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'''Mohan Ranade''' (25 December 1930<ref name="esakal.com 195688">https://www.esakal.com/pune/senior-freedom-fighter-mohan-ranade-passed-away-195688</ref> – 25 June 2019)<ref>[https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/freedom-fighter-mohan-ranade-dies-119062500198_1.html Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade dies]</ref> was an [[Indian freedom fighter]] who participated in [[Goa liberation movement]] and spent fourteen years in Portuguese jail.
'''Mohan Ranade''' (25 December 1930<ref name="esakal.com 195688">{{Cite web|url=https://www.esakal.com/pune/senior-freedom-fighter-mohan-ranade-passed-away-195688|title = ज्येष्ठ स्वातंत्र्य सैनिक मोहन रानडे यांचे निधन}}</ref> – 25 June 2019)<ref>[https://wap.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/freedom-fighter-mohan-ranade-dies-119062500198_1.html Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade dies]</ref> was an [[Indian freedom fighter|Indian independence activist]] who participated in [[Goa liberation movement]], and spent fourteen years in Portuguese jail for the premeditated murder of a [[Goan]] policeman named Custodio Fernandes.<ref name="Navhind">{{cite web |first=Sanjeev V. |last=Sardesai |date=29 June 2019 |title=The lost gem of Goan freedom -Mohan Ranade |access-date=7 September 2021 |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2019/06/29/magazines/zest/the-lost-gem-of-goan-freedom-mohan-ranade |work=The Navhind Times |publisher=Navhind Papers & Publications (Dempo Group/Dempo Industries Pvt. Ltd.) |publication-place=[[Goa]], [[India]] |editor1-first=Pramod |editor1-last=Revankar |editor2-first=Arun |editor2-last=Sinha }}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
Ranade was born on 25 December 1930<ref>http://english.svjjs.org/founder-president/</ref> in [[Sangli]] in present-day state of [[Maharashtra]], India as Manohar Apte. He adopted nom de guerre, Mohan Ranade when he joined the Goa liberation with movement. <ref name="esakal.com 195688" />
Mohan Ranade was born '''Manohar Apte''' on 25 December 1930<ref>http://english.svjjs.org/founder-president/ {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> in [[Sangli]] in present-day [[Maharashtra]], India. He adopted Mohan Ranade as his ''nom de guerre'' when he joined the Goa liberation movement.<ref name="esakal.com 195688" />


==Goa liberation movement==
==Goa liberation movement==
Inspired by revolutionary leaders like [[Ganesh Damodar Savarkar]] and [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar]], Ranade joined the militant organization, Azad Gomantak dal in 1953.<ref>Risbud, S.S., 2003. Goa's Struggle for Freedom, 1946-1961: The Contribution of National Congress (Goa) and Azad Gomantak Dal (Doctoral dissertation, Goa University). [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&q=risbud+ranade+goa&btnG=]</ref>  
Ranade joined the militant organization, Azad Gomantak dal in 1953.<ref>Risbud, S.S., 2003. Goa's Struggle for Freedom, 1946-1961: The Contribution of National Congress (Goa) and Azad Gomantak Dal (Doctoral dissertation, Goa University). [https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C39&q=risbud+ranade+goa&btnG=]</ref>


