Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, born Dattatreya Narayan, is an Indian social worker from Maharashtra. Following footsteps of Dr Nanasaheb Dharmadhikari, Appasaheb has been instrumental in conducting various tree plantations, blood donation camps, free medical camps, job fairs, cleanliness drives, superstition eradication, de-addiction centers, etc. in Maharashtra. In 2014, he was conferred with Doctor of Letters by Dr D Y Patil University, Nerul.[1] In 2017, he was awarded Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.[2]
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- ↑ Social reformer Appasaheb Dharmadhikari to be conferred with honorary doctorate(4 April 2014). Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ 'पद्मश्री' सन्मानाने अधिक जोमाने काम करण्याची प्रेरणा: आप्पासाहेब धर्माधिकारी. Loksatta(25 January 2017). Retrieved 4 February 2019.