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'''Sir Moropant Vishvanath Joshi''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}} (October 1861 – 1962)<ref name="Biog">{{cite book|author=Yaśodābāī Jośī|title=A Marathi saga: the story of Sir Moropant and Lady Yashodabai Joshi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gu_ZAAAAMAAJ|access-date=25 March 2015|year=2003|publisher=Namita Gokhale Editions, Roli Books|isbn=9788174362902}}</ref> was a leading barrister, social reformer and politician from Amravati, [[Central Provinces and Berar]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://court.mah.nic.in/courtweb/static_pages/courts/amravati.htm |title=The History Of Amravati |work=District Courts, Maharashtra |year=2012 |access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref>

Joshi was born in an eminent [[Chitpavan Brahmin]] family, the son of Vishvanath Raghunath Joshi.<ref name="burkewwii">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Burke, Sir Bernard |editor-link=Bernard Burke |edition= 97th |year=1939 |page=2821 |ref=Burke }}</ref><ref name="Biog"/> A [[Moderate leaders|Moderate leader]], he joined the [[Indian Liberal Party]] when the [[Indian National Congress]] came under the leadership of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].

Joshi was a member of the [[Central Provinces Legislative Council]]. When diarchy was introduced by the [[Government of India Act 1919]], Joshi was made the Home Member in the Governor's Executive Council. He was knighted in the [[1923 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32830 |date=2 June 1923 |page=3943 |supp=y}}</ref> and appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in the [[1926 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33119 |date=1 January 1926|page=6 |supp=y |nolink=yes }}</ref>

In 1925, the tenure of Moropant Joshi as Home Member from the Central Province was about to end. The Governor of the Province, Sir [[Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler|Montagu Butler]] offered [[Seth Govind Das]] the post, but he refused the offer and Mr [[S. B. Tambe]] from the Berar region was appointed.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.gokuldas.com/sg/2b.htm |title=Recommendation for the high profile post for Govind Das ji and his refusal |work=gokuldas.com |year=2006 |access-date=25 March 2015}}</ref>

Joshi was the chairman of the committee of ten, to which the Hindu Child Marriage Bill was referred and was passed as [[Child Marriage Restraint Act]] of 1929 on 28 September 1929.

His daughter Sarwasati (b. 3 June 1929) married Sir [[Chintamanrao Dhundirao Patwardhan|Chintamanrao Dhundirajrao Patwardhan]] "Appa Sahib", Raja of [[Sangli State|Sangli]], {{post-nominals|country=GBR|KCSI|KCIE|sep=,}}.

Joshi retired in 1933 and died aged 101 in 1962.

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Moropant Vishvanath Joshi - Revision history

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