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	==External links==		==External links==
	* http://www.bsgindia.org/		* http://www.bsgindia.org/
	* http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2008/03/28/stories/2008032850880100.htm		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080403014534/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2008/03/28/stories/2008032850880100.htm Article Title]
	* https://web.archive.org/web/20071116175511/http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=953		* https://web.archive.org/web/20071116175511/http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=953
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	* [http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/m_m_pakvasa.htm Biography: Mangaldas M. Pakvasa]		* [http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/m_m_pakvasa.htm Biography: Mangaldas M. Pakvasa]

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| name = Mangal Das Pakvasa
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'''Mangaldas M. Pakvasa''', '''મંગળદાસ પક્વાસ''' ([[Bombay]], 7 May 1882 – 6 November 1968) a [[freedom fighter]] and one of the first five Indian [[Governor]]s, served as the first [[Bharat Scouts and Guides|President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bsgindia.org/User/stalwarts.aspx|title=BSGIndia/Stalwarts|website=www.bsgindia.org|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref> from 1953 to November 1960.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.culturalindia.net/indian-dance/dancers/sonal-mansingh.html|title=Sonal Mansingh Biography {{!}} Childhood, Family Life, Contribution|access-date=2018-09-26|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/print_section.jsp?lang=0&id=0,6,400,1002,1092,1094|title=Indian Railways Portal|website=www.ser.indianrailways.gov.in|access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref>

In the first years after India's independence, leading politicians, including [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad]] and Mangal Das Pakvasa, as well as Scout leaders tried to unify India's Scouts and Guides.

He was Governor of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Bombay]] and [[Mysore]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/dated-May-12-1959-Institute-of-Science/article16594594.ece|title=dated May 12, 1959: Institute of Science|date=2009-05-12|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-09-26|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and a confidante of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

His daughter-in-law is [[Poornima Pakvasa]], and his granddaughter is [[Sonal Mansingh]].

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==External links==
* http://www.bsgindia.org/
* http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2008/03/28/stories/2008032850880100.htm
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071116175511/http://www.4to40.com/legends/print.asp?id=953
* http://ijg.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/15/1/51?ck=nck
* http://www.ivu.org/congress/wvc60/india.html
* https://web.archive.org/web/20061201015235/http://www.nagpuronline.com/history/modern8.html
* http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/WARDHA/his_post_ind.html
* [http://www.kamat.com/database/biographies/m_m_pakvasa.htm Biography: Mangaldas M. Pakvasa]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pakvasa, Mangal Das}}
[[Category:Scouting pioneers]]
[[Category:1882 births]]
[[Category:State governors of India]]
[[Category:1968 deaths]]
[[Category:Scouting and Guiding in India]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]

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