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{{Short description|Indian revolutionary}} | |||
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{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
| name = Pandurang Mahadev Bapat | | name = Pandurang Mahadev Bapat | ||
| | | honorific_prefix = [[Senapati]] | ||
| image = | | image = Pandurang Mahadev Bapat.jpg | ||
| | | caption = Painting of Senapati Bapat at Sanyukta Maharashtra Smruti Dalan, Dadar, Mumbai | ||
| native_name = पांडुरंग महादेव बापट | |||
| native_name_lang = मराठी | |||
| native_name = | |||
| native_name_lang = | |||
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1880|11|12}} | | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1880|11|12}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Parner]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = [[Parner]], [[British India]] | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1967|11|28|1880|11|12}}<br>[[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] | | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1967|11|28|1880|11|12}}<br>[[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]] | ||
| nationality = Indian | | nationality = Indian | ||
| | | pronunciation = pɑ̃ːɖuɾə̃gə məɦɑːd̪eːʋə bɑːpəʈə | ||
| | | other_names = Senapati Bapat | ||
| alma_mater = [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]], [[University of Pune]] | |||
| alma_mater = [[Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute|Deccan College]], [[University of | |||
| known_for = [[Gandhian philosophy]] | | known_for = [[Gandhian philosophy]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Pandurang Mahadev Bapat''' (12 November 1880 – 28 November 1967), popularly known as '''Senapati Bapat''', was a figure in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He acquired the title of ''[[Senapati]]'', meaning ''commander'', as a consequence of his leadership during the Mulshi satyagraha.<ref name="Cashman190">{{cite book |title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and mass politics in Maharashtra |first=Richard I. |last=Cashman |publisher=University of California |year=1975 |isbn=9780520024076 |url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/190 190]}}</ref> | '''Pandurang Mahadev Bapat''' (12 November 1880 – 28 November 1967), popularly known as '''Senapati Bapat''', was a figure in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He acquired the title of ''[[Senapati]]'', meaning ''commander'', as a consequence of his leadership during the Mulshi satyagraha.<ref name="Cashman190">{{cite book |title=The Myth of the Lokamanya: Tilak and mass politics in Maharashtra |first=Richard I. |last=Cashman |publisher=University of California |year=1975 |isbn=9780520024076 |url=https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/mythoflokamanya00rich/page/190 190]}}</ref> | ||
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==As a revolutionary== | ==As a revolutionary== | ||
During his stay in Britain, he was associated with [[India House]], spending a majority of his time learning bomb-making skills instead of pursuing his official studies. He became associated at this time with the Savarkar brothers, [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|Vinayak]] and [[Ganesh Damodar Savarkar|Ganesh]]. Bapat, who had considered blowing up the [[Houses of Parliament]] in [[London]], took his skills back to India and passed them on to others.<ref name="Cashman190" />{{efn|A revolutionary from Russia passed a bomb-making manual on to Bapat in 1908 and this was translated by another Russian prior to duplicate copies being made by the [[Free India Society]] in London for distribution in India.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Terrorism |first=Walter |last=Laqueur |author-link=Walter Laqueur |publisher=Transaction Publishers |year=2011 |page=44 |isbn=9781412816113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlqQHKpLfL8C&pg=PA44}}</ref>}} | During his stay in Britain, he was associated with [[India House]], spending a majority of his time learning bomb-making skills instead of pursuing his official studies. He became associated at this time with the Savarkar brothers, [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|Vinayak]] and [[Ganesh Damodar Savarkar|Ganesh]]. Bapat, who had considered blowing up the [[Houses of Parliament]] in [[London]], took his skills back to India and passed them on to others.<ref name="Cashman190" />{{efn|A revolutionary from Russia passed a bomb-making manual on to Bapat in 1908 and this was translated by another Russian prior to duplicate copies being made by the [[Free India Society]] in London for distribution in India.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Terrorism |first=Walter |last=Laqueur |author-link=Walter Laqueur |publisher=Transaction Publishers |year=2011 |page=44 |isbn=9781412816113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RlqQHKpLfL8C&pg=PA44}}</ref>}} | ||
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==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||
Major public [[ | Major public [[List of roads in Pune#Senapati Bapat road|roads]] in [[Pune]] and [[Mumbai]] have been named in his honour,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rao|first1=Suman|title=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Senapati+Bapat+Marg,+Indiabulls+Sky+Suites,+Dadar+West,+Mumbai,+Maharashtra+400012/@19.001163,72.8289996,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x3be7cec3f4856a89:0x3cfd7a785c9d73a1|website=Google Maps}}</ref> and he featured in issue 303 of the ''[[Amar Chitra Katha]]'' [[comic book]] series in 1984.<ref>{{cite book |title=India's Immortal Comic Books: Gods, Kings, and Other Heroes |first=Karline |last=McLain |publisher=Indiana University Press |year=2009 |page=171 |isbn=9780253220523 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4-Su0whKa0C&pg=PA171}}</ref> In 1977, the [[Government of India]] issued a postage stamp to commemorate him.<ref name=indianpost/> | ||
On 15 August 1947 — Indian Independence Day — Bapat was given the honour of raising the Indian national flag over the city of [[Poona]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senapati Bapat Road: From mills to malls |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/senapati-bapat-road-from-mills-to-malls-4615853/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | On 15 August 1947 — Indian Independence Day — Bapat was given the honour of raising the Indian national flag over the city of [[Poona]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |title=Senapati Bapat Road: From mills to malls |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/senapati-bapat-road-from-mills-to-malls-4615853/ |publisher=[[Indian Express]] |date=17 April 2017}}</ref> | ||
Bapat memorial was built at the site of the Mulshi satyagraha on his birth centenary in 1980. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
{{India House}} | {{India House}} | ||
{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}} | |||
{{Parner tehsil topics}} | {{Parner tehsil topics}} | ||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||