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{{Short description|Indian gynaecologist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak
| birth_date = 1910
| death_date = 1993
| occupation = [[Obstetrician]], [[gynaecologist]]
| education = [[Doctor of Medicine]] (M. D.)
}}

'''Yashwant Vishwanath Phatak''' [[Doctor of Medicine|M. D.]] (1910 – 1993) was an Indian [[Obstetrics and gynaecology|obstetrician and gynaecologist]] from [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name="Phatak">{{cite book |title=Citpāvana Kauśika gotrī Phāṭaka-kula-vr̥ttānta |date=2014 |publisher=Phatak Committee |location=[[Pune]] |page=14 |language=mr |edition=2nd |chapter=Jambhali Gharane |trans-title=The [[Phatak (surname)|Phatak]] Family Genealogy belonging to the [[Chitpavan]] [[Kaushik]] [[Gotra]] |trans-chapter=The [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Jambhali]]}}</ref> He was elected as the first president of the Pune Obstetrics and Gynecology Society in 1953.<ref>{{cite journal |title=History |journal=Pune Obstetrics and Gynecology Society (POGS) Circular |date=2021 |publisher=POGS |location=[[Pune]]}}</ref>

Phatak was born the eldest of four brothers.{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=74, 75}} His family was of [[Chitpavan]] [[brahmin]], [[nobility|aristocractic]] origin.{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=56}} His father was a [[Gandhian]] and participated actively during the [[Indian independence movement]], during which time Phatak opened a maternity ward on Tilak Road, in Pune.{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=60, 74}}

He notably participated in [[Mahatma Gandhi]]'s [[Salt March]] in 1930, and financially and medically aided [[Senapati Bapat]] for the Indian underground resistance against British rule in the early 1940s, and further taught at the [[Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha]] in Hingane.{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=74}}

Originally a professor of [[midwifery]] until 1948,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Medicine |first1=India (Dominion) Committee on Indigenous Systems of |title=Report |date=1948 |publisher=[[Ministry of Health]] |page=34 |volume=1, 2 |language=en}}</ref> Phatak worked in the development of [[contraceptives]] for the Indian masses between 1949 and 1950, a controversial field of study at the time,<ref>{{cite book |title=Indian Journal of Medical Sciences |date=1970 |publisher=[[Indian Journal of Medical Sciences|Board of the Indian Journal of Medical Sciences Trust]] |page=616 |language=en}}</ref> founding the Dr. Y. V. Phatak Hospital in [[Sadashiv Peth, Pune]] for [[maternity]] [[healthcare]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Delhi |first1=All India Radio (AIR), New |title=AKASHVANI: Vol. XL. No. 12 ( 23 MARCH, 1975 ) |date=23 March 1975 |publisher=[[All India Radio]] (AIR), [[New Delhi]] |page=529 |language=en}}</ref> His work in the field was lauded by the [[Government of Maharashtra]] beginning in the 1970s.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lok Rajya |date=1972 |publisher=Directorate-General of Information and Public Relations. |page=8 |language=en}}</ref>

After outliving his wife Indumati (d. 1980),{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=74}} Phatak died in 1993. He was survived by four daughters.<ref name="Phatak"/> His nephews succeeded him in the management of his hospital.<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Times of India]], [[ Bombay]]: Index |date=1979 |publisher=Microfilm and Index Service, Reference Department, Times of India. |page=128 |language=en}}</ref> He was a distant relation of [[Ashutosh Phatak]],{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=56}} [[Panditrao Agashe]], and [[Dnyaneshwar Agashe]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pathak|first=Gangadhar|author-link=Gangadhar Pathak|title=Gokhale kulavr̥ttānta|date=1978|publisher=Gokhale Kulavr̥ttānta Kāryakārī Maṇdaḷa|location=[[Pune]]|pages=1286|edition=2nd|url=https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg1=81902590&argType1=phrase&searchCode1=K010&searchType=2&combine2=and&searchArg2=&argType2=all&searchCode2=GKEY&combine3=and&searchArg3=&argType3=all&searchCode3=GKEY&location=all&place=all&type=all&language=all&recCount=10|language=mr|lccn=81902590}}</ref> He was a descendant of Ramchandra Phatak, brother to [[Chimnaji Phatak]] and uncle to [[Balkrishna Phatak]].{{sfn|Ranade|1982|p=68}}

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
*{{cite book |last1=Rānaḍe |first1=Sadāśiva Bhāskara |author1-link=Sadashiv Ranade |title=Citpāvana Kauśika gotrī Phāṭaka-kula-vr̥ttānta |trans-title=The [[Phatak (surname)|Phatak]] Family Genealogy belonging to the [[Chitpavan]] [[Kaushik]] [[Gotra]] |date=1982 |edition=1st |url=http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20671450 |language=mr |chapter=Jambhali Gharane |trans-chapter=The [[Noble house (term)|House]] of [[Jambhali]]}}

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