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About G. S. Khaparde
- Ganesh Srikrishna Khaparde (also known as Dadasaheb Khaparde) (27 August 1854 – 1 July 1938) was an Indian lawyer, scholar, political activist and a noted devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba and saint Gajanan Maharaj.Born at Ingroli in Berar, Khaparde studied Sanskrit and English Literature before beginning law.
- He graduated with an LLB in 1884, which led him to Government service.
- He served as a Munsiff and an assistant commissioner at Berar between 1885 and 1890.
- Closely associated with Bal Gangadhar Tilak, he took a keen interest in politics and in 1890 resigned from service to begin his own law practice at Amravati.
- Khaparde was the chairman of the reception committee at the Amravati Congress in 1897.
- He attended, along with Tilak, the Shivaji Festival of the Congress at Calcutta in 1906.
- He was at this time associated with the "extremist" camp within the Congress, led by Lal-Bal-Pal trio of Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal.
- A close ally and one of the most trusted lieutenants of Tilak, Khaparde's strong and singular personal influence in the Central Provinces earned him the epitaph of "the Nawab of Berar".
- Between 1908 and 1910, Khaparde travelled to England to conduct Tilak's appeal to the Privy Council.
- Intelligence reports indicate that along with Bipin Chandra Pal, he was at this time associated with the India House.Later, Khaparde was a founding member of Tilak's Indian Home Rule League in 1916, and was a member of the Congress's deputation to the Viceroy on constitutional reforms, with Vasukaka Joshi.
- Between May 1919 and January 1920, Khaparde was in England again as a delegate of the Home Rule League's deputation to the Joint Parliamentary committee.
- During his stay of seven months he made speeches in England.
- He became popular by way of his wit, humour and mannerism and hence some news-paper described him as Mark Twain.Following the inauguration of Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, he was selected a member of the Imperial Legislative Council.
- However, in 1920, Khaparde left the Congress anticipating Gandhi's Non-cooperation movement.
- Between 1920 and 1925, Khaparde elected a member of the Central Legislative Assembly. As noted in Shree Gajanan Vijay, he was devotee of Gajanan Maharaj of Shegaon.
- Many reference texts of his are available in the epic. G.S.
- Khaparde was also a noted devotee of Shirdi Sai Baba.
- His first interaction with Sri Sai Baba was in December 1910 when he sought refuge at Shirdi escaping the incarceration and purge of political dissidents in India at the time.
- Between 1910 and 1918, his Shirdi diary recording visits to Sai Baba shed much light on Baba's life, his routine, and his work.G.S.
- Khaparde died on 1 July 1938.
- He was survived by his son Balkrishna Ganesh Khaparde, also a lawyer and leader.
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