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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{More citations needed|date=August 2012}}
'''Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar''' (6 January 1891 – 1980) was a prominent Indian freedom fighter, notable pleader & a social leader from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh who took an active part in the [[Indian National Movement]] and [[Salt March]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Freedom Movement in Princely States of Vindhya Pradesh |last=Siddiqui |first=A. U. |year=2004 |publisher=[[Northern Book Centre]] |isbn=8172111509 |page=117 |accessdate=3 September 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Ps1_lvyBxMC&q=Dhulekar}}</ref> and held many responsible positions in Indian politics including Member of the [[Parliament of India]] and [[Constituent Assembly]] in 1952.
{{Infobox person
| name = Pandit Raghunath Vinayak Dhulekar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|01|06|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Jhansi]], [[United Province]], [[British India]]
| death_place = [[Jhansi]], Uttar Pradesh, India
| citizenship = [[India]]n
| movement = [[Indian Independence Movement]]
| organization = [[Indian National Congress]]
| occupation = [[pleader]], Social Leader<br>[[Freedom fighter]]<br>[[Political activist]]
}}

== Early life ==

He was born on 6 January{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} 1891<ref>''Selected works of Jawaharlal Nehru'', 1972, Jawaharlal Nehru, M. Chalapathi Rau, H. Y. Sharada Prasad, Bal Ram Nanda, Orient Longman</ref> in [[Jhansi]], Uttar Pradesh in a Marathi speaking family; and married Janki Bai on 10 May 1912. He graduated from [[Calcutta University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in English in 1914. In 1916, he graduated from [[Allahabad University]] with a [[Master of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Laws]]. He later set up his practice at District Court [[Jhansi]].{{when|date=August 2012}}

== Amendment in constitution for Hindi language ==
In December 1946, he produced an amendment bill before parliament to work and speak in parliament in Hindi and then translated in English language for all parliamentary members.
On 10 December 1946 he delivered his first major speech in Hindustani. In his speech he said that people who do not know Hindustani have no right to stay in India. People who are present in this House to fashion out a constitution for India and do not know Hindustani are not worthy to be members of this Assembly. They better leave.
He was declared out of order but returned to the seat after a request from [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].

== Career ==
Pandit Raghunath Dhulekar was a practicing [[pleader]] prominent in civil and revenue matters at the District court, Jhansi and later in the Divisional Court, [[Jhansi]]. Babu Narayan Das Shrivastava, notable pleader and a social leader of [[Bundelkhand]] region was his associate during his early days at District Court, [[Jhansi]].

From 1920 to 1925, he published the Hindi newspapers ''[[Swaraja Prapti]]'' and ''[[Free India (newspaper)|Free India]]''. As a result of his involvement with the India freedom movement, Dhulekar was arrested by British forces in 1925.

In 1937, he was elected as Congressman for the [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Contesting Colonial Authority: Medicine and Indigenous Responses in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century India |last=Bala |first=Poonam |year=2012 |publisher=[[Lexington Books]] |isbn=978-0739170243 |page=182 |accessdate=3 September 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A-5vlrLLkR8C&q=Dhulekar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Freedom Movement in Princely States of Vindhya Pradesh |last=Siddiqui |first=A. U. |year=2004 |publisher=Northern Book Centre |isbn=8172111509 |page=83 |accessdate=3 September 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Ps1_lvyBxMC&q=Dhulekar}}</ref><ref>''Kashmir: constitutional history and documents'', p. 275, 1977, Mohan Krishen Teng, Ram Krishen Kaul Bhatt, Santosh Kaul, Light & Life Publishers</ref>

From 1937 to 1944, he was imprisoned for continuing to participate with the freedom movement. In 1946, he presented a bill to establish Hindi as India's national language.<ref>{{cite news|author=Ramachandra Guha|author-link=Ramachandra Guha|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/18/stories/2004011800040300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040526223044/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/18/stories/2004011800040300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2004|title=Hindi chauvinism|date=18 January 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref> The bill was passed and ruled that Hindi would become the nation's official language in 1965. However, Hindi was never made the national language as a result of the [[Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu]].

In 1946, Dhulekar was elected as a member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]]. From 1952 to 1957, he served one term<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/1to13expr.htm|title=MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA|publisher=parliamentofindia.nic.in|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref> as a member of the [[Parliament of India]], [[1st Lok Sabha]].<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=J003AAAAIAAJ&q=Raghunath+Vinayak+Dhulekar&dq=Raghunath+Vinayak+Dhulekar&source=bl&ots=Uf7IbqsQBw&sig=m4oUYJYSkpEAPD-n1aWsf45eA1c&hl=en&sa=X&ei=129FUObUF6fi2QXMrIHgDQ&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCTgK Lok Sabha debates]'', p. 9, 1980, Lok Sabha Secretariat</ref><ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=oRBWAAAAYAAJ&q=Raghunath+Vinayak+Dhulekar&dq=Raghunath+Vinayak+Dhulekar&source=bl&ots=3mVaEeWWcl&sig=EYozurLgWoAi_mhGrTfgHnP5YXE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I3BFUIWPDuGo2wWa8oDgDA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwATgU Uttar Pradesh]'', p. 400, 2002, Information and Public Relations Department, Uttar Pradesh</ref>

From 1958 to 1964, he was also elected as Chairman of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council]].

== Books ==

* ''Shweta-shwatrupanishad Bhashya''
* ''Prashnapanishad Saral Bhashya''
* ''Atmadarshi Geeta Bhashya''
* ''Pillars of Vedant''
* ''Chaturvedanugami Bhashya''
* ''Kathopnishad Saral Bhasyha''

== References ==
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