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'''Shankar Dattatraya Javdekar''' ({{lang-mr|शंकर दत्तात्रय जावडेकर}}) (1894–1955, alternatively ''Javadekar'' or ''Jawadekar''), popularly known as '''Acharya Javdekar''', was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref name=lederle/>

He was born on 26 September 1894. His schooling was in [[Kolhapur]], and he did his B.A. from [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]], specialising in philosophy.<ref name=dap/>

While studying for his M.A. degree, he set aside his studies to join [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[non-cooperation movement]] against the [[British Raj]]. During 1923-26, he operated a dormitory for students belonging to the [[Dalit|untouchable]] community in the Indian society of his times. This dormitory was located in a village near [[Islampur, Sangli|Islampur]] in Maharashtra.

Subsequently, Javdekar served as the editor of the dailies ''Navashakti'' (New Power) and ''Lok Shakti'' (People's Power). He was the editor of the weekly ''[[Sadhana (weekly)|Sadhana]]'' from 1950 to 1952.<ref name=mml/>

Javdekar was a [[social democrat]] in his political thinking, and was influenced by the political and social views of [[Mahatma Gandhi]]. In his 1954 book ''सर्वोदय आणि समाजवाद'' (Sarwodaya and Samajwad), he propounded ''Satyagrahi Samajwad'' (सत्याग्रही समाजवाद) philosophy, attempting to amalgamate [[Marxism]] and [[Gandhism]]. He also attempted to reconcile the views of [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak|Tilak]] and [[Gandhi]] in his book ''लो. टिळक व म. गांधी'' (Lokamnya Tilak Wa Mahatma Gandhi).<ref name=useful/>

In his literary work "आधुनिक भारत" (''Adhunik Bharat'') (1938), he described the philosophical evolution of India through its struggle for freedom from the British rule.<ref name=dap/>

He presided over [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Pune]] in 1949. He died in 10 December 1955.<ref name=mml/>

==Literary work==
The following is a partial list of Javdekar's works:
* आधुनिक भारत (''Adhunik Bharat'') (1938)
* गांधीजींचे चरित्र - जीवनरहस्य (''Gandhijinche Charitra - Jivan Rahasya'')
* राज्यशास्त्रमीमांसा
* आधुनिक राज्यमीमांसा
* विश्वकुटुंबवाद
* शास्त्रीय समाजवाद
* सर्वोदय आणि समाजवाद (''Sarwodaya and Samajwad'') (1954)
* लोकशाही
* पुरोगामी साहित्य
* गांधीवाद
* लो. टिळक व म. गांधी

==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=lederle>{{citation | year=1976 | title = Philosophical trends in modern Maharāṣṭra | author1=Matthew Lederle | publisher=Popular Prakashan | page=372 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oTUKAQAAIAAJ&q=1894}}</ref>
<ref name=dap>{{citation | year=1965 | title = Democracy and the press,''Acharya Javadekar Memorial Lectures ; 1964'' | author1=Swaminath Natarajan | publisher=Manaktalas | page=35 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XQJAAAAAIAAJ&q=1894}}</ref>
<ref name=mml>{{citation | year=2004 | title = A History of modern Marathi literature | volume=2 | author1=Rājendra Banahaṭṭī | author2=G. N. Jogalekar | author3=Śāntārāma | author4=Ganesh Prabhakar Pradhan | author5=Govind Malhar Kulkarni | author6=K. R. Shirwadkar | publisher=Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad | pages=59–61 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3cZjAAAAMAAJ&q=javadekar}}</ref>
<ref name=useful>{{citation | year=2006 | title = Political ideas in modern India: thematic explorations | author1=Vrajendra Raj Mehta | author2=Thomas Pantham | series=[[Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and Culture]] | publisher=SAGE | isbn=978-0-7619-3420-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJejtAaonsEC&q=%22Javdekar%22}}</ref>
}}

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