Madhav Shrihari Aney, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Madhav Shrihari Aney

Indian politician and writer

Date of Birth: 29-Aug-1880

Place of Birth: Wani, Maharashtra, India

Date of Death: 26-Jan-1968

Profession: politician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Madhav Shrihari Aney

  • Dr.
  • Madhav Shrihari Aney (29 August 1880 – 26 January 1968); popularly referred to as Loknayak Bapuji Aney or Bapuji Aney, was an ardent educationist, freedom fighter, statesman, a modern Sanskrit poet and a politician.
  • He was also conferred with the title of "Loknayak Bapuji", which means "The People's Leader and Respected Father".
  • He was one of the founder of the Congress Nationalist Party.
  • He was first among the eminent disciples of Lokmanya Tilak such as N C Kelkar, Kakasaheb Khadilkar, Gangadhar Deshpande, Dr B S Munje, Abhyankar, T B Paranjpe and Vaman Malhar Joshi, who walked in the footsteps of Tilak.
  • Accepting the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi on the death of Bal Gangadhar Tilak.
  • Aney persuaded his colleagues to see the writing on the wall.
  • At the same time he was not blind in his loyalty.
  • He disapproved Congress throwing itself in Khilafat Movement and warned against excessive wooing of Muslims at the cost of national interests.
  • He regarded unity at any price as elusive and dangerous.
  • Since the best safeguard for the minority was the goodwill of the majority.
  • He never permitted his critical faculties to be blurred by emotion.
  • Mahatma Gandhi admiring his calm logic, confined in him and often sought his counsel.
  • He was chosen to arbitrate the disputes between Subhash Chandra Bose and Jatindra Mohan Sengupta.
  • He was never a breaker or a destroyer but was always a cementing factor believing in synthesis and not in segregation.

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