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{{Infobox person
| name = Rao Bahadur Shripad Subrao Talmaki
| image = File:Talmaki.jpg
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| caption = Statue of Shripad Subrao Talmaki in Talmakiwadi, Mumbai
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1868|12|25}}
| birth_place =[[Manki, Honnavar]], [[Madras Presidency]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1948|1|28|1868|12|25}}
| death_place = [[Dharwad]], Karnataka
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| occupation =[[List of social reformers of India|Social Reformer]]
| alma_mater = [[Wilson College, Mumbai]]
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'''[[Rao Bahadur]] Shripad Subrao Talmaki''' (25 December 1868 - 28 January 1948) was a [[Social reformers of India|social reformer]] and early pioneer of the [[Cooperative movement in India]] and is known as the father of India's cooperative movement.<ref name="KSA">{{Cite web|url=http://kanarasaraswat.org/magazine/2010/12-10.pdf|title=Rao Bahadur Shripad Subrao Talmaki - Biographical Introduction|publisher=Kanara Saraswat Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiancooperative.com/cooperative-coffee-shop/talmaki-the-father-of-co-operative-movement-in-india/|title=Talmaki – The father of Co-operative movement in India|publisher=Indian Cooperative}}</ref>
He was a member of the [[Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin|Chitrapur Saraswat]] community.<ref name="DNAIndia">{{cite news |last= Shukla|first= Ashutosh M|date=13 August 2014|title=India's first cooperative housing society starts century celebrations|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-india-s-first-cooperative-housing-society-starts-century-celebrations-2010302|newspaper=DNA India|access-date= 25 March 2024}}</ref>

== Architect of Cooperative Movement ==
=== Cooperative banking ===
He was the main architect for the founding of The [[Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank|Shamrao Vithal Co-operative Bank Ltd]] (now known as SVC Cooperative Bank Limited), which was registered on 27 December 1906, and he named it after Late Shamrao Vithal Kaikini, who was his main guiding force and Guru. It was set up with the primary objective of assisting the less fortunate members of the community in its economic enterprises, to encourage savings and to create funds for providing financial aid to deserving members.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svcbank.com/Home/History|title=History of SVC Co-operative Bank Ltd.|publisher=SVC Cooperative Bank Ltd}}</ref>

=== Cooperative housing ===
On 28 March 1915, he co-founded the Saraswat Cooperative Housing Society in Gamdevi, [[Mumbai|Bombay (Mumbai)]], Asia's first [[Housing cooperative|Cooperative Housing Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/100-years-old-and-going-strong/articleshow/40232301.cms|title=100 years old and going strong|publisher=Mumbai Mirror}}</ref> This was followed up by cooperative housing societies for the Chitrapur Saraswat community in Santacruz and Tardeo Road, also in Bombay.<ref name="KSA"/>

== Historian and Genealogist ==
Beyond his work in the cooperative movement, Talmaki was a dedicated researcher of his heritage. He conducted an exhaustive socio-cultural study of the Chitrapur Saraswats, documenting their history and lineages. He identified and recorded 504 distinct families within the community. His research was published in the seminal three-part book Saraswat Families, which remains the primary reference for Chitrapur Saraswat genealogy today.<ref name="KSA"/>

In addition to his own community, he was sought after by others and was instrumental in the creation of the 'Hindu Co-operative Housing Society', 'Provincial Co-operative Institute, Bombay', a scheme of co-operative housing for the industrial workers of Bombay and a Housing Society for the [[Mahar]] community of [[Bandra]].<ref name="KSA"/>

== Literary Works ==
* Saraswat Families (3 volumes)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Saraswat_Families.html?id=i2C-QQAACAAJ|title=Saraswat Families|publisher=Talmaki}}</ref>
* Co-operation in India and Abroad<ref>{{cite book|author=Shripad Subrao Talmaki| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Co_operation_in_India_and_Abroad/EvBvxqvDE5oC| title=Co-operation in India and Abroad|publisher=Basel Mission Press|year=1931}}</ref>
* Konkani proverbs and riddles, lullabies, and nursery songs<ref>{{cite book|author=Shripad Subrao Talmaki| url=https://books.google.com/books/about/Konkani_proverbs_and_riddles_lullabies_a.html?id=DdGswAEACAAJ| title=Konkani proverbs and riddles, lullabies, and nursery songs|publisher=S.S. Talmaki|year=1936}}</ref>

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