As a member of the organization, he was involved in the liberation of [[Silvassa]] in 1954. When he went to Goa, he found a job as a teacher in a Marathi school for girls in the village of [[Savoi Verem]]. According to his students, Ranade was a highly motivating Teacher. On Saturdays, he used to conduct student meetings to inculcate a sense of Indian nationalism, and a desire for liberation from colonial rule in them. Ranade also participated in a number of attacks on police and customs outposts, mines to obtain weapons and explosives for his organization. He also participated in the murder of a Goan man who had insulted the tricolor [[Flag of India]]. In October 1955, during an attack on Betim police, he was wounded by the Portuguese police. After recovering from his injuries, he was tried and sentenced in  December 1956  to 26 years of rigorous imprisonment to be served in Portugal.<ref>Raut-Desai, A.A., 2003. Voices in the Liberation Struggle: The Case of Goa (1947-61) (Doctoral dissertation, Goa University).[http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/bitstream/handle/unigoa/3923/desai_a_a_r_2003.pdf?sequence=1]</ref>
As a member of the organization, he was involved in the liberation of [[Silvassa]] in 1954. When he went to Goa, he found a job as a teacher in a Marathi school for girls in the village of [[Savoi Verem]]. According to his students, Ranade was a highly motivating teacher. On Saturdays, he used to conduct student meetings to inculcate a sense of Indian nationalism, and a desire for liberation from colonial rule in them. Ranade also participated in a number of armed robberies on police and customs outposts, as well as mines, in order to steal weapons and explosives for his organization. On 18 August 1955, Mohan Ranade, infuriated by the action of a policeman Custodio Fernandes of Savoi Verem, for pulling down the Indian Tricolor and stamping on it, went at night to his house, called out to him and then shot him dead.<ref name="Navhind"/>


==Arrest and incarceration==
==Arrest and incarceration==
Ranade was arrested by the colonial [[Portugal|Portuguese]] police in 1955. Ranade was tried in Portugal and sentenced to twenty-four years of imprisonment.<ref name="Couto2005">{{cite book|author=Maria Couto|title=Goa: A Daughter's Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QYYjT8-0BIC&pg=PR11|year=2005|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303343-1|page=xvii}}</ref>
On 22 October 1955, Ranade attempted an armed robbery on the Betim Police Station, with an intention to loot the weapons. But Ranade was shot and wounded in his stomach by the police.<ref name="Navhind"/> Ranade was arrested, charged with various offences (armed robbery, premeditated murder, etc.), tried in Portugal and sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment.<ref name="Couto2005">{{cite book|author=Maria Couto|title=Goa: A Daughter's Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2QYYjT8-0BIC&pg=PR11|year=2005|publisher=Penguin Books India|isbn=978-0-14-303343-1|page=xvii}}</ref>
He was incarcerated at the Fort of [[Caxias (Oeiras)|Caxias]] near [[Lisbon]] where he was kept in solitary confinement for six years. He was released in January 1969, more than six years after the [[liberation of Goa]] by India in 1962, and having served a total of 14 years in prison. The intervention of the then Tamil Nadu chief minister, [[C. N. Annadurai|Anna Durai]], and [[Pope Paul VI|Pope Paul]] was instrumental in securing his release.<ref>Aldrovandi, C., 2018. A Senda do Dever (Satiche Vaan). InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies, 7, pp.339-345.</ref><ref>http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jun/25/goa-freedom-fighter-mohan-ranade-who-spent-14-years-in-portuguese-jail-dies-in-pune-1995071.html</ref>
He was incarcerated at the [[Caxias (Oeiras)|Caxias]] prison near [[Lisbon]] where he was kept in solitary confinement for the first six years. He was released in January 1969, more than seven years after the [[Annexation of Goa]] by India in December 1961, and having served almost fourteen years in prison. The intervention of the then Tamil Nadu chief minister, [[C. N. Annadurai]], and [[Pope Paul VI]] was instrumental in securing his release.<ref>Aldrovandi, C., 2018. A Senda do Dever (Satiche Vaan). InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies, 7, pp.339-345.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jun/25/goa-freedom-fighter-mohan-ranade-who-spent-14-years-in-portuguese-jail-dies-in-pune-1995071.html|title=Goa freedom fighter Mohan Ranade who spent 14 years in Portuguese jail dies in Pune}}</ref>


==Honours==
==Honours==
Ranade was honoured with [[Padma Shri]] in 2001 and with the Sangli Bhushan in 2006.<ref>http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/30/patil-concerned-over-dwindling-girls-population-1146507010.html</ref> He was also awarded the Goa Puraskar in 1986 for his social work.  
Ranade was honoured with [[Padma Shri]] in 2001 and with the Sangli Bhushan in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/04/30/patil-concerned-over-dwindling-girls-population-1146507010.html|title = Patil concerned over dwindling girls' population|date = May 2006}}</ref> He was also awarded the Goa Puraskar in 1986 for his social work.


