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{{Infobox person
| name = Nagnath Naikwadi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1922|07|15}}
| birth_place = [[Walwa, Sangli|Walwa]], [[Sangli district]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|03|22|1922|07|15}}
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
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| occupation = Social worker<br>[[Indian independence activist]]<br>Educationist
| yearsactive = 1939–2012
| known for = ''Prati Sarkar''
| spouse = Kusum
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| children = Three sons and two daughters
| parents = Ramchandra Ganapati Nayakawadi<br>Laxmibai
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]
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'''Nagnath Naikwadi''' (1922–2012), popularly known as '''Krantiveer Nagnath anna''', was an [[Indian independence activist]], social worker, politician and educationist, known for his revolutionary activism during the [[Indian independence struggle]].<ref name="Freedom fighter Nagnath Naikavdi no more">{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/freedom-fighter-nagnath-naikavdi-no-more_765525.html | title=Freedom fighter Nagnath Naikavdi no more | publisher=Zee News | date=22 March 2012 | access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> He was an associate of [[Nana Patil]] during the [[Quit India movement]] and together they established ''Prati Sarkar'', a parallel government, in Satara-Sangli region of [[Maharashtra]] and indulged in armed struggle against the British.<ref name="Freedom Fighter Nagnath Naikavdi Dead">{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/freedom-fighter-nagnath-naikavdi-dead/756880 | title=Freedom Fighter Nagnath Naikavdi Dead | publisher=News Wire | date=22 March 2012 | access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> After the Indian independence, he was involved in electoral politics and was a member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]], representing [[Sangli]].<ref name="Nagnath Naikwadi – a revolutionary of a different mould">{{cite web | url=http://www.firstpost.com/mumbai/nagnath-naikwadi-a-revolutionary-of-a-different-mould-254084.html | title=Nagnath Naikwadi – a revolutionary of a different mould | publisher=First Post | date=23 March 2012 | access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2009, for his contributions to Indian society.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Naikwadi was born on 15 July 1922 in a farmer's family in [[Walwa, Sangli|Walwa]], a village in [[Sangli district]] near [[Pune]] in the western Indian state of [[Maharashtra]] to Ramchandra Ganapati Nayakawadi and Laxmibai,<ref name="Founder">{{cite web | url=http://ksswalwa.com/founder.html | title=Founder | publisher=Kissan Shiksha Sansthan | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> After early schooling at local schools in Walwa and Ashta, he joined Rajaram High School, Kolhapur and completed matriculate studies in 1948, though there was a break in studies due to his involvement in the [[Indian independence struggle]]. Later he joined [[Rajaram College]] for higher studies. During this period, he got involved in the [[Quit India movement]] and joined '' Rashtra Seva Dal'', a forum of freedom activists which gave him an opportunity to become an associate of [[Nana Patil]].<ref name="Historical Career of Padmabhushan Krantiveer Dr.Nagnathanna Nayakawadi">{{cite web | url=http://www.nagnathanna.com/Annasaheb%20Biodata%20(English).pdf | title=Historical Career of Padmabhushan Krantiveer Dr.Nagnathanna Nayakawadi | publisher=Nagnathanna | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref>

==Independence activist==
During the early 1940s, Naikwadi and his colleagues resorted to armed conflict against the British colonial authorities. In order to raise funds for the movement, his group robbed a government treasury in [[Dhule]] and supported the insurgency against the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<ref name="Nagnath Naikwadi – a revolutionary of a different mould" /> During one of his skirmishes with the British police, he was caught after being injured by a bullet. While in custody at [[Satara (city)|Satara]] jail, he staged a jailbreak with his fellow activists. The British colonial government announced a reward on his head but Naikwadi managed to stay underground for four years.<ref name="Freedom Fighter Nagnath Naikavdi Dead" /> In 1943, along with Nana Patil, Kisanrao Ahir and a few others, he declared a parallel government, ''Prati Sarkar'', which operated in around 150 villages in the western Maharashtra region which included [[Satara (city)|Satara]] and [[Sangli]].<ref name="Nagnath Naikwadi – a revolutionary of a different mould" />

