Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar CIE (16 May 1857 – 13 January 1921), was an Indian politician who served as the President of the Indian National Congress for one term, succeeding Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar. He presided over 27th session of Indian National Congress at Bankipore (Patna) in 1912.[1]
Raghunath Mudholkar was born in Dhule, Khandesh, in a respectable middle-class Deshastha Brahmin family[2][3] on 16 May 1857. He had his education partly at Dhulia and partly in Vidarbha. Then he went to Bombay and graduated from Elphinstone College where he was granted a Fellowship. He was leading Lawyer practising at Amravati along with G. S. Khaparde and Moropant V Joshi.[4] He was invested as a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in January 1914, in recognition of his public services.[5]
He was a devout Hindu, advocated social reforms like female education, widow remarriage and removal of Untouchability. As a follower of Gokhale, he believed that developing nationalism required British cooperation and therefore the national movement should be constitutional and nonviolent. He was in the Congress from 1888 to 1917, and thereafter joined the Liberals. He was in the Congress delegation of 1890 sent to England to voice the grievances of the Indians. He was President of the Indian National Congress held at Bankipur in 1912.
He admired Parliamentary democracy but opposed British bureaucracy. He criticised the economic policy of the Government, helped to establish a number of industries in Vidarbha and advocated technical education. He founded several social organisations and worked for the uplift of the poor. He died on 13 January 1921.[6]
His son Janardhan became Judge at the Supreme Court of India during 1960–1966.
References edit
- ^ "Indian National Congress Session and its President". AICC, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
- ^ Shankar Ganesh Dawne (1963). Jejurīcā Khaṇḍobā. Jayasiṃha Priṇṭinga Presa. p. 2.
महाराष्ट्रांतील पुष्कळ देशस्थ ब्राह्मण घराण्यांतून खंडोबाची उपासना आढळून येते.त्यांत मुधोळकर, मुतालिक, मुजुमदार, विंचूरकर, पंतसचिव या सरदार घराण्यांचा प्रामुख्यान उल्लेख करावा लागेल.
- ^ Raghaw Raman Pateriya (1991). Provincial Legislatures and the National Movement: A Study in Interaction in Central Provinces and Berar, 1921-37. Northern Book Centre. p. 15. ISBN 978-8185119588.
- ^ "Judicial History of Amravati". Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ Rai Bahadur Prag Narain Bhargava, ed. (1914). Who's who in India, second Supplement. Newul Kishore Press, Lucknow. p. 169.
- ^ "Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar". www.congresssandesh.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2003.