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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Vasudev Ganesh Joshi<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = [[Marathi]]<br />
| birth_date = 28 April 1856<br />
| birth_place = Dhom, near [[Wai, Maharashtra]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1944|1|12|1856|4|28}}<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| other_names = Vasukaka Ganesh Joshi, Vasudeo Ganesh Joshi<br />
| known_for = [[Indian Freedom Struggle]]<br />
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'''Vasudev Ganesh Joshi''' ( 28 April 1856 - 12 January 1944), popularly known as '''Vasukaka Joshi''', was an Indian Freedom Fighter.<ref name=wolpert>{{cite book<br />
| last1 = Wolpert<br />
| first1 = Stanley<br />
| title = Tilak and Gokhale: Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India<br />
| publisher = University of California Press<br />
| year= 1962<br />
| url = https://archive.org/details/tilakgokhalerevo0000wolp<br />
| url-access = registration<br />
| page = [https://archive.org/details/tilakgokhalerevo0000wolp/page/326 326]<br />
| quote = vasukaka.<br />
}}<br />
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Joshi was the owner of ''Chitrashala'' press after [[Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar]].<ref>{{cite news<br />
| last = Hulsurkar<br />
| first = Tejaswini<br />
| title = Denarya Hatancha Udtyojak: Vasukaka Joshi<br />
| newspaper = [[Maharashtra Times]]<br />
| location = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| pages =<br />
| language = Marathi<br />
| publisher =<br />
| date = 27 April 2008<br />
| url = http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2988649.cms?prtpage=1<br />
| access-date = 18 August 2014}}<br />
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During the freedom struggle of India, Joshi with [[Krushnaji Prabhakar Khadilkar]] were close associates of [[Lokmanya Tilak]] and tried to establish contact with Japan via Nepal government.<ref name=wolpert/><ref>{{cite book<br />
| last1 = Ganachari<br />
| first1 = Aravind<br />
| title = Nationalism and Social Reform in Colonial Situation<br />
| publisher = Gyan Publishing House<br />
| year= 2005<br />
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=GOBJ96iWAeUC&q=vasukaka&pg=PA141<br />
| isbn = 9788178353517<br />
}}<br />
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Joshi was also a member of [[Indian Home Rule Movement|Indian Home Rule League]]'s delegation to England.<ref name="wolpert"/><br />
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==Life==<br />
Vasudeo Ganesh Joshi was born in a middle-class [[Deshastha Brahmin]] family on 28 April 1856 at Dhom near Wait in Satara district.{{Sfn|Sen|1973|p=345}} His father Ganukaka Joshi was a priest, farmer, trader and moneylender. The family originally hails from Aurangabad. Vasukaka had three brothers and three sisters.{{Sfn|Sen|1973|p=345}}<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
*{{cite book|title=Dictionary of National Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100394/page/n5|first=S.P.|last=Sen|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies, Calcutta|year=1973}}<br />
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