Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian freedom fighter, politician from Karnataka
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Place of Birth: Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India
About Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar
- Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar (11 January 1885 – 1972), also called Sa.Pa.
- Gaonkar, was an Indian politician, and an author.
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- Gaonkar was often described as "Sajjan"', or "good and gentle". Gaonkar was imprisoned during the British Raj for having participated in the Quit India Movement, and later served as a Deputy Minister in B.
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- Kher’s cabinet of the composite State of Bombay, India. Sannappa Parameshwara Gaonkar (Grandson of Ram Gaonkar) was born on 11 January 1885 in Torke.
- Sa.Pa.
- was a headmaster of the Kannada Primary School, at Tadadi.
- At the age of 40 (1925), Gaonkar graduated from the Willingdon college, Sangli.
- He was an officer at Hubli municipality.
- After his retirement in the year 1942, S.
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- Gaonkar participated in Quit India movement and joined the Swaraj Party.
- In the year 1946-47, B.
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- Kher nominated Gaonkar as a Deputy Minister in his cabinet of the composite state of Bombay, India.
- It was Gaonkar, in the year 1936, who helped to organize the Kannada Sahitya Academy Sammelana in Gokarna. SAPA was the paternal grandfather of Dilip Gaonkar a professor at Northwestern University.
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