Sambhaji Bhide

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{{Short description|Hindutva activist}}
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{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Sambhajirao Vinayak Bhide
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = Marathi
| birth_name = Sambhaji Bhide, <ref>{{cite news |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-PUN-LCL-read-about-sambhaji-bhide-guruji-whos-name-come-on-koregoan-bhima-riots-5782954-PHO.html|title=Read about Sambhaji Bhide|url-status=live |date=30 May 2017}}</ref>
| birth_date = 10 June 1933
| birth_place = [[Maharashtra]], [[British India]]
| education = [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]]
| occupation = Activist
}}

'''Sambhaji Bhide''' is a [[Hindutva]] activist from [[Maharashtra]]. Bhide, a native of [[Sangli district]], was a full-time worker for the Hindu-nationalist organisation, the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]], before leaving to form his own organisation, the [[Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan]], in the late 1980s. The organisation claimed to spread the teachings of [[Shivaji]] and his son [[Sambhaji]].

He has a number of followers in [[Sangli]], [[Kolhapur]], [[Pune district|Pune]], [[Belgaum]], [[Mumbai]] and [[Satara district|Satara]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/many-friends-of-sambhaji-bhide-bhima-koregoan-riots-accused-enjoys-massive-social-media-following-including-tushar-damgude-5066761.html|title=Many friends of Sambhaji Bhide: Bhima Koregoan riots accused enjoys massive social media following, including Tushar Damgude - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> He was described in a 2018 media report as being close to Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. In 2008, his followers ransacked movie halls showing the film, [[Jodhaa Akbar]];<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/cover-story/the-two-who-brought-your-city-to-a-halt/articleshow/62344275.cms|title=Sambhaji Bhide and Milind Ekbote: the two who brought Mumbai to a halt|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref> Bhide was arrested for his role in the unrest.<ref name=":0" />

==Bhima Koregaon violence==
On 2 January 2018, a [[First Information Report]] was filed against him and [[Milind Ekbote]] for inciting the 1 January 2018 [[2018 Dalit protests in Maharashtra|violence on Dalits]] in [[Koregaon Bhima|Bhima Koregaon]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.livelaw.in/bhima-koregaon-violence-petition-before-bombay-hc-seeking-arrest-of-sambhaji-bhide/|title=Bhima Koregaon Violence: Petition Before Bombay HC Seeking Arrest Of Sambhaji Bhide {{!}} Live Law|date=2018-08-31|work=Live Law|access-date=2018-08-31|language=en-US}}</ref> Bhide claimed that the roots of the violence lay in the [[2018 Shaniwarwada Elgar Parishad|Elgar Parishad]] of 31 December 2017. He demanded that leaders such as [[Prakash Yashwant Ambedkar|Prakash Ambedkar]], who had spoken at the event be arrested.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/bhima-koregaon-riots-hindutva-leader-sambhaji-bhide-leader-seeks-prakash-ambedkars-arrest-4396931.html|title=Bhima-Koregaon violence: Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide seeks Prakash Ambedkar's arrest - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/amp/india/maharashtra/story/mahar-support-to-sambhaji-bhide-in-maharashtra-527758-2018-01-08|title=संभाजी भिड़े के समर्थन में वीर महार के वंशज, कहा- आरोप बेबुनियाद}}</ref> In August 2018, a petition was filed before the [[Bombay High Court]] seeking Bhide's arrest for his role in the Bhima Koregaon violence.<ref name=":1" /> Activists approached the Supreme Court of India to demand an independent probe as to why the Pune police had not arrested Bhide till date despite multi-city searches and the addition of UAPA provisions. This petition was dismissed by the three judge bench with Justice [[Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud]] dissenting.<ref name="theprint01">{{cite web |last1=Mandhani |first1=Apoorva |title=2 years, 3 charge sheets & 16 arrests — Why Bhima Koregaon accused are still in jail |url=https://theprint.in/india/2-years-3-charge-sheets-16-arrests-why-bhima-koregaon-accused-are-still-in-jail/533945/ |website=The Print |accessdate=31 October 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.bbc.com/marathi/india-48720029 BBC report fact-checking Bhide's educational qualifications (in Marathi)]
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[[Category:Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni]]
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[[Category:Marathi people]]
[[Category:1933 births]]

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