==Later life==
==Later life==
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Mohan Ranade (25 December 1930[1] – 25 June 2019)[2] was an Indian independence activist who participated in Goa liberation movement, and spent fourteen years in Portuguese jail for the premeditated murder of a Goan policeman named Custodio Fernandes.[3]

Early lifeEdit

Mohan Ranade was born Manohar Apte on 25 December 1930[4] in Sangli in present-day Maharashtra, India. He adopted Mohan Ranade as his nom de guerre when he joined the Goa liberation movement.[1]

Goa liberation movementEdit

Ranade joined the militant organization, Azad Gomantak dal in 1953.[5]

As a member of the organization, he was involved in the liberation of Silvassa in 1954. When he went to Goa, he found a job as a teacher in a Marathi school for girls in the village of Savoi Verem. According to his students, Ranade was a highly motivating teacher. On Saturdays, he used to conduct student meetings to inculcate a sense of Indian nationalism, and a desire for liberation from colonial rule in them. Ranade also participated in a number of armed robberies on police and customs outposts, as well as mines, in order to steal weapons and explosives for his organization. On 18 August 1955, Mohan Ranade, infuriated by the action of a policeman Custodio Fernandes of Savoi Verem, for pulling down the Indian Tricolor and stamping on it, went at night to his house, called out to him and then shot him dead.[3]

Arrest and incarcerationEdit

On 22 October 1955, Ranade attempted an armed robbery on the Betim Police Station, with an intention to loot the weapons. But Ranade was shot and wounded in his stomach by the police.[3] Ranade was arrested, charged with various offences (armed robbery, premeditated murder, etc.), tried in Portugal and sentenced to 26 years of imprisonment.[6] He was incarcerated at the Caxias prison near Lisbon where he was kept in solitary confinement for the first six years. He was released in January 1969, more than seven years after the Annexation of Goa by India in December 1961, and having served almost fourteen years in prison. The intervention of the then Tamil Nadu chief minister, C. N. Annadurai, and Pope Paul VI was instrumental in securing his release.[7][8]

HonoursEdit

Ranade was honoured with Padma Shri in 2001 and with the Sangli Bhushan in 2006.[9] He was also awarded the Goa Puraskar in 1986 for his social work.

Later lifeEdit

Ranade authored two books on the Goa Liberation Movement: Struggle Unfinished and Satiche Vaan. He ran a charitable organisation in Pune that sponsors education of students from economically backward backgrounds. He was chairman of the Goa Red Cross for over five years. He spent his later years in the city of Pune where he died on June 25, 2019.[1]

ReferencesEdit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "ज्येष्ठ स्वातंत्र्य सैनिक मोहन रानडे यांचे निधन".
  2. Freedom fighter Mohan Ranade dies
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Sardesai, Sanjeev V. (29 June 2019). Revankar, Pramod; Sinha, Arun (eds.). "The lost gem of Goan freedom -Mohan Ranade". The Navhind Times. Goa, India: Navhind Papers & Publications (Dempo Group/Dempo Industries Pvt. Ltd.). Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  4. http://english.svjjs.org/founder-president/ [dead link]
  5. Risbud, S.S., 2003. Goa's Struggle for Freedom, 1946-1961: The Contribution of National Congress (Goa) and Azad Gomantak Dal (Doctoral dissertation, Goa University). [1]
  6. Maria Couto (2005). Goa: A Daughter's Story. Penguin Books India. p. xvii. ISBN 978-0-14-303343-1.
  7. Aldrovandi, C., 2018. A Senda do Dever (Satiche Vaan). InterDISCIPLINARY Journal of Portuguese Diaspora Studies, 7, pp.339-345.
  8. "Goa freedom fighter Mohan Ranade who spent 14 years in Portuguese jail dies in Pune".
  9. "Patil concerned over dwindling girls' population". May 2006.