==Social work after Indian independence==
After the Indian independence in 1947, Naikwadi shifted his focus to social work. He founded a number of educational institutions such as ''Kisan Shikshan Sanstha'' which runs a college of education<ref name="College of education">{{cite web | url=http://ksswalwa.com/ | title=College of education | publisher=Kisan Shikshan Sanstha | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> and an upper primary school,<ref name="Upper primary school">{{cite web | url=http://www.icbse.com/schools/kisan-shikshan-sansthan-ups/08130408202 | title=Upper primary school | publisher=iCBSE | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> Hutatma Kisan Ahir Vidyalaya, a junior college<ref name="Hutatma Kisan Ahir Vidyalaya">{{cite web | url=http://www.schoolsworld.in/schools/showcollege.php?college_id=27350907601 | title=Hutatma Kisan Ahir Vidyalaya | publisher=Schools World | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> and Hutatma Nanaksing Hostel.<ref name="Freedom Fighter Nagnath Naikavdi Dead" /> In 1950, after his marriage to Kusum, he worked alongside ''Shetamajur Kashtkari Shetakari Sanghatana'' reformers and was involved in the ''Sanyukta Maharashtra'' movement. Entering electoral politics in 1957, he successfully contested the Assembly elections and served as a [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] till 1962.<ref name="Founder" /> Once the tenure as an MLA was over, he returned to his social work and founded Jijamata Vidyalaya and Savitribai Phule Girls' Hostel. The next two decades of his life was associated with the cooperative movement and sugarcane farming, starting with the implementation of ''Kisan Lift Irrigation Scheme'' in 1972 and culminating in the establishment of ''Hutatma Kisan Ahir Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana'' in 1984. In between, he contested another Assembly election which he lost;<ref name="Nagnath Naikwadi – a revolutionary of a different mould" /> he would lose again in the [[2004 Lok Sabha elections]] later.<ref name="Lok Sabha 2004">{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/loksabha2004/candidate.php?candidate_id=2644 | title=Lok Sabha 2004 | publisher=My Neta | date=2004 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> He was also involved in the [[1993 Latur earthquake|Latur earthquake]] relief activities and in the establishment of a ''Pani Parishad'' for the drought affected areas.<ref name="Founder" />

==Awards and honors==
[[Shivaji University]] honored Naikwadi with the degree of DLitt ([[honoris causa]]) in 2008<ref name="Freedom Fighter Nagnath Naikavdi Dead" /> and the Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2009.<ref name="Padma Awards" /> He was also a recipient of several other awards and honors.<ref name="Awards and Prizes">{{cite web | url=http://www.hutatmasugars.com/page4.htm | title=Awards and Prizes | publisher=Hutatma Kisan Ahir Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> He died on 22 March 2012, at the age of 89, succumbing to age-related illnesses at [[Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre|Lilavati Hospital]] in [[Bandra]], Mumbai, survived by his wife, Kusum, two sons, Vaibhav and Kiran and two daughters, Vishakha and Pragati.<ref name="Freedom Fighter, Social Worker Passes Away at 90">{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-freedom-fighter-social-worker-passes-away-at-90-1666325 | title=Freedom Fighter, Social Worker Passes Away at 90 | publisher=DNA India | date=23 March 2012 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> The sugar factory founded by Naikwadi in Walva, ''Hutatma Kisan Ahir Sahakari Sakhar Kharkhana'', has since been renamed as ''Padambhushan Krantiveer Dr. Nagnathanna Naikwadi Hutatma Kisan Ahir S. S. K. Limited'' in his honor.<ref name="Padambhushan Krantiveer Dr. Nagnathanna Naikwadi Hutatma Kisan Ahir S.S.K. Ltd">{{cite web | url=http://www.anekantprakashan.com/sugar-factory/padambhushan-krantiveer-dr-nagnathanna-naikwadi-hutatma-kisan-ahir-ssk-ltd-walwe-maharashtra/62 | title=Padambhushan Krantiveer Dr. Nagnathanna Naikwadi Hutatma Kisan Ahir S.S.K. Ltd | publisher=Anekant Prakashan | date=2016 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref> The Government of Maharashtra has constructed a memorial for him at his native place, at a cost of {{INR}}150 million and with a constructed area of 18,000 sq.ft which houses a hall and a museum.<ref name="Naganathaannam's Memorial Fund will not fall below">{{cite web | url=http://www.esakal.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5176907499232706451&SectionId=12&SectionName=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%20%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0&NewsDate=20140817&Provider=-%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B3%20%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE&NewsTitle=%27%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A1%E0%A5%82%20%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%20%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%80%20%27 | title=Naganathaannam's Memorial Fund will not fall below | publisher=eSakal | date=17 August 2014 | access-date=28 June 2016}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Dhulappa Bhaurao Navale]]
* [[Nana Patil]]
[http://www.vaibhavnaykawadi.com Vaibhav Nayakawadi]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8FzYxso7A | title=2203 nagnath anna nidhan | publisher=Zee 24 | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=22 March 2012 | access-date=28 June 2016}}

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