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| Office | Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha |
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| Office | Member of the Rajya Sabha for Maharashtra
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| Term start | 17 December 1969 |
| Term end | 2 April 1972 |
| Predecessor | Violet Alva |
| Successor | Godey Murahari
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| Born | 1925-09-25[1] |
| Born | Chandrapur, Bombay Presidency, British India Template:Small |
| Died | Template:Death date and age
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| Political party | Template:• Republican Party of India Template:• Republican Party of India (Khobragade) |
| Spouse | Hirkani Khobragade (formerly) Indumati Khobragade (till death) |
| Children | Deven Bhaurao Khobragade (20.09.1969 - 18.09.1993)
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| Occupation | Template:Hlist
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Bhaurao Dewaji Khobragade (25 September 1925 – 9 April 1984), commonly known as Rajabhau Khobragade, was an Indian barrister, Ambedkarite social activist and politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India at various times from 1958 to 1984. He was Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha from 1969 to 1972.[2] Khobragade was an Ambedkarite and leader of Republican Party of India (RPI).[3][4][5][6] He hails from Mahar (Scheduled Caste) community and, in 1956 he got converted into Buddhism along with B. R. Ambedkar, the father of the Indian Constitution.[3][5][7]
Khobragade had his early education at Jubilee High School, Chandrapur. He then went on to clear the Inter Science exam from Nagpur Science College in 1943 and B.A. exam from Morris College, Nagpur in 1945. On the advice of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, he went to London to study law in 1950. He was one of the 16 students Dr. Ambedkar sent to London to study but was an exception as he went to London bearing his own expenses and the rest were scholarship students.[7]
The Republican Party of India (Khobragade) is a political party in India, a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and named for its leader, B. D. Khobragade.[3][5]
Honors
Indian Post issued a stamp dedicated to Khobragade in 2009.[8]
References
- ↑ Remembering Rajabhau Khobragade, a revolutionary leader. Round Table India.
- ↑ Biographical Sketches of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 गटातटांत विखुरलेला रिपब्लिकन पक्ष. Lokmat(26 April 2019).
- ↑ Khobragade faction of RPI supports NDA | Nagpur News - Times of India. The Times of India.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 रिपब्लिकन पक्ष उभारण्याचा संकल्प बाबासाहेबांचाच, वृत्तसेवा, सकाळ. eSakal(2019-10-03). Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ↑ Dr Ambedkar and Politics of Caste - Mainstream. www.mainstreamweekly.net.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Remembering Rajabhau Khobragade, a revolutionary leader, Kamble, Dipankar. Round Table India.
- ↑ Postage Stamps:: Postage Stamps,Stamp issue calender 2014, Paper postage, Commemorative and definitive stamps, Service Postage Stamps, Philately Offices, Philatelic Bureaux and counters, Mint stamps. postagestamps.gov.in.