिंदी चित्रपट सृष्टीतील सुमती गुप्ते, शोभना समर्थ, नूतन, तनुजा, नलिनी जयवंत, स्नेहप्रभा प्रधान. विविध २०० प्रकारचे वैज्ञानिक शोध लावणारे आणि ४० पेटंट्स नावावर असलेले आणि ज्यांना भारताचे एडिसन म्हटले जाते ते शास्त्रज्ञ शंकर आबाजी भिसे. संगीतातील फक्त एकच नाव घेतले पुरे आहे ते म्हणजे श्रीनिवास खळे. क्रिकेटपटू बाळू गुप्ते – सुभाष गुप्ते – नरेन ताम्हाणे. १९६५ च्या युद्धात अवघ्या २३ व्या वर्षी शाहिद झालेला लेफ्टनंट दिलीप गुप्ते, पत्रकार माधव गडकरी, आणखी कितीतरी….|url= https://www.loksatta.com/blogs-news/whos-ckp-community-1788003/}}</ref> on 25 September 1928 in Mumbai, in the Western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Autographs of Media Personalities of India">{{cite web | url=https://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-131111.html | title=Autographs of Media Personalities of India | publisher=Indian Autographs | date=2015 | access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> His first known posting was with the [[All India Radio]].<ref name="Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away" /> Later, he worked with ''[[Maharashtra Times]]'', and moved on to [[Sakal]] and their [[Goa]]n edition, Gomantak Times. Subsequently, he joined [[Loksatta]] and became its Group Editor in 1991. After his retirement from service in 1992, he continued freelance writing and contributed a column in the city based newspaper, ''Mumbai Chaufer'', till 1997.<ref name="Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away" />

Gadkari was in the news on more than one occasion. On 20 December 1990, a bomb blast took place in his house following which a few [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] and [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] supporters were arrested.<ref name="Altekar gets justice after 16 long years">{{cite web | url=http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1206/172.html | title=Altekar gets justice after 16 long years | publisher=Hindu Net | date=18 December 2006 | access-date=27 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928043325/http://www.hindunet.org/hvk/articles/1206/172.html | archive-date=28 September 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2004, he was again in the news when a group of known personalities including [[Subhash Bhende]], [[Sadashiv Amrapurkar]] and himself, filed a public interest litigation at the [[Mumbai High Court]], seeking [[disenfranchisement]] of the Mumbai slum dwellers.<ref name="Banning the majority from voting">{{cite web | url=http://infochangeindia.org/governance/analysis/banning-the-majority-from-voting.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323002221/http://infochangeindia.org/governance/analysis/banning-the-majority-from-voting.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=23 March 2012 | title=Banning the majority from voting | publisher=Info Change India | date=October 2004 | access-date=27 September 2015}}</ref> He was awarded the civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] by the Government of India in 1990.<ref name="Padma Awards" />

Gadkari died on 1 June 2006, aged 78, at his Mumbai residence, leaving behind his wife, three daughters and a son.<ref name="Veteran journalist Gadkari passes away" />

==See also==
* [[Loksatta]]
* [[Sakal]]
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