Bhaurao Patil, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India
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Place of Birth: Kumbhoj, Maharashtra, India
About Bhaurao Patil
- Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil (22 September 1887 – 9 May 1959), born in Kumbhoj, Kolhapur, was a social activist and educator in Maharashtra, India.
- A strong advocate of mass education, he founded the Rayat Education Society.
- Bhaurao played an important role in educating backward castes and low income people by coining the philosophy earn and learn.
- He was a prominent member of Satyashodhak Samaj (Truth seeker's society), founded by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule.
- The people of Maharashtra honoured him with the sobriquet Karmaveer (King of actions) and the Government of India awarded him with Padma Bhushan in 1959 in India.
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