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| name = Sadanand Varde<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1925|11|06}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2007|01|29|1925|11|06}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bandra]], [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]<br />
| party = [[Janata Party]]<br>[[Samajwadi Party]]<br />
| office = [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Member of Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start = 1978<br />
| term_end = 1980<br />
| predecessor =<br />
| successor = <br />
| office3 = [[Ministry of School Education (Maharashtra)|Education Minister of Maharashtra]]<br />
| term_start3 = 18 July 1978<br />
| term_end3 = 18 February 1980<br />
| predecessor3 = <br />
| successor3 = <br />
| office4 = [[Ministry of State Excise (Maharashtra)|Minister of State Excise]] and [[Forest Department of Maharashtra|Forest Ministry]]<br />
| term_start4 = 18 July 1978<br />
| term_end4 = 18 February 1980<br />
| predecessor4 = <br />
| successor4 = <br />
| spouse = Sudha Varde<br />
| children = Abhijit (son), [[Jhelum Paranjape]] (daughter)<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| occupation = Professor, Politician <br />
}}<br />
'''Sadanand Varde''' (6 November 1925 – 29 January 2007) was an Indian socialist leader, politician, and freedom fighter from [[Maharashtra]]. He served as the Education Minister of Maharashtra State in the government led by [[Sharad Pawar]]'s [[First Pawar ministry|Progressive Democratic Front]] in 1978. Varde was elected as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (MLA) from the [[Banda (Assembly constituency)|Bandra constituency]] as a member of the [[Samajwadi Party]] during the same year.<ref name="oneindia">{{cite news |title=Former Mah Education Minister Sadanand Varde passes away |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2007/01/29/former-mah-education-minister-sadanand-varde-passes-away-1170065465.html?story=1 |publisher=[[Oneindia]] |date=29 January 2007}}</ref><ref name="ajtak"/><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Varde started his career as a professor of economics at [[R. D. National College]] in [[Bandra]]. Actively involved in the [[Quit India Movement|Quit India movement]] as a college student, he faced imprisonment for 18 months during the 1942 Quit India movement. He spent 18 months in jail during the [[The Emergency (India)|Emergency]], imposed by [[Indira Gandhi]].<ref name="oneindia"/><ref name="ajtak">{{cite news |title=Sharad Pawar यांच्या मंत्रिमंडळातील Sadanand Varde यांनी एक अनोखा विक्रम केला |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGV2vh5wfJE |publisher=[[Aaj Tak]] |date=2 April 2022 |language=mr}}</ref><br />
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Sadanand Varde served as a corporator in the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] (BMC) for over a decade. In 1978, he was elected as the MLA from the [[Banda (Assembly constituency)|Bandra assembly constituency]] representing the [[Samajwadi Party]]. Varde assumed the role of the Education Minister of Maharashtra in the Sharad Pawar-led Progressive Democratic Front government in 1978.<ref name="oneindia"/> He was also given the portfolio of the State Excise and Forest Ministry. He served as the Member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Law of Parliamentary Privileges |url=http://mls.org.in/books/Hb%20475.pdf |publisher=Maharashtra Legislature Secretariat |page=114}}</ref><ref name="ajtak"/><br />
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He was associated with the ''[[Sadhana (weekly)|Sadhana]]'' weekly, a [[Socialism|Socialist]] [[Marathi language|Marathi]] publication and established the 'Apna Ghar (Aple Ghar)' housing complex for survivors and orphans of the [[1993 Latur earthquake]] in [[Marathwada]] region. Later, Varde dedicated himself as a full-time volunteer for the Rashtra Seva Dal.<ref name="oneindia"/><br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Sadanand Varde was married to Sudha Varde. The couple had a son named Abhijit and a daughter, [[Jhelum Paranjape]], an Odissi dance exponent. He died on 29 January 2007, at his home in Bandra, Mumbai, after a prolonged illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Maharashtra minister Sadanand Varde dead |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-ex-maharashtra-minister-sadanand-varde-dead-1076821 |publisher=[[DNA India]] |date=19 November 2013 | accessdate=25 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="oneindia"/><br />
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[[Category:Janata Dal politicians]]<br />
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