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'''Rango Bāpuji Gupte''' (??? – Missing 5 July 1857) born into a marathi "Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu" family was an Indian diplomat, freedom fighter, and a [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence|revolutionary]].

The rulers at [[Satara (city)|Satara]] were one of the last independent branches of the [[Maratha Empire]]. After the British dissolved the state in 1839, ruler Pratapsinh sent Rango Bapuji Gupte to England to defend the case in front of the British Parliament. He stayed there for 14 years without much success.<ref>{{Cite journal
| title = The Quarterly review of historical studies
| journal = The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies
| year =1966
| volume = 5-6
|page=225
| publisher = Institute of Historical Studies
| location = Calcutta, India
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EiHjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Rango+Bapuji+Gupte%22
| access-date = 30 January 2011}}</ref>

After returning to India, he became "one of the masterminds behind the 1857 revolt", known as the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Joshi
| first = P. L.
| title = Political ideas and leadership in Vidarbha
| publisher = Dept. of Political Science & Public Administration, Nagpur University
| date = 1980
|page=195
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HjVuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Rango+Bapuji+Gupte%22
}}</ref> He met [[Nanasaheb Peshwe]] and [[Tatya Tope]] and started building armed organizations in [[Satara (city)|Satara]], [[Kolhapur]], [[Sangli]], and [[Belgaon]].<ref>"Diamond Maharashtra Sankritikosh ({{lang-mr|डायमंड महाराष्ट्र संस्कृतीकोश}})," Durga Dixit, Pune, India, Diamond Publications, 2009, {{ISBN|978-81-8483-080-4}}.</ref> However, when his plan was exposed, many of the fighters he had recruited were killed and Gupte went underground.<ref>{{Cite book
| last = Singh
| first = M.P.
| title = Encyclopaedia of teaching history
| publisher = Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.
| date = 2002
|page=448
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Td-hg719PNUC&q=%22Rango+Bapuji+Gupte%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA448
| isbn = 978-81-261-1243-2}}</ref> In 1857, he went to [[Thane]] to attend a religious ceremony at his relative Prabhakar Viththal Gupte's residence near Jambhali Naka. When British police arrived to arrest him, Gupte escaped in the disguise of an old woman and was never found again. In his memory the Jambhali Naka has been named as Rango Bapuji Chowk.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Mandape | first = Asha
| publisher = Mumbai Mirror
| date = 28 August 2010
| title = City raves of its royal heritage
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120404164024/http://www.mumbaimirror.com/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=35&contentid=2010082820100826171151160e9357946&subsite=
| archive-date = 2012-04-04
| url = http://www.mumbaimirror.com/printarticle.aspx?page=comments&action=translate&sectid=35&contentid=2010082820100826171151160e9357946&subsite=
| access-date = 2020-05-24}}</ref>

It is said that Gupte lived incognito in the [[Darwha]] town in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra.<ref>{{Cite web
| publisher = Wikimapia
| title = Darwha Town
| url = http://wikimapia.org/3896136/Darwha-Town
| access-date = 30 January 2011}}</ref> A memorial named 'Char Bhinti' in Satara honors Rango Bapuji Gupte.<ref>{{Cite web
| last = satarinfo.com | title = Char Bhinti
| url = http://satarainfo.in/taxonomy/term/9
| access-date = 30 January 2011}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite web | last = The Gazetteers Department, Government of Maharashtra
| author-link = Government of Maharashtra
| title = Gazette of Satara
| url = http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/SATARA/places_Satara.html
| access-date = 30 January 2011}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite web
| last = Kulkarni | first = Mahesh
| title = Char-bhintee, the memorial of Rango Bapuji Gupte
| url = https://www.panoramio.com/photo/41676657
| url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161017202438/https://www.panoramio.com/photo/41676657
| archive-date = 2016-10-17
| access-date = 2020-05-24 }}

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