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'''[[Rao Bahadur]] Sitaram Keshav Bole''', also known as '''Babasaheb Bole''' (1869―1961) was an Indian reformer, activist, barrister and politician from [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. He was a member of the [[Bombay Legislative Council]], who was known for his contributions towards the upliftment of [[Mumbai mills|mill workers in Bombay]] and the [[Bhandari (caste)|Bhandari]] community.<ref name=thewire/><ref name=Indianexpress>{{cite news |last1=Chandran |first1=Gayathri |last2=Thaver |first2=Mohamed |title=Rao Bahadur S K Bole Road: A social reformer, Bole fought for mill workers |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/rao-bahadur-s-k-bole-road-a-social-reformer-bole-fought-for-mill-workers-5342342/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=September 6, 2018}}</ref> He was an associate of [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. He founded the Kitte Bhandari Aikyavardhak Mandali, founded in 1890. Rao Bahadur SK Bole Road in [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]], is named after him. The [[British Raj|British government]] conferred him the title of [[Rao Bahadur]].<ref name=Indianexpress/>

== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
He was born in 1869 in Palshet, [[Maharashtra]]. 1889 He passed his SSC exam in 1889.<ref name=Biography>{{cite web |title=Biography of : Shri Ravbahaddur Babasaheb Bole |url=https://kittebhandari.com/index.php/raosaheb-bole/biography-of-raosaheb-bole |website=Kittebhandari.com |access-date=2018-03-27}}</ref> He followed [[Satyashodhak Samaj|Satyashodhak]] ideology.<ref name=thewire/> He established Kitte Bhandari Aikyavardhak Mandali on January 14, 1890.<ref name=Biography/>

=== Works ===
[[File:Raobahadur C.K. Bole and other social workers meet Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar at the Bombay Airport. The group requested Dr Ambedkar to adopt the saffron colour flag as the National Flag – Bombay, July 10, 1947.png|180px|thumb|left|Raobahadur Sitaram Keshav Bole and other social workers meet [[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar]] at the [[Bombay airport|Bombay Airport]]. The group requested Dr Ambedkar to adopt the saffron colour flag as the [[Flag of India|National Flag]] – Bombay, July 10, 1947]]

He highlighted the poor working conditions of mill workers and played a vital role in empowering the oppressed classes along with [[B. R. Ambedkar|Dr. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar]]. Bole played a vital role in introducing several important Bills in the Bombay legislature, which dealt with maternity benefits for women mill workers and increasing the [[Marriageable age]] of women to 16 from age of 12.<ref name=Indianexpress/>

Sitaram Keshav Bole fought election from Non-Brahmin Party for the [[Bombay Legislative Council]] election in 1920.<ref name=thewire/> He was the first to initiate the anti-khoti struggle in 1922, which [[B. R. Ambedkar|B.R. Ambedkar]] later led. Bole tabled the Anti-Khoti Bill in the [[Bombay Legislative Council]], which received support from Ambedkar while [[Bal Gangadhar Tilak]] opposed the bill.<ref name=thewire/>

In 1923, he proposed a resolution in the [[Bombay Legislative Council]] that sought to allow the [[Untouchable caste|untouchable]] classes (Dalits) to use public watering places, wells, and Dharamshala built and maintained out of public funds or administered by bodies appointed by the government. The [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay government]] adopted the resolution and it was confirmed by numerous local bodies, including the Mahad City Council. It was named Bole Resolution after him.<ref name=Indianexpress/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ladegaam |first1=Sreshta |title=Ambedkar held satyagraha for Dalits’ water rights 93 years ago |url=https://www.siasat.com/ambedkar-held-satyagraha-for-dalits-water-rights-93-years-ago-2113577/ |publisher=[[Siasat]] |date=August 30, 2021}}</ref>
S. K. Bole joined the [[Republican Party of India|Independent Labour Party]], a newly formed political party of [[B. R. Ambedkar]]. In the 1937 elections, he contested from the [[Ratnagiri]] region but lost to the [[Indian National Congress|Congress party]] candidate. In 1938, he took a drastic shift and joined the [[Hindu Mahasabha]].<ref name=thewire>{{cite news |last1=Zagade |first1=Yashwant |title=How Dalit-'Lower Caste' Unity Laid the Foundation for the Ambedkarite Movement |url=https://thewire.in/caste/lower-caste-ambedkar-anti-caste-struggle |publisher=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |date=December 7, 2018}}</ref>

He was appointed as the chairmanship of Maharashtra Prantik [[Hindu Mahasabha]] in 1938 and served as chairman till 1945.<ref name=Biography/>

=== Other ===
Bole established the Indian Education Society in 1917 and held the position of chief of the Indian Education Society and Dadar Co-operative Institute. In 1925, he started a weekly newspaper, Navyug. He was served as the chairman of the Co-operative Conference, Vasai, in 1926 and was made chairman of Co-operative Conference, Kalyan in 1927.<ref name=Biography/>

== Death and legacy ==
He died on January 14, 1961.<ref name=Biography/> A road in [[Mumbai]]'s [[Dadar]] west called Raobahadur SK Bole Road is named after him by the Bombay Municipal Corporation.<ref name=Indianexpress/>

== References ==
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[[Category:1869 births]]
[[Category:1961 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]
[[Category:Members of the Bombay Legislative Council]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:Activists from Maharashtra]